Criminology, Social Policy and, BA with Year Abroad

Modules in the first year

The programme comprises a number of core modules designed to develop student's knowledge and research skills and to support the progression to more independent forms of study.

Core modules

• Introduction to Social Policy
• Criminological Theory I
• Crime and Society
• Social Problems and Social Policy: Social Science in Action Part I
• Social Problems and Social Policy: Social Science in Action Part I
• Social Research I
• Social Research II
• Violence in a Global Context

Core modules

• Policy Analysis
• Social Research II
• Punishment in a Global Context
• Criminological Theory II

Optional modules

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

*Places are limited on this module by the availability of placements.

Our Social Policy, Criminology and Policy, Politics and Economics degrees offer a year abroad option. If selecting this option, your degree will follow the same programme as the standard BA in terms of Years 1 and 2. However, your third year will be spent abroad at a university in the EU or elsewhere in the world. After completing your year abroad, you will return for your fourth and final year to the same BA degree programme. You will be required to choose from a range of modules provided by the host institution and which must be agreed by the exchange tutor. These modules should be equivalent to 120 credits.

There are a wide range of countries and universities from which you can choose. As well as a range of European universities, you may also choose from a range of current institutional partners worldwide. These include countries in which a variety of languages are spoken, including universities at which courses are taught in English.
In recent years, students in the department have taken their year abroad in Australia, Canada, Denmark and the United States, among others.

Core module

• Dissertation

You need to select 40 credits from the following modules

• Harmful Societies: Crime, Social Harm and Social Justice
• Youth Crime and Justice
• Crime and the City

Plus 40 credits from the following:

• Prospects for Social Policy in the UK
• From Beveridge to May: The Political History of the Welfare State From the Second World War to the Present Day
• Quantitative Analysis I
• Quantitative Analysis II
• New Migration and Super Diversity
• Your Money and Your Life: From Welfare State to Personal Finance
• Sociology of Personal Life
• Divided Publics?
• Sociology of Health and Illness
• Political Sociology
• Technology and Society
• ‘Freedom’, Control and Critique
• Drugs, Society, Politics and Policy

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.