Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Extended), BSc Hons
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Bath Spa University
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Canterbury College
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The Distance Learning Partnership
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King's College London
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Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Duration
6 Quarters
Our extended degree in criminology and criminal psychology starts with a foundation year to prepare you for degree-level learning. You will then study the same modules as our three-year course.
This course is aimed at anyone interested in crime, psychology and the criminal justice system. You will get an introduction to criminology and criminal psychology and explore issues such as offender profiling, stalking psychopathology, gender, race and discrimination, crime scene investigation and terrorism. You can also undertake a work placement to practise your learning and skills.
Our criminology graduates have pursued careers in policy, research, policing, social care and welfare, and organisations such as HM Revenue and Customs.
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About this course
64 UCAS points from A-Levels (we also accept UCAS points from alternative Level 3 qualifications including: BTEC Nationals, the International Baccalaureate and Scottish and Irish Highers)
What you should know about this course
This course includes a foundation year and helps you to access a degree in this subject with a lower entry tariff.
It covers the nature, causes and reactions to crime, alongside a comprehensive overview of criminal psychology.
You will explore social and state responses and methods of control by integrating major theoretical paradigms in the field of criminology.
Optional modules offered include one where students study in a prison alongside serving prisoners and another which is a placement with an agency that is part of / complementary to the Criminal Justice System.
This degree does not provide British Psychological Society (BPS) recognition or accreditation. However, graduates of this course who are accepted on to and then successfully complete our MSc Psychology conversion degree will receive Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the BPS. (The MSc has specific entry requirements.)
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Subjects
- Psychology
- Criminal Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
- Communication
- Study Skills
- Writing
- Social Sciences
- Criminology
- Ethics and Society
- Psychology for Criminology
Course programme
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- The Art of Communication (15 credits)
- Study Skills (15 credits)
- Academic Writing (15 credits)
- Introduction to Social Sciences (30 credits)
- Introduction to Criminology (30 credits)
- Introduction to Ethics and Society (15 credits)
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Introduction to Psychology for Criminology (30 credits)
- Foundations of Criminology (30 credits)
- Forensic Criminology (30 credits)
- Understanding Deviance (30 credits)
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Criminological and Forensic Psychology (30 credits)
- Criminological Research Methods (30 credits)
- Criminological Perspectives (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- Crime and the Media (15 credits)
- Penology (15 credits)
- Forensic Mental Health (15 credits)
- The Criminologies of Disobedience (15 credits)
- Inside and Outside Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice (15 credits)
- Crime Stories: The Inequality of Justice (15 credits)
- Subcultures and Cultural Criminology (15 credits)
- Drugs and Us: Crime, Health, Politics and Culture (15 credits)
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Social Forensic Psychology (15 credits)
- Investigative Forensic Psychology (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 90 credits from this list of options.
- The Psychology of Terrorism (15 credits)
- Criminology Undergraduate Dissertation Project (30 credits)
- Policing (30 credits)
- Women, Power, Crime and Justice (30 credits)
- Criminology, the Community and Work Based Practice (30 credits)
- Crime in the City, Crime and the State (30 credits)
- Crimes of the Powerful (15 credits)
- The Parameters of Hate (15 credits)
- Perspectives on Violence (15 credits)
- Gangs, Guns and Knife Crime (15 credits)
Additional information
Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Extended), BSc Hons
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Bath Spa University
Bachelor's degree London / Classroom-based£ 11,600 -
University of Phoenix
Master OnlinePrice on request -
Canterbury College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
The Distance Learning Partnership
A Level Distance LearningPrice on request -
King's College London
Postgraduate Onlinehigher than £ 9000 -
CECOS London College
Bachelor's degree OnlinePrice on request -
National Association of Licensed Paralegals
Vocational qualification Distance LearningPrice on request
See all