About the Courses
Through this course in sociology and criminology, you'll explore how social structures and institutions shape the individual and society. You'll gain an understanding of crime and violence, crime policy and the relationship between social status and access to justice and rights.
The course also explores how we define crime, how society deals with crime, and how the distinction between crime and deviance changes over time.
Popular careers for our sociology and criminology graduates include criminal justice, public policy, education, youth work, social services, community work and policing.
Through this course in sociology and criminology, you'll explore how social structures and institutions shape the individual and society. You'll gain an understanding of crime and violence, crime policy and the relationship between social status and access to justice and rights.
The course also explores how we define crime, how society deals with crime, and how the distinction between crime and deviance changes over time.
Popular careers for our sociology and criminology graduates include criminal justice, public policy, education, youth work, social services, community work and policing.
Modules
Year 1
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Foundations of Criminology (30 credits)
Inequality and Social Change (30 credits)
Applying Sociology (15 credits)
Self in Society (15 credits)
Crime, Criminalisation and Society (30 credits)
Year 2
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Key Thinkers in Sociology (30 credits)
The Global Sex Industry: Perspectives, Experiences and Responses (15 credits)
Drug Use in Society (15 credits)
Sociology in Practice (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Crime and the Media (15 credits)
The Criminologies of Disobedience (15 credits)
Crime Stories: The Inequality of Justice (15 credits)
Rehabilitation and Desistance (15 credits)
Year 3
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Gender, Race and Crime (15 credits)
Sociology of Gender and Sexuality (15 credits)
Perspectives on Violence (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Sociology Dissertation (30 credits)
Migration and Citizenship (15 credits)
Globalisation: Social and Political Perspectives (15 credits)
Family, Social Division, and the State (15 credits)
Understanding Social Contexts of Health and Illness (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Work Placement (Level 6) (30 credits)
Migration and Citizenship (15 credits)
Globalisation: Social and Political Perspectives (15 credits)
Family, Social Division, and the State (15 credits)
Understanding Social Contexts of Health and Illness (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 15 credits from this list of options.
Crimes of the Powerful (15 credits)
The Parameters of Hate (15 credits)