BA (Hons) Criminology and Law

• GCSE: For all applicants, Grade C or above, or Grade 4 under newly reformed GCSE grading, in English Language and Mathematics, or equivalent. Please note the University does not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificates in Adult Numeracy and Literacy as suitable alternatives to GCSEs.
• A-level subjects: No specific subjects required. Points from A-Level General Studies and AS-Level subjects (not taken onto full A-Level) can be included towards overall tariff. You must have a minimum of two A-Levels.
• Specific subjects: We welcome applications from students whether or not they have studied law prior to University entry.
• EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: No specific subjects required.
• Access: Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma; to include 30 level 3 credits at merit.
• Baccalaureate IB: No specific subjects required.

English Language Requirement:

• If English is not your first language, you will be required to meet the UK Border Agency and Universities minimum English Language requirements such as the International English Language Test (IELTS) overall score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component.

Year 0 (Foundation Year)

• Becoming a Professional
• Introduction to Organisations, Enterprise and Management 
• Economics and Accounting for the Real World
• Introduction to Law in a Social, Business and Global Context

Year 1

Law

• Foundations for Law
• Criminal Law

Criminology

• Introduction to Criminological Theory
• Introduction to Criminal Justice

After Year 1 you can continue to study the modules listed below for a degree in Criminology and Law. Alternatively, you can select a module pathway which will enable you to major in Law and graduate with an LLB(Hons) Law with Criminology or Criminology and graduate with a BA(hons) Criminology and Law.

Year 2

• Criminological Research and Investigation

Plus two optional Law modules from the list below:

Optional Law modules

• Civil Liberties
• Forensic Evidence
• Sexual Offences and Offending: Criminal Justice Responses
• Law of Torts
• Land Law
• Migration Law and Policy

You will also select from the following optional Criminology modules, depending on credit requirements:

• Criminal Psychology
• Youth Crime, Youth Justice
• Drugs Crime and Society
• Trangression
• Policing and Society
• Psychoanalysis and The Sociology of Racism
• The Sociology of Madness and Mental Disorders
• Self, Stigma and Spoilt Identity
• Policing and Prisons

Final year

• Critical Criminology

Plus two optional Law modules from the list below OR one if a Study Year Abroad (SYA) or Placement Year has been completed:

Optional Law modules

• European Union Law
• Criminal Justice
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Dissertation
• Law of Evidence
• European Human Rights
• Family Breakdown
• Gender and the Law
• Medicine and the Law
• Sexuality and the Law
• Law Project

You will also select from the following optional Criminology modules, depending on credit requirements:

• Comparative and Transnational Criminology
• Protest, Policing and Public Order
• Real and Virtual Worlds: The Sociology of Cyberspace
• Representations of Crime and Deviance
• Terrorism
• The Family, Community and Crime
• Criminology Project
• Social Psychology of Violence and Crime
• Victims and Victimology