Sociology and Criminology
UCAS Code: H2L9
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
102 - 118 tariff points with any combination of Distinction, Merit, Pass grades.
Accepted as part of the overall tariff but it must be accompanied by 2 A-levels or equivalent
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English Language or English Literature English and Mathematics grade C (or grade 4 in the reformed GCSE grading) or equivalent qualifications. We also accept iGCSEs, Key Skills and Functional Skills and other qualifications at Level 2 of the National Qualifications Framework.
28 - 31 points
104 tariff points (Grade D*D)
112 tariff points (Grade DMM)
Accepted as part of the overall tariff but it must be accompanied by an A-Level or equivalent.
Accepted as part of the overall tariff but it must be accompanied by an A-Level or equivalent.
We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff.
104 tariff points (Grade D*D)
Accepted as part of the overall tariff
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
This course requires Distinction, Merit, Merit (112 tariff points).
Accepted as part of the overall tariff but it must be accompanied by an A-Level or equivalent.
Accepted as part of the overall tariff.
104 - 120 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of two Scottish Advanced Highers.
104 - 120 tariff points from Scottish Highers
UCAS Tariff
104 - 120 tariff points including a minimum of 2 A levels or equivalent. BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM.
Accepted as part of the overall tariff but it must be accompanied by an A-Level or equivalent.
About this course
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If you are interested into exploring behaviour and backgrounds of criminals, finding out whether one type of person is more likely to commit crime than another, or perhaps discovering what drives a person in a criminal direction, then this is the course for you! Shining a spotlight on criminology from a sociological perspective, this BA gives you the sophisticated knowledge and analytical skillset needed to break into the public and social sectors, as well as the criminal justice system.
Taught by academic experts and specialist guest speakers, you’ll get to grips with advanced theory, tackling an assortment of hot topics such as trafficking, migration, terrorism, and many other eye-opening components. Additionally, you’ll garner industry experience during either a 30-week or 20-day placement. In your final year you’ll get the chance to develop your own piece of research, in the form of a final year dissertation.
Modules
You will study a range of units including introduction to criminology and the criminal justice system, social exclusion and discrimination, introduction to social research, introduction to social theory and deviance, understanding rural and urban communities, families and kinship in contemporary society, ethnographies of crime and policing, methods and methodologies in the social sciences, the impact and costs of crime, trafficking, migration and criminality, terrorism, protection and society, addressing crime: penology, prevention and victims, a dissertation, along with a number of optional units.
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The Uni
Bournemouth University
Department of Social Sciences and Social Work
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We have quite a lot of sociology graduates, although numbers fell last year. But graduates still do pretty well. Most sociology graduates go straight into work when they complete their degrees, and a lot of graduates go into jobs in social professions such as recruitment, education, community and youth work, and housing. An important option for a sociology graduate is social work - and we're short of people willing to take this challenging but rewarding career. Sociology is a flexible degree and you can find graduates from the subject in pretty much every reasonable job — obviously, you don't find many doctors or engineers, but you do find them in finance, the media, healthcare, marketing and even IT. Sociology graduates taking further study often branch out into other qualifications, like teaching, law, psychology, HR and even maths, so don’t think a sociology degree restricts you to just one set of options.
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Sociology, social policy and anthropology
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