Criminology and Sociology BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Preston

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Preston

How do social differences like race, class and gender make a difference to the way we are perceived and treated in the criminal justice system? Explore and critically assess the way society perceives, defines and manages crime - and graduate fully prepared for a career in public or community-based services - on this exciting degree course. This rapidly growing area of study changes every day, as new criminological and sociological issues arise - and our close links with industry means our curriculum keeps up and reflects this. If you want to get under the skin of how society works and use your knowledge to make a difference, this course is for you.

2016 National Student Survey Sociology courses at UCLan were rated top 10 in the UK for personal development by students who completed the 2016 National Student Survey (NSS). 

Facilities

Location

Start date

Preston (Lancashire)
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University Of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry Requirements 2017/18 112 Points at A2; General Studies accepted
BTEC Extended Diploma: Distinction, Merit, Merit 
BTEC Diploma: Distinction*, Distinction*
Pass Access Course: 112 UCAS Points  
International Baccalaureate Diploma: 28P
IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
GCSE: 5 at grade C including Maths & English or equivalent  ...

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Subjects

  • Sociology
  • Criminology
  • Human Rights

Course programme

Course at a Glance Year 1

  • Crime and Morality
  • Introduction to Criminal Process and Procedure
  • Crime and Society
  • Key Thinkers in Criminology
  • Sociological Ways of Thinking
  • Doing Social Research
  • Media, Culture and Identity
  • Youth, Identity and Difference
  • Social Construction of Childhood
  • Debating Human Rights
  • Citizenship and Cohesive Communities
  • Gang and Gun Culture

Year 2

  • Media and Crime
  • Drugs and Crime
  • Understanding Interpersonal Violence
  • Gender, Crimes and Human Rights: An Evolving Feminist Agenda
  • Victims, Communities and Crime
  • Offending Corporations: Safety, Economic and Environmental Crime
  • Understanding Policing
  • Prostitution, Infanticide and Other Crime Perpetrated during the Nineteenth-century
  • Youth Justice
  • Critical Thinkers in Criminology
  • Contemporary Thinkers
  • Sociology of Religion
  • The Sociology of Social Movements
  • Childhood Inequalities
  • Community Leadership
  • AND Innovative Research OR Research Methods in Criminology

Year 3


  • Sex, Violence and Strategies
  • Obeying the Law
  • Theories of Punishment
  • State Crime and Genocide: State Terrorism and Denial
  • Drugs and Society
  • Controversial Issues in Prison
  • Why Prison?
  • Terrorism and Human Rights
  • Crime and New Technologies
  • Human Trafficking and 'Modern Day' Slavery
  • Women and Human Rights: International Feminist Perspectives
  • Development Criminology
  • Diversity, Crime and Justice
  • Texts in Criminology
  • Resistance, Rebellion and Racist Violence
  • Sociology of Disability
  • Sexy Bodies: Sexuality and the Body
  • 'Suspect' Populations and 'Insecure ' Spaces
  • The Sociology of Childhood
  • Religion, Resistance and Rebellion
  • Leading a Community Project
  • AND Criminology Single Dissertation OR Sociology Single Dissertation

Criminology and Sociology BA (Hons)

£ 9,250 + VAT