BSc (Hons) Police Studies with Criminal Investigation

Bachelor's degree

In High Wycombe

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    3 Years

Are you interested in working in policing or the wider criminal justice system? If you’re good at problem solving and want to make a difference, there are lots of options open to you, both within and outside policing.

This degree allows you to study policing in depth, get tangible experience in the areas you are interested in, and see where your talents and interests lie.

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

Throughout the course, you’ll learn about contemporary policing and criminal justice processes, with a particular focus on criminal investigation in England and Wales.

Alongside operational policing, we’ll cover a wide range of areas such as the police use of firearms, the wide demands placed upon policing, miscarriages of justice, and major crime investigations.

You’ll gain exposure to some of the real challenges facing policing today, exploring current reforms and what they mean, and looking at the importance of accountability, citizenship and ethics.

Policing is changing rapidly, and many new police officer and non-police officer opportunities are opening up, which this degree allows you to explore and prepare for.

By the end of the programme, you will be qualified to work in large number of roles in the criminal justice system. This includes roles in the police service, the prison service, the probation service, youth offending teams, drug action teams, community partnerships, the Home Office and crime analysis.

You could go on to postgraduate studies in policing, criminology, or other related subjects.

A typical offer will be a UCAS Tariff score of 80. A minimum of two full A-levels (or equivalent) is required. Every application is considered on an individual basis.

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Subjects

  • Media
  • Policing
  • Social Science
  • Cyber Crime
  • Criminal law
  • Rural Policing
  • Human Rights
  • Community Support
  • Research methods
  • Criminal Investigation
  • Operational Policing

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:

Year 1 Modules
  • Police Crime and the Media
  • Introduction to Policing
  • Social Sciences & Policing Practice
  • Introduction to Cyber Crime
  • Criminal Law and Justice
Year 2 Modules
  • Knowledge in Policing in context (optional)
  • Rural Policing (optional)
  • Crime Prevention and Reduction (optional)
  • Criminal Investigation: Past to Present
  • Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity (optional)
  • Police Community Support Officer (optional)
  • Policing: Concepts, Theories and Practice (optional)
  • Research Methods
  • Special Constabulary (optional)
  • Forms of Crime
Year 3 Modules
  • Criminal Investigation Systems
  • Criminal Investigation: Scope of the State
  • Operational Policing

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) Police Studies with Criminal Investigation

£ 9,250 VAT inc.