BSc (Hons) Policing and Intelligence with Foundation Year

Module: 3GK015

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

You will have the opportunity to study and understand contemporary social issues from different disciplinary perspectives. You will engage with current academic debates about a range of social issues and debate and discuss ideas about the social world that will challenge and extend your thinking. The module will provide an exciting basis for your future study of the Social Sciences.

Module: 3GK012

Credits: 40

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module is designed to introduce you to university life. It will support you in exploring the university environment. It will also introduce you to the wide variety of academic skills needed to succeed at university and will support you in the development of these skills.

Module: 3GK013

Credits: 40

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

In this module, you will work collaboratively with other students on a project that reflects an area of shared interest relating to the broad themes of Business, Law or the Social Sciences. You will have the opportunity to work as a small team to devise, design and plan a project relating to a topic of shared interest. In many aspects of life and work, teamwork and collaboration are the norm to solve real world-problems. This group-based project will allow you to develop a range of skills, including leadership skills, time-management, negotiation, communication, creativity, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. By investigating and responding to a complex question, challenge or problem, you and your group will acquire a deeper knowledge of your topic. The module will conclude with a conference, where your group’s project will be presented to the other groups in your class.

Module: 3GK014

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module introduces you to Wolverhampton and the people who live there using concepts and insights from a variety of academic subjects, for example Social Policy, Sociology, History, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Law, and Politics, amongst others. You will explore a range of cultural and social issues.

Module: 4CJ002

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module outlines the framework of the criminal justice system in England and Wales. The Police, described as 'the gateway to the criminal justice system', is examined first. The other topics in the module are designed to introduce the student to the process of criminal justice; they include, the role of the Crown Prosecution Service, Legal Representation, The Criminal Court Structure etc.

Module: 4PL022

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module will enable students to appreciate the purpose, benefits and challenges of police powers and procedures in a variety of contexts. Students will explore the function of police powers and the need for clear rules and regulations for police procedures when dealing with the public. There is a particular focus on stop search and the challenges inherent with this type of occurrence. The module enables students to appreciate the importance of community engagement and understand how to foster effective community relationships. Students will become familiar with the main sources of information and academic research about police powers and procedure and be able to use these materials for research purposes.

Module: 4PL021

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module will enable students to appreciate the purpose, benefit and responsibilities of the police service in a variety of contexts. Students will explore the role of law enforcement agencies and the key issues surrounding policing. There is a particular focus on professionalism and policing by consent and the challenges faced by a contemporary police service. The module enables students to appreciate the importance of conducting and exercising police powers and procedures fairly and without bias. Students will become familiar with the main sources of information and academic research regarding national policing strategies and be able to use these materials for research purposes.

Module: 4CJ003

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

To introduce students to how we think about crime and criminal justice. The module explores how popular and official knowledge about crime and victimisation are contructed. It goes on to locate these constructions within the context of contemporary British society.

Module: 4FS008

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module is designed to give an introduction to a variety of key skills required for Forensic Scientists. This includes various general undergraduate skills and forensic specific analysis. This skills are particularly developed through practical sessions.

Module: 4CS001

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

In this module you will be introduced to the fundamental principles common to modern programming languages so that you are well prepared to learn to write programs in a variety of languages. Principles include: problem solving, algorithm design and construction (sequence, selection, iteration, object and activity diagrams), variables, data types, assignment operators, logic, the fundamentals of object orientation (objects and classes, attributes and methods, encapsulation), programming pragmatics (style, testing, debugging), and simple data structures (arrays and lists).

Module: 4CJ005

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module examines the notion of rights, with particular reference to the rights enshrined in the Human Rights Act 1998. The legal issues arising from claims that human rights have been infringed are examined in the context of case law. This in turn illustrates the relevant legal principles that are applied and remedies available for infringement.

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