Course Overview

This degree prepares you for a range of exciting career paths focusing on criminal justice and the treatment of victims and offenders. You will explore the nature, extent, and causes of crime, along with the methods used to manage crime and criminal behavior.

Our experienced teaching staff will take you through key criminological theories, applying them to our understanding of crime, the experiences of offenders and victims in the criminal justice system, and the ways in which society constructs crime problems and responds to criminal behavior.

The varied expertise of the teaching staff and our guest lecturers will allow you to explore these themes from a range of perspectives. You will also be supported by a range of criminal justice professionals and agencies, who teaches the course and provide volunteering and networking opportunities to help prepare you for your career.

You will have the potential to enter a range of careers in crime, criminal justice, and related fields on completion of this course, as the design of the Applied Criminology with Terrorism & Political Violence course at Christ Church gives you the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills that are core to criminal justice careers and transferable to other related careers. Graduates of the course typically secure posts within the police, the prison service, the probation service, youth work, private companies working in security, and third-sector organizations working in crime control and victim support.

General Eligibility

A Levels: BBC

BTEC: DMM

Access: 15 Distinctions and 30 Merits 

International Baccalaureate: 29 Points

Combinations: A combination of qualifications totaling 112 UCAS points

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS: 6.0 overall with no element below 5.5