BA (Honours) Criminology
Three years full-time
UCAS code • M931
Location • Collegiate Campus
Subject area • Criminology
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This course includes a number of initiatives designed to enhance your learning experience and make you more employable after you graduate. Find out more.
Visit the Department of Criminology website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
Year one modules
• deviance, order and protest • social thinking and reflection • researching society • forms of crime • criminological foundations • criminal justice
Year two core modules
• critical thinking and career management • researching criminology • international crime and justice • exploring diversity in criminology • criminological theory in a contemporary world • crime and punishment
Year two options
There are a range of optional modules for you to choose from based around • debates in criminal justice • types of crime (such as cyber crime, violent crime, drug-related crime) • crime from different viewpoints (such as youth, gender, race).
Year three core module
• dissertation
Year three options
There are a range of optional modules for you to choose from based around • critiquing criminal justice policy • appreciating justice (such as human rights) • the impact of crime • types of crime • criminal justice agencies (such as prisons, the police).
Find out more about studying BA (Honours) Criminology
You apply for this course through UCAS.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £10,680 a year
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,250 a year
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• examinations • coursework • case studies • presentations • dissertation in year three
You develop theoretical understanding and practical research skills
How we enhance you employability
As part of the course we run a number of initiatives designed to enhance your learning experience and make you more employable after you graduate. Examples of these initiatives are given below.
Employability fair
Every September a variety of agencies from across the criminal justice and voluntary sectors attend our event with the sole aim of employing our students as volunteers within their organisation. This has included prisons, Police, probation, SOVA and Remedi amongst others, who are involved with a broad spectrum of individuals including victim services, young offenders, neighbourhood resolution teams, prisoners and independent custody visitors. The placements you secure can be used in your second and third year of study to gain academic credit as you look at how theoretical approaches apply to real life situations.
Probation training
The department delivers the Probation Qualifications Framework across Yorkshire and Humberside and also the North West, under contract from the Ministry of Justice. This course offers the qualification required to be a probation officer.
Guest lectures and career mentoring
Throughout the year we have a variety of guest speakers. The talks are from a variety of practitioners and academics and may focus on a range of issues, from case studies to policy initiatives, from employment histories to careers advice. A number of these individuals also offer their time as career mentors, where you are partnered with a practitioner who will meet with you regularly to discuss your academic goals and your future career path.
Visit the Department of Criminology website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
