Course Overview

Criminologists investigate the causes, consequences, and reactions to crime – and this course gives you experience in designing, analyzing, and evaluating criminal justice and crime control strategies.

With an interesting and varied curriculum, this program has a very strong emphasis on applied knowledge and job market skills. This course is intended to create sophisticated criminological practitioners, able to navigate the realities of criminal justice and crime control, with superior experience, skills, and knowledge of how to think, act and reflect criminologically.

This MA has a strong emphasis on communication, research, problem-solving, teamwork, and policy analysis. These skills will be developed through classroom discussion and debate, as well as through practical engagement with external criminal justice and community safety organizations. You’ll be taught by a team of expert criminologists from a variety of specialist backgrounds, including law, sociology, psychology, history, and politics.

MA Criminal Justice and Crime Control (Contemporary Slavery)

The MA in Criminal Justice and Crime Control (Contemporary Slavery) offers the specialist study of contemporary slavery (human trafficking) as a pathway within the degree. This pathway reflects a globally important issue of criminal justice and human rights, the study of such topics is at the center of global concerns regarding social justice and injustice.

General Eligibility

The programme is open to applicants with at least 2:2 Bachelor's Honours degree (or international equivalent) in any discipline.

Practitioners with relevant and extensive work experience in the criminal justice, crime control and security sectors are encouraged to apply even if they have not been to university previously.  Evidence of vocational qualifications, training, written reports and letters of endorsement from line managers submitted in support of an application are encouraged.

To ensure our students have a rich learning and student experience, most of our programmes have a mix of domestic and international students. We reserve the right to close applications early to either group if application volumes suggest that this blend cannot be achieved. In addition, existing undergraduate students at the University of Hull have a guaranteed ‘Fast Track’ route to any postgraduate programme, subject to meeting the entry criteria (excluding Social Work).

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 5.5 in each skill.