Criminology

BA (Hons) Criminology scored 91% overall student satisfaction for NSS 2020.

Develop advanced skills and professional practice on this contemporary criminology degree, opening a variety of professional employment avenues within criminology and criminal justice.

The course is informed by and regularly updated to incorporate current industry thinking, thanks to lecturing staff with strong connections and ongoing practice within the sector – ensuring what you study is current, relevant and practically linked to real-world developments and issues.

And we are proud to offer a wide range of expert guest speakers to enhance your learning and offer a network of employment opportunities. You can also take advantage of visits to real-world criminology and criminal justice organisations, both locally and internationally – giving your studies an enhanced international perspective.

You’ll learn to work as part of a professional team, exploring media representations of social problems and the effect of modern communications technology on the processes of justice.

You will also develop a range of transferable interpersonal and verbal communication skills – essential for any professional role, in any industry – through presentations, role-plays, debates, interviews and group work.

A strong mentoring support network that has led directly to employment for students, and extended beyond employment, into pastoral and welfare care.

What does this course lead to?
Solent criminology graduates will be well placed for a huge range of careers in criminology and criminal justice, from probation and policing services to charity and social service work with offenders and young people.

Who is this course for?
If you’re looking for a career path in criminology or a similar professional/voluntary capacity, this is the course for you.

You will develop analytical and research skills that can be transferred to a broad range of careers, not only in criminology-related fields but also within the wider justice and voluntary sector. And you will also be able to make valuable industry connections through site visits, guest speakers and the range of lecturing staff, who remain credible in their research and practitioner status with industry.

YEAR 1 - CORE MODULES
Introduction to Criminology
Big Questions in Social Sciences
Criminal Justice Process
Victimology
Explaining Criminal Behaviour
Researching Criminal Worlds

YEAR 2 - CORE MODULES
Cybercrime and AI
Methods and Analysis in Criminology
Police and Society
Global Crime
Youth Justice
Crimes of the Powerful

YEAR 3 - CORE MODULES
Dangerous Offenders
Crime, Media, Culture
Dissertation

YEAR 3 - OPTIONS (please note that not all options are guaranteed to run each year)
Migration, Refugees and Global Crisis
Terrorism and Political Violence
Police, Law and Community
Gangs, Drugs and Alcohol
Crime, Gender and Sexuality

The course is assessed through written and verbal assessments, report writing, exams, formative and summative feedback, portfolios and workshops, presentations and field trip reports.