Degree in Professional Policing BA (Hons)

Our Policing Studies programme will help equip you with the knowledge, skills and capabilities sought after within the UK’s skilled police service.

In addition to this, your learnings on this course can help to prepare you for a range of other professional opportunities include roles in the private policing environment. You can also acquire the skills for career opportunities in a number of other related fields, for example:

Youth justice
Community safety and crime prevention
Domestic violence and victim support
Prisons and probation
Drug and alcohol addiction services
Graduates can also choose to continue their academic career by enrolling on one of our postgraduate courses.

GCSEs

Five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including English Language or English Literature
Plus one of the following:

A levels

A minimum of at least 104 points from two A levels
BTEC

BTEC National Diploma - Distinction/Merit/Merit
BTEC Extended Diploma - Distinction/Merit/Merit

This course teaches you the skills and expertise to prepare for a career in the public or private policing sector, where you will be taught by former police service staff who have first-hand experience of the sector and its requirements.
Teaching is centred on the National Policing Curriculum to ensure your learning is relevant to contemporary developments and challenges in the sector.
Apply your learning to a real-world context with opportunities to volunteer as a special constable to develop their real-world understanding of the material taught on the course and prepare you for a range of employment opportunities within the police service (please note this is subject to meeting the requirements of Leicestershire Police and those set out by the Home Office).
Gain international experience related to your studies through our DMU Global Programme, helping you to apply your learning to a global context. Policing students have previously visited Poland to investigate state crime at the Auschwitz concentration camp, as well as New York to learn about critical incidents ofpolicing in the city.
This programme caters for a range of career aspirations within the police service and investigatory sector.
You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Society of Evidenced Based Policing and engage with the East Midlands Police and Academic Consortium to provide you an insight and context to real life policing.