BSc (Hons) Criminology with Foundation Year

Bachelor's degree

In High Wycombe

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    4 Years

This course is offered as a four year programme, including an initial Foundation Year. You may also be interested in our three year BSc (Hons) Criminology course.

The Foundation Year will allow you to develop your academic study skills and build confidence in your abilities, identifying your own strengths and development needs for progression onto an undergraduate degree.

Facilities

Location

Start date

High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
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High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, HP11 2JZ

Start date

On request

About this course

Our modules are cutting edge and cover issues in contemporary society such as Radicalisation, Media and Crime and Disability in the Criminal Justice system.

Our teaching team is research active and committed to high student satisfaction within a clear underpinning theoretical framework.

The personal tutor system helps us support you and develop your professional identity and confidence. We also identify visits and trips to academic and criminal justice related events to complement your studies.

Our Criminology programme is a grounding board for entry in to probation; the course at Bucks covers the requisite modules for probation entry, and for postgraduate study in Social Working.

Recent graduates of Criminology have secured employment in probation, national security, the police force, and cyber crime and prevention, as well as undertaking postgraduate study in Law.

If you do not meet the minimum requirements for the three-year programme or do not feel fully prepared for a Level 4 course, this four-year programme including a Foundation Year could be for you.

You'll need to hold GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or above, and will usually have achieved a minimum of 90 credits from a Level 3 qualification such as A Levels or BTECs.

International students should hold an IELTS of 5.5 (minimum of 5.5 in all areas).

Applicants will also be invited to attend an interview.

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Subjects

  • Criminology
  • Sociological
  • Understanding
  • Context
  • Research
  • Contemporary Criminology
  • Human Rights
  • Professional
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative

Course programme

This module map provides a list of the modules that make up your course.

Each module is worth a specified number of credits (typically either 15 or 30 credits for undergraduate courses). Compulsory (or ‘core’) modules cover key subject knowledge, while ‘option’ modules enable you to develop your own interests. For a full-time course you must take modules worth a total of 120 credits at each level of the course. The number of option modules you can take depends on the number of compulsory modules at each level. You can find more information about how your course is structured via the Academic Advice pages.

Our teaching is informed by research and employer requirements, and modules change periodically to reflect developments in the subject area. In addition, where we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an option module, this may not be offered. If an option module does not run, we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

The modules available on this course are as follows:

Foundation Year Modules
  • Ways of Learning about the Social World
  • Preparing for Success Knowledge and Creativity
  • Preparing for Success Self-development and Responsibility
  • Inquiry Based Learning
Year 1 Modules
  • Introduction to Criminology: The History of Punishment
  • Introduction to Criminology: The Concept of Crime
  • Police Crime and the Media
  • Criminal Justice Process
  • Making Sense of Society: The Sociological Imagination
  • Making Sense of Society: Understanding the Social World
  • Policy and Society
  • Policy in Context

Additional information

Full Time International, September 2019: £12,000 per year

Full Time Home and EU, February 2020: £9,250 per year

Full Time International, February 2020: £12,000 per year

BSc (Hons) Criminology with Foundation Year

£ 9,250 VAT inc.