BA (Hons) Policing

Level 4 (Year 1 of Full-Time Programme)

CRI1123 Histories of Crime, Policing and Punishment (20 credits)

CRI1124 Introduction to Criminological Theory (20 credits)

LAW1001 Legal Methods and Systems (20 credits)

PLN1000 Introduction to Law and Policing (20 credits)

PLN1001 Core Policing Skills (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

LAW1004 Public Law 2 (20 credits)

LAW1005 Law of Torts (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 one of the optional modules above.

Level 5 (Year 2 of Full-Time Programme)

CRI2222 Doing Criminological Research (20 credits)

LAW2002 Criminal Law (20 credits)

PLN2000 Policing and Police Powers (20 credits)

PLN2001 Criminal Investigation (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

CIS2131 Introduction to Security and Forensics (20 credits)

CRI2024 Crime, Media and Criminology (20 credits)

CRI2224 Violence and Society (20 credits)

PLN2002 Policing Work Experience (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Level 6 (Year 3 of Full-Time Programme)

PLN3000 Professional Policing (20 credits)

PLN3001 Police Ethics and Integrity (20 credits)

PLN3002 Police Research Report (20 credits)

You will select three of the following modules:

CRI3021 Crimes of the Powerful 1 (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)

LAW3038 Human Rights (20 credits)

LAW3039 Intellectual Property Law (20 credits)

LAW3041 International Criminal Law (20 credits)

LAW3045 Law of Evidence (20 credits)

LAW3048 Refugee Law (20 credits)

PSY3139 Forensic Psychology: Eyewitnesses and Suspects (20 credits)

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.