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BSc (Hons) Psychology and Criminology

University of Salford, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Crime is one of the major problems facing society today. To understand the complex issues surrounding it, we have combined two areas of study with a natural affinity, giving you a degree that will help you make a real difference.

This course will provide training for careers in health, social care, criminal justice, and other public and social services. In your final year, you can tailor your degree with various optional modules, including a work placement. 

This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).

You will:

  • Understand how to relate a psychological understanding of human behavior and development to an analysis of crime and deviance, gaining a comprehensive grasp of how crime can be analyzed, understood, and addressed

  • Use a hands-on approach to developing research skills

  • Be able to apply the theory you have learned to everyday situations

General Eligibility

GCSE

Three GCSE subjects at grade C/grade 4 or above, including Maths and English. 

You must fulfil our GCSE entry requirements as well as one of the requirements listed below.

UCAS tariff points

112 points

A-Levels

112 points  

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

  • Introduction to Research Methods

  • Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Social Psychology

  • Criminal Justice and Human Rights

  • Introduction to Individual Differences

  • Introduction to Biological and Cognitive Psychology

  • Crime and Society

2 Year 2

  • Further Research Methods

  • Further Biopsychology and Cognition

  • Theoretical Criminology

  • Identity, Diversity and Crime

  • Developmental and Social Psychology

Optional modules (criminology) - choose one from:

  • Human Rights, Genocide and Resistance

  • Policing and Social Control

  • Prisons and Punishment: Responses to Crime

  • Violence in Society

3 Year 3

  • Dissertation

Optional modules (psychology) - you will choose two from options including:

  • Atypical Child Development

  • Brain and Behaviour

  • Child Language Development

  • Educational Psychology

  • Effective and Affective Thinking and Processing

  • Environmental Psychology

  • Forensic Psychology

  • Media Psychology

  • Occupational Psychology

  • Psychology of Ageing

  • Psychology of Global Issues in the 21st Century

  • Psychology and Health

  • The Psychology of Extreme Violence

  • The Psychology of Mental Health

  • Work Placement

Optional modules (criminology) - choose two from:

  • Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice

  • Human Rights, Genocide and Resistance

  • Intersectionality and Crime

  • Policing and Social Control

  • Prisons and Punishment: Responses to Crime

  • Probation and Rehabilitation

  • The Criminal Justice Process - Criminology

  • Violence in Society

  • Understanding Victims and Victimisation

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69

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

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