BA (Hons) Criminology

Designed by practicing criminologists, this three-year degree program will allow you to look at areas such as drugs, cybercrime, migration, mass incarceration, terrorism, and trafficking in detail. Youll get to consider how these areas are viewed by groups from various backgrounds and with different outlooks, including how gender, race, and cultural perspectives and issues can impact opinion. This course is particularly interesting if youre looking to work in the criminal justice sector or associated fields. Youll benefit from learning in various ways, giving you a well-rounded understanding of both the theory and practice of criminology. This will enable you to develop a comprehensive understanding of criminology and apply this to current socio-economic policies and conditions. You will learn through a variety of group sessions, workshops, digital media, and a wide range of learning resources, completing a research methods module and a dissertation or research project in your final year. In addition to your knowledge of criminology, you will gain a wide range of analytical, research, problem-solving, and communication skills, which are in high demand by employers.