Program Overview

International Foundation Year in Law and Social Sciences
Our Law and Social Sciences programme will prepare you for a degree across a range of areas, including marketing, economics, media, sociology and entrepreneurship. Once you have successfully completed this course, you will be equipped to start an undergraduate degree, with all the English language skills and subject-specific knowledge you'll need to study at Kingston University London.

Many of the progression degrees include work placements and the opportunity to study abroad, for the same fee as a traditional degree. Combining academic study with professional experience will give you the skills and confidence you need to succeed in your chosen career.

What you'll study
During your Law and Social Sciences International Foundation Year, you will study the following modules:

• Academic English Skills
• Globalisation
• Introduction to Law
• Studying Social Life

Once you have successfully completed the programme, and achieved the required grades, you will be well-equipped to start your undergraduate degree at Kingston University London.

Leading to: Criminology and Sociology BSc (Hons)
This course explores the way societies understand crime and deviance and how they seek to secure social order, social justice and social control. Across the course, you'll consider how cultural and social values, life experiences and social inequalities are shaped by the social and global environments. You'll consider how practices and attitudes of policing respond to social events and shifts in cultural attitudes and consider the ways the media can influence individuals' perceptions of crime and its causes.

You'll also study the criminal justice system in England and Wales, explore issues of discrimination in the criminal justice system and how social structures and institutions can disadvantage and marginalise groups in society. And you'll draw global comparisons, considering the ways in which protests, and political action, criminal activity, and policing, transcend national borders.

The course also offers opportunities for you to gain valuable work experience with victim support agencies, advocacy groups, justice campaigns, international charities and NGOs via a work placement module.