Criminology and Criminal Justice and Sociology

Bachelor's degree

In Telford

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Telford

  • Duration

    3 Years

The programme gives students the opportunity to analyse and understand the complexities of the world we live in, particularly in relation to Crime, Criminology and the Criminal Justice system.

You will study a wide range of topics covering both legal and sociological issues of criminology and criminal justice including the social process of crime, the policing of society, social inequalities and the law, punishment and sentencing and the operation of the criminal courts.

The course has real practical application in contemporary society and equips students with knowledge and skills appropriate for a range of graduate roles in criminal justice agencies, including the Police Service, the National Probation service and related fields in the voluntary and public sectors.

Crime and its impact are at the forefront of current political and social debate. A degree in Social Policy and Criminal Justice enables you to explore the reality behind the newpaper headlines on crime and examine a topic which is relevant, topical and has real, practical application in contemporary society. You will study a wide range of topics covering the legal and sociological issues of criminology and criminal justice and the associated policy responses. The course equips students with knowledge and skills appropriate for a range of graduate roles in the statutory, voluntary and commercial sector.

Teaching and learning is designed to support digital literacy. Students will acquire the skills necessary to gather evidence and apply theories to a range of social and political issues. Students are encouraged to share knowledge and be enterprising with their ideas.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Telford (Shropshire)
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Level 3 Southwater One, Southwater Sqare, Southwater Way, TF3 4JG

Start date

On request

About this course

A successful graduate from this course is expected to be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Understand the key concepts and theoretical approaches that have developed and are developing in relation to crime, responses to crime and the practices of the criminal justice system.
Undertake research using relevant research methodologies and communicate findings appropriately.
Critically understand social, political and cultural diversity in the context of Social Policy, criminological theories and the criminal justice system.
Apply a critical approach to methods of inquiry and evaluation in Social Policy contexts.
Apply social policy theories to analyse social needs and policy interventions
Have developed knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to graduate employment.

2019 Entry

‘A’ levels at grades BBC - CCC
BTEC QCF Extended Diploma grade MMM, BTEC QCF Diploma grade DD
Access to HE Diploma full award (Pass of 60 credits - of which a minimum of 45 credits must be at level 3 including 18 at Merit or Distinction).
If you've got other qualifications or relevant experience, please contact The Gateway for further advice before applying.
International student language requirements and application guidance can be found at
Successful completion of the International Foundation Year in Social Sciences guarantees entry on to this course

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Subjects

  • Project
  • Law
  • Sociology
  • Police
  • Criminology
  • IT Law

Course programme

Semester 1 Starters:

UNDERGRADUATE

Year 1

4CJ003 Thinking about Crime (20 Credits)

4SL005 The Sociological Imagination (20 Credits)

4CJ002 Criminal Justice (20 Credits)

4SL009 Introduction to Classical Sociological Theory (20 Credits)

4PO005 Campaigning and Citizenship: Women in Britain and its Empire from 1800 to 1950 or 4CJ005 Legal Issues and Human Rights or 4GK006 Success in Higher Education or 4WL002 Basic Language or 4WL003 Elementary Language (20 Credits)

4GK006 Success in Higher Education or 4WL002 Basic Language or 4WL003 Elementary Language or 4SL010 The media and the manufacture of deviance or 4SL011 Volunteering in the Community (20 Credits)

Year 2

5SL005 Issues and Debates in Sociological Thought (20 Credits)

5CJ002 Theories of Crime (20 Credits)

5SL007 Doing Quantitative Research (20 Credits)

5CJ003 Police and Society (20 Credits)

5SL002 Making Gender or 5CJ009 Victims and Offenders or 5SL008 Volunteering in Action or 5WL001 Basic Language or 5WL002 Elementary Language (20 Credits)

5SL001 Racism, Diversity and difference in the British Context or 5CJ006 Punishment and Society or 5PO006 Contemporary Britain or 5WL002 Elementary Language or 5WL001 Basic Language or 5SA014 Families, Children and the State (20 Credits)

Year 3

6CJ006 Controlling Crime (20 Credits)

6SL012 Qualitative Research Methods (20 Credits)

6CJ005 Contemporary Issues in Criminology (20 Credits)

6SL003 Independent Project in Sociology or 6SL004 Community Link in Sociology or 6CJ007 Criminology and Criminal Justice Project or 6LW011 Business and Community Link in Law or 6SL014 The Sociology of the Body or 6CJ011 Serious and Organised Crime or 6CJ004 Counter-Terrorism: Law, Policy and Practice or 6SL013 The Global World (20 Credits)

6SL003 Independent Project in Sociology or 6SL004 Community Link in Sociology or 6CJ007 Criminology and Criminal Justice Project or 6CJ002 Prisons and Prisoners or 6LW011 Business and Community Link in Law or 6WL001 Intermediate/Advanced Language (20 Credits)

6SL011 The Sociology of Migration or 6SL002 Global Educational Issues (20 Credits)

Criminology and Criminal Justice and Sociology

Price on request