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Our teaching is research-led and relevant to contemporary issues in crime and justice. Create your own pathway to follow a particular passion or explore a broad range of socio-legal topics.
You’ll learn through lectures, small group tutorials, seminars and independent study sessions, where you'll reflect on your learning. We also host visiting speakers who are involved in the administration of justice.
Discuss the general principles and theoretical framework of a topic in large group lectures. You'll then explore the topics further through independent study.
Lectures are delivered by experts from the School and sometimes include sessions with a guest speaker.
You will attend small, informal, discussion-based tutorials. A set of questions will be shared in advance and you will be expected to prepare your answers and participate in open discussion with your peers and tutor.
You will also engage in small-group seminars. Taking place in a workshop format, you will be asked to read or watch material in advance to stimulate group dialogue.
You will receive strong academic and personal support throughout your degree to help you gain the most from your university experience.
We offer an induction programme, a dedicated Student Support Adviser, an excellent academic tutor system, and an established student peer support programme.
Our flexible degree allows you to follow your interests while gaining an understanding of the key concepts of criminology. You’ll learn processes of criminalisation and victimisation, causes and organisation of crime, crime management and prevention, interrelationship between crime, social inequalities and rights, official and unofficial responses to crime, and media representations of crime.
We offer a variety of modules, including:
Other topics you’ll cover on the course include:
BSc Criminology students carry out the core curriculum in the first and second year, with module choices in the second and final year. This means you could specialise in, for example, the links between social inequalities and criminal justice through studying:
You can also undertake optional modules from other departments in the University.
If you’re looking to pursue a career on the legal side of criminology and criminal justice, some of the skills and activities for law students may interest you.
You'll have the opportunity to learn key legal skills alongside the academic skills necessary for criminology.
Criminology students can also enter mooting competitions, taking on the role of counsel in a mock legal hearing or trial.
Explore crime and criminal justice – including causes, controls, and consequences – with our new BSc Criminology degree.
Our cutting-edge curriculum is taught by academics with many years' experience of influencing criminal justice policies. We hold unique partnerships with numerous penal reform organisations.
Learn in a friendly, inclusive law school where our practice-focused approach provides you with multiple opportunities to develop both personally and professionally.