Course Overview

As an academic subject, criminology at university has its basis in both academia and practice. Our criminology degree holds a primary focus on research and debated explanations for crime, victimization, and deviance, and responses to those crimes, by societies and individuals. The interdisciplinary nature of the subject is mirrored in the construction of the criminology course. The core discrete criminological learning is complemented by modules in Psychology, Law, and Sociology, prompting shared learning with students from other disciplines. It is an active and lively course that moves away from the traditional teaching of the social sciences to embrace the contemporary and innovative topics and practices of 21st-century criminal justice.

Graduates from our criminology degree are able to engage with and draw upon a range of intellectual and critical processes in the decisions they make, including the identification and significance of different value positions to everyday practice.

This means that they make decisions that are not only rigorously analytical in scope but also demonstrate active engagement with the different value positions representative of the groups, communities, and institutions involved in crime and criminal justice.

Studying criminology at university will give you a wide range of skills and knowledge that will attract employees from a variety of agencies and organizations in the criminal justice sector, whether public, private, or 3rd sector.

General Eligibility

112 UCAS tariff points (for example, BBC at A-Level)

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The IELTS score for international applicants to Joint Honours is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).