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BSc (Hons) Criminology and Cybercrime

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Join the global mission to stop criminals exploiting the internet. On the UK’s first BSc (Hons) Criminology and Cybercrime degree, you'll explore the future of policing and how criminal organisations operate online. You'll learn to make a difference, not by fighting tech with tech, but by understanding the human aspects of cybercrime.

Cyber is always evolving, so this course does too. You can choose from wide range of innovative and topical modules – from cybersecurity, online terrorism and digital forensics, to cyberdeviance and cyberpsychology.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – ABB–BBB

  • UCAS points – 120–128 points from 3 A levels or equivalent

  • T levels – Merit

  • BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Placement year

On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry.

We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year.

Placement options in this year include:

  • ICJS Study Abroad Year

  • Work Placement Year

2 Year 1

Core Modules:

  • Criminal Justice

  • Cyber Security and Forensic Computing

  • Cyberspace, Subcultures and Online Deviance

  • Essential Skills for Criminologists

  • Introduction to Digital Forensic Investigations

  • Understanding Criminology

3 Year 2

Core Modules:

  • Cyberlaw Governance and Human Rights

  • Questioning Criminology

  • Researching Criminology

Optional Modules:

  • Crimes of the Powerful

  • Cybercrime Clinic

  • Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe and Africa

  • Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Fundamentals of Forensic Investigation

  • Gang Crime

  • Global Environmental Justice

  • Global Security

  • Hate Crime

  • Intercultural Perspectives on Communication

  • Marketing and Communication

  • Modern Foreign Language (Institution-wide Language Programme)

  • Modernity and Globalisation

  • Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday

  • News, Discourse and Media

  • Online Activism, Cyberterrorism and Cyberwarfare

  • Penology and Prison

  • Policing and Society

  • Principles of Economic Crime Investigation

  • Professional Experience L5

  • Psychology and Security

  • Space, Place and Being

  • The Dark Web: Threats, Freedoms and Responses

  • Transitional Justice and Human Rights

  • Victims of Crime: Key Players in Criminal Justice

  • Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response

  • Youth Crime, Youth Justice

4 Year 3

Core Modules:

  • Cyberlaw Governance and Human Rights

  • Questioning Criminology

  • Researching Criminology

Optional Modules:

  • Crimes of the Powerful

  • Cybercrime Clinic

  • Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe and Africa

  • Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Fundamentals of Forensic Investigation

  • Gang Crime

  • Global Environmental Justice

  • Global Security

  • Hate Crime

  • Intercultural Perspectives on Communication

  • Marketing and Communication

  • Modern Foreign Language (Institution-wide Language Programme)

  • Modernity and Globalisation

  • Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday

  • News, Discourse and Media

  • Online Activism, Cyberterrorism and Cyberwarfare

  • Penology and Prison

  • Policing and Society

  • Principles of Economic Crime Investigation

  • Professional Experience L5

  • Psychology and Security

  • Space, Place and Being

  • The Dark Web: Threats, Freedoms and Responses

  • Transitional Justice and Human Rights

  • Victims of Crime: Key Players in Criminal Justice

  • Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response

  • Youth Crime, Youth Justice

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

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