Criminology with Psychology (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)

University of the West of England, Bristol

Bachelor's degree

In Bristol

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Why study BSc(Hons) Criminology with Psychology?
Criminology with Psychology brings together the study of crime and the science of the mind to better understand how crime impacts on individuals and society. Drawing on a range of other disciplines including sociology, law and philosophy, you will explore the theories, policies, processes and relationships that influence attitudes, beliefs and behaviour. You will also develop a range of skills that enhance your employability, such as critical thinking and data interpretation, how to evaluate evidence and write reports, presenting reasoned arguments and making ethical judgments.
Why study our course?
In the first year, you will study both subjects on an equal basis before majoring. BSc(Hons) Criminology with Psychology at UWE Bristol provides a deep understanding of crime, criminal justice, offenders and victims,allowing you to apply theories and research to real-world contemporary issues. Supported by inspirational staff who are leading practitioners and active researchers, our course provides the opportunity to explore criminology from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Graduates are valued by employers for their research and IT skills, their literacy and numeracy, and their incisive understanding of individuals, social institutions and processes.
Real-world experience
You will benefit from a forward-thinking course that encourages knowledge exchange, community engagement, professional engagement and work-based learning. We have strong connections with organisations including the Bristol Young Offenders Scheme, Bristol Youth Education Service and the local police forces. Throughout the course, you will have the chance to undertake your own research, focussing on real-world issues in areas that interest you for future employment. With opportunities in year 2 for work-integrated learning, volunteering roles and international study, you will graduate with all the knowledge and transferable skills you need to...

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Bristol (Avon)
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Coldharbour Lane, BS16 1QY

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About this course

Placements
Criminology with Psychology at UWE Bristol offers opportunities for work placements, volunteering and other work-based experiences. In year 2 you will benefit from work-integrated learning opportunities, which combine work experience with critical self-reflection on what you have done. There's also an option to study for a year at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.
Throughout the course, you will have the chance to undertake your own criminological research, focussing on real-world issues in areas that interest you for future employment. In year three, you will have...

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Subjects

  • Criminology
  • Psychology
  • Teaching

Course programme

Content

Foundation year (Year 0)

You will study the following modules:

  • Academic Skills for Social Sciences
  • Exploring the Social World and the Problems of Crime
  • From Plato to Nato
  • People and Social Science

You will study the Foundation Year alongside students from our other Social Science courses, and so you may be able to transfer to a course in one of these areas at the end of the Foundation Year.

The normal expectation is that you must pass all Year 0 modules before progressing to Year 1.

Year 1

  • Introduction to Criminology Theory
  • Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Research Design and Analysis

At the end of year 1, students choose whether to major in Criminology or to major in Psychology and continue with Criminology as a minor subject (see course entry for Psychology with Criminology for full details). Students wishing to gain a degree recognised by the British Psychological Society should opt for the Psychology major option.

Year 2

  • Nature and Use of Research
  • Prisons and Policing
  • Developing Self and Society
  • One optional module from the list below:

Optional modules

  • Criminal Psychology
  • Drugs, Crime and Society
  • Youth Crime, Youth Justice
  • Transgression

Plus one optional module from the following:

  • Identities in Psychology
  • Mind, Brain and Development

Final year

  • Critical Criminology
  • Social Sciences Project and Placement Module
  • Select optional modules from the list below according to credit requirements:

Optional modules

  • Comparative and Transnational Crime
  • Protest, Policing and Public Order
  • Terrorism
  • Victims and Victiminology
  • The Family, Community and Crime
  • Representations of Crime and Deviance
  • Childhood Disorder and Disordered Childhood

Plus select optional modules from the list below according to credit requirements:

  • Advanced Developmental Psychology
  • Anomalous Experiences and Mental Health
  • Appearance and Embodiment
  • Applied Development Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuropsychology
  • Counselling and Psychotherapy Theory and Research
  • Developing Self and Society
  • Health Psychology in Practice
  • Psychology and Social Justice
  • Psychology and the Arts
  • Psychology in the Community
  • The Arts and Mental Health
  • Working with Difference in Couselling and Psychotherapy
  • Atypical Development
  • Gender, Sexualities and Society
  • Human Sexuality
  • Methods in Neuroscience
  • Psychological Approaches in Mental Health
  • Consciousness
  • Psychology of Work, Business and Organisations
  • Pschopharmocolgy
  • Psychology of Addiction

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved we will inform you.

Learning and Teaching

We use a variety of traditional and non-traditional methods of teaching from formal lectures, seminars and workshops to one-to-one tutorials and ICT based learning technologies. It is of significant benefit to the quality of teaching that seminar numbers are kept to a maximum of twenty students.

For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

Assessment

Forms of assessment are equally varied and seek to develop numerous academic and practical skills. Assessment includes essays, seminar presentations, projects, literature reviews, and 'unseen' and 'seen' examinations.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.

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