Program Overview

Gain a degree in criminology, with an initial foundation year to prepare for the course.

• Prepare for the degree with an extra foundation year at the start.
• Study criminal justice principles, rules and practices from contemporary academic and practical perspectives.
• Learn analytical and research skills for understanding the nature of crime within society.
• Learn the real-life applications of criminological theory to experience and understand behaviour in your student community.
• Tailor your studies to reflect specialist interests, which enhances independent thinking and creativity                             

Benefit from an academically rigorous and career-enhancing education, which includes unique work-related modules designed to give you the practical edge needed in today's competitive employment market. Once you have completed the foundation year, you progress onto the undergraduate degree of BA (Hons) Criminology.

How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

The course is suitable if you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) Criminology course. You share the first year, first semester with Law, Criminology, Sociology, Politics and Psychology foundation students. In the second semester you will complete a module specific to criminology which will prepare you for your transition to your subject specific degree of Criminology.

We have highly motivated, knowledgeable and creative staff across the department who bring a breadth and depth of skills and knowledge from the criminal justice sector and the academic community. This enables high quality learning of the core aspects of the discipline, and a range of specialist topics and areas of study.

You learn through

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Projects
• Peer learning
• Placement activity
• Visits
• Guest lectures
• Simulation
• Case study analysis
• Online learning resources