BSc Social Policy and Criminology

Year 1

Our first year programme will introduce you to social policy and criminology as academic disciplines; students will explore how “social problems” are constructed and how social policies are chosen. “Crime” is one key social problem. You will discuss how societies respond to it. You will also start your thorough study of social theory and research methods.

Optional Modules

In addition to the compulsory modules below you must chose 2 optional modules. Your available optional modules can be sociology and social policy modules, but they may come from disciplines across the university for example anthropology, criminology, demography, economics, politics and international relations, social statistics or modern languages etc.

In addition to this, our Curriculum Innovation Programme offers our students the chance to take optional modules outside their core disciplines across all three years of study. This allows you to personalise your education, to develop new skills and knowledge for your future.

Semester OneCore [?]

A core module is a module which must be taken and passed.

CRIM1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Introduction to Criminology

SOCI1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Social Problems and Social Policy

CRIM1004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Criminal Justice Studies

STAT1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Introduction to Quantitative Methods

SOCI1015Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Human Rights, Wellbeing and Politics

SOCI1014Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Foundations in Social and Anthropological Theory

SOCI1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Understanding Everyday Life

ARCH1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Human Origins

PAIR1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Introduction to International Relations

ECON1009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Introduction to Economics For Non-Economists

DEMO1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Population and Society

Year 2

In your second year you will take four compulsory modules. In these you will study in detail qualitative and quantitative methods in order to be well prepared for your final year when you will conduct your own research as part of your dissertation. You will also study how and why policies were developed as part of the British welfare state to protect citizens against social problems. Crime is one of these problems; your criminology modules will illuminate how it has been perceived and addressed in modern society.

You will also have the opportunity to take four optional modules from a list, two in the first semester and two in the second. One of these will need to be a Criminology module, the remaining two will come from a broad range of social science disciplines.

Optional modules in semester 1 or 2 (topics subject to possible annual change)

One of your choices must be made from the following list:

CRIM2002 Crime, Media & Culture

CRIM2006 Criminology: Policy & Practice

CRIM2008 Criminological Psychology

One of your choices must be made from the following list:

SOCI2003 Gender and Society

SOCI2008 Race and Ethnicity

SOCI2017 Class Structure and Inequality

SOCI2035 Children and Society

SOCI2033 Environment, Development and Society

Semester OneCompulsory

CRIM2001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Perspectives in Criminology

STAT2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Research Methods in The Social Sciences

SOCI2020Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Qualitative Research: Foundations, Principles and Skills

SOCI2036Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Globalisation, Inequalities & Power

CRIM2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Criminological Psychology

CRIM2006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Criminology: Policy & Practice

CRIM2002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Crime and Criminal Justice: Historical Perspective

SOCI2003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Gender & Society

SOCI2017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Class Structure and Social Inequality

SOCI2035Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Children and Society

SOCI2033Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Environment, Development and Society

Year 3

In year three you will study different societies, their social problems and the social policies countries have agreed on from a comparative perspective and you will study how groups and societies identify victims. You will also conduct your individual research project in a double-module dissertation. In addition you will be asked to chose one criminology module and one social policy module from a range of options (see two list of examples below). Most of these will be taught in student-led seminars. In addition to these two you will be able to make two free choices from modules across the University. You are free to choose modules within your disciplines, but also to pick a rather different subject if this suits you better.

Semester OneCore [?]

A core module is a module which must be taken and passed.

SOCI3033Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Dissertation

CRIM3002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Issues in Law Enforcement and Social Control

SOCI3002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Comparing Welfare States - Evolution, Politics & Impact

CRIM3014Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The Deserving and Undeserving: Victims and Scroungers in Criminology and Social Policy

CRIM3001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Penology

CRIM3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Global Crime and Justice

CRIM3012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Youth, Crime and Society

SOCI3073Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Cyber Lives? New Technologies and Social Change

SOCI3079Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Focusing on Families

SOCI2033Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Environment, Development and Society

SOCI3086Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Children and Society