Course Overview

Criminology and Sociology offer complementary approaches to understanding crime, its causes, impact, and social implications. Studying Criminology at Worcester allows you to understand the current explanations for crime, victimization, and deviance and the impact these have on the individual. Sociology at Worcester offers critical perspectives on contemporary society as a whole including how crime may affect its structures, rules, and practices.

Graduates will gain 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. Our graduates have taken up a variety of careers, including careers in housing, probation service, youth work, caring professions, social services, the police, business and personnel management, public relations, media, marketing, and teaching. The course also prepares you for jobs that involve managing and communicating with people, thinking out solutions to problems, and understanding the diverse society in which we live.

General Eligibility

112 UCAS tariff points

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• Students whose first language is not English must have a minimum standard of English at IELTS Level 7 with no element below 6.5