BA (Hons) Childhood & Youth Studies and Criminology

Year 1

CRI1005 Criminology and the Modern World (20 credits)

CRI1124 Introduction to Criminological Theory (20 credits)

CRI1125 Introduction to the Criminal Justice Process (20 credits)

SPY1102 Child Developmental and Social Psychology (20 credits)

SPY1103 Children and Young People in Society (20 credits)

SPY1104 Introduction to Social Policy and Welfare (20 credits)

Year 2

CRI2225 Critical Criminological Theory (20 credits)

SPY2129 Youth Studies: Key Concepts and Issues (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

CRI2020 Youth Justice 1 (20 credits)

CRI2023 'Race', Crime and Criminology (20 credits)

CRI2024 Crime, Media and Criminology (20 credits)

CRI2025 Gender, Sex and Violence (20 credits)

CRI2027 Crime, Law and Society (20 credits)

CRI2222 Doing Criminological Research (20 credits)

CRI2223 Generating Reputations (20 credits)

CRI2224 Violence and Society (20 credits)

CRI2226 Challenging Childhoods (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

SPY2127 Work-based Learning and Employability 1 (20 credits)

SPY2139 Self-Directed Learning (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

SPY2123 Child Welfare Family and the State (20 credits)

SPY2124 Children's Cultural Worlds (20 credits)

SPY2128 Representations of Childhood and Youth in Popular Culture (20 credits)

SPY2130 International Perspectives on Children and Families (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of either SPY2127 Work-based Learning and Employability 1, SPY2139 Self-Directed Learning, or one of the optional Criminology modules above.

Year 3

SPY3115 Youth Studies: Critical Perspectives (20 credits)

You will select three of the following modules:

CRI3021 Crimes of the Powerful 1 (20 credits)

CRI3022 Crimes of the Powerful 2 (20 credits)

CRI3023 Crime and Place (20 credits)

CRI3024 Criminology and Philosophy (20 credits)

CRI3109 The Politics of Policing (20 credits)

CRI3110 The Politics of Imprisonment (20 credits)

CRI3112 Justice, Rights and the State (20 credits)

CRI3113 Expanding the Criminological Imagination (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

SPY3032 Contemporary Theory, Policy and Practice in Education Services for Children and Young People (20 credits)

SPY3037 Issue for Professional Practice (20 credits)

SPY3101 Self-Directed Study (20 credits)

SPY3104 Social Work with Children and Families: Theory, Policy and Practice (20 credits)

SPY3105 Contemporary Theory, Policy and Practice in Education Services (20 credits)

SPY3107 Issues for Professional Practice (20 credits)

SPY3116 Young People and Social Media (20 credits)

SPY3125 Socio-Cultural Issues and Questions (20 credits)

SPY3127 Work-based Learning and Employability 2 (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional Childhood & Youth Studies or Criminology modules above.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.