BA (Hons)Criminology and Criminal Justice with Pathway in Cyber Criminology (With Foundation Year)

This course is designed to give you the opportunity to:

• Enjoy a stimulating and engaging introduction to a broad range of multidisciplinary contemporary Law and Criminology learning and teaching;
• Develop the necessary practical, intellectual, and communication core skills necessary for the study of various disciplines in preparation for Level 4;
• Build on the personal attributes necessary for independent learning and study to form the basis of future skill development in level 4;

Foundation Year

• Mental Wealth: Knowledge, Skills, Practice and the Self
• Exploring Communities as Social Scientists
• Crime, Justice, and Surveillance
• Researching Changing Communities
• Reimagining Work as a Social Scientist
• Introduction to Digital Sociology
• Globalization and Society

Year 1

• Introduction to Crime and Punishment (Core)
• Developing Skills for Justice (MW)  (Core)
• Applied Criminology  (Core)
• Research Skills  (Core)
• Contemporary Issues in Criminology  (Core)
• Criminal Justice Process (Core)

Year 2

• Theoretical Criminology (Core)
• Crime and Social History (Core)
• Essential Skills for Justice (Core)
• Crime Policy into Practice (Core)
• Policing and Society (Core)
• Applied Research & Evaluation (Core)

This course offers the opportunity of year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organization, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Year 3

• Leadership Skills for Justice (Core)
• Cybercrime & Professional Practice (Core)
• Researching Contemporary Issues in Cybercrime (Core)
• Cybercrime Dissertation (Core)
• Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice (Optional)
• Youth Crime, Gangs and Sub-culture (Optional)
• Work-based learning (Optional)
• Policing and Criminal Investigation (Optional)
• Mentally-disordered Defendants & Suspects (Optional)
• Psychological Criminology (Optional)

Employability