Criminology BA

Bachelor's degree

In Birmingham

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Birmingham

Criminology at the University of Birmingham is about understanding the social implications of crime – and its impact on local and global communities.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Birmingham (West Midlands)
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Birmingham B15 2TT

Start date

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2020

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Subjects

  • Global
  • Sociology
  • Social Policy
  • Options
  • Criminology

Course programme

The first year provides an introduction to Criminology, within your second and final years you will have more options to tailor your degree. By your final year, you will be prepared to conduct your own research project. You will have the opportunity to explore knowledge and policy in an area of your choice and particular interests.

Additionally, module options at this level draw upon the research expertise of the Department and its research centres, which brings contemporary policy debates and research directly into the programme and further enables you to benefit from excellent, world-leading, contemporary research.

Throughout your degree, you will have the flexibility to tailor your options towards your career choice. During your second year you will have the opportunity to undertake an optional placement with a criminal justice agency/voluntary sector organisation.*

Year 1

Core modules

  • Criminological Theory I
  • Violence in a Global Context
  • Crime and Society
  • Social Research Part I
  • Social Research Part 2
  • Philosophies of Welfare
  • Social Problems and Social Policy: Social Science in Action Part 2
Year 2

Core modules

  • Social Research II
  • Contemporary Issues in Policing
  • Punishment in a Global Context
  • Criminological Theory II


You must choose 40 credits from the optional modules

  • Terror, Threat and Security
  • 'Sociology of Race' and Ethnicity - A Global Perspective
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Doing Justice*
  • Comparative Social Policy
  • Contemporary Issues in Housing Policy
  • Managing Health and Social Care
  • Self and Society
  • Media and Society
  • Global Societies
Final Year

Core modules

  • Dissertation
  • Harmful Societies: Crime, Social Harm, Social Justice


You must choose 60 credits from the optional modules

  • Youth, Crime and Justice
  • Crime and the City
  • From Beveridge to Cameron: The Political History of the Welfare State From the Second World War to the Present Day
  • Prospects for Social Policy in the UK
  • Doing or Not Doing God? Religion, Policy & Politics
  • Quantitative Data Analysis I and Quantitative Data Analysis II
  • New Migration and Super Diversity
  • Sociology of Health and Illness
  • Sociology of Personal Life
  • Divided Publics?
  • Your Money and Your Life: From Welfare State to Personal Finance
  • Political Sociology
  • Technology and Society
  • ‘Freedom’, Control and Critique

* Numbers on the Doing Justice module will be limited due to availability of placements (Students will be selected according to a criteria based on academic performance and attendance.)

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.

Criminology BA

Price on request