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BSc (Hons) Criminology

London South Bank University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Our students volunteer and find jobs in a range of settings, including the police service, the prison service, legal advice, victim support, domestic violence, and child abuse agencies and charities, youth offending and youth mentoring schemes. A social science degree also has the real advantage of opening up careers in a number of professions such as teaching, social work, administration, and higher level education. Other graduates have forged exciting careers in research, public relations, advertising, retail, management, and media-related work.

General Eligibility

  • A Level BCC or:

  • BTEC National Diploma MMM or:

  • Access to HE qualifications with 9 Distinctions and 36 Merits or:

  • Equivalent Level 3 qualifications worth 106 UCAS points

  • Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English, or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above).

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Semester 1

  • Deconstructing the crime problem

  • Introduction to the criminal justice system

  • Social Sciences in the Contemporary World: Themes, Concepts and Higher Education Skills

Semester 2

  • Issues in Crime

  • Understanding crime: criminological theory in context

  • Social justice in action

2 Year 2

Semester 1

  • Understanding punishment: Penal Theory and Practice

  • Social Research Methods

  • One Optional module for the below:

  • Behind Bars: Prisons and Society

  • Decolonisation and Legacies of the British Empire

  • Issues in criminal justice history

Semester 2

  • Youth, Crime and Delinquency

  • Working in the Social Sciences

3 Year 3

Semester 1

  • Research project (double module running across two semesters 40 credits)

  • Gender, crime and justice

Optional modules

  • Hate crime

  • International Security

  • Social Justice and Social Policy 

Semester 2

  • Research project (continued)

  • Contemporary criminology

Optional modules

  • Crimes of the powerful: States, Corporations and Human Rights

  • Politics and Protest 

  • Race, Culture and Identity

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

English language qualifications for international students: IELTS score of 6.0

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For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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