L4FY Criminology with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Foundation degree

In Luton

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Description

  • Type

    Foundation degree

  • Location

    Luton

Why study this course In the Foundation year you will study three days per week. The focus will be on academic writing skills and numeracy, plus subject-specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree. The BA (Hons) in Criminology is designed for students who have the desire to explore why people offend and the various settings/situations relating to offending, and the responses of the state to offending behaviours. In addition, the course will prepare you for the world of work through providing you with both an academic appreciation of the causes of offending and the state’s response and a range of skills that are transferable into employment. ...

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Luton (Bedfordshire)
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University Of Bedfordshire Business School, Luton Campus (Vicarage Street), LU1 3JU

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Course programme

Who’s this course for? The degree course in Criminology will be appropriate for undergraduates considering careers in policing; community safety; youth justice; law; social work; youth work; and a variety of areas within criminal justice. The course offers internationally recognised subject expertise in the field of Youth Justice, in addition to a range of opportunities to acquire practical experience of interest to future employers. Modular structure The units within the BA (Hons) Criminology course at Bedfordshire have been designed to take students from an introductory phase at Level Four the study of theoretical criminology will be a new experience for most students to a critical focus upon research and policy, crime and criminal justice at Level Six. Much of the teaching on the programme is carried out by members of the Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime. The Centre conducts research into crime, offending and community safety. Its staff publishes regularly and have national and international links. In addition, the Centre organises conferences to promote and disseminate new ideas. Thus, teaching on the programme is underpinned by research at the cutting edge on knowledge. Students will have opportunities to undertake research for projects and dissertations as well as for research experience. Criminology is a three year degree course.

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Skills and experience gained The course seeks to develop your personal, professional and study skills in areas such as multi-agency working and working in research settings. Employability is core to the degree and is part of the teaching programme at every level in units such as the core Level 4 unit Introduction to the Human Services, the core Level 5 unit Multi-Agency Working and Career Development in the Human Services and the Level 6 option unit Current Issues in the Human Services. Students without previous work experience are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the University for developing relevant work and vocational skills in a variety of human services settings through an active volunteering network. The aims of the BA Criminology are: to deliver a degree course that prepares students for a career within either the Criminal Justice System or the wider human services; to offer a course that develops subject-specific knowledge and skills in the field of criminology as mapped against benchmarking standards; to foster a commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice; to give students access to a multi-disciplinary teaching programme based on staff expertise and fields of academic interest; to promote learning that fosters co-operation and collaboration as a means of addressing many of the complexities inherent in the study of criminology in particular and the human services in general; to develop students research knowledge, skills and methods to a level where they can successfully complete an independent project. After the course Career: The course is likely to appeal...

L4FY Criminology with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Price on request