Criminology and Sociology
City (City St George's, University of London)
UCAS Code: L390 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
City (City St George's, University of London)
UCAS Code: L390 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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About this course
This three-year Criminology and Sociology degree has been designed by world-leading researchers in the field. You’ll learn about the latest thinking in crime and society, and develop the skills to conduct your own original research.
You’ll study topics such as criminal justice, penology, policing, news, violence, and social change. This develops your analytical capability to engage with crime and social policy debates. Modules in qualitative and quantitative research methods develop your data analysis skills.
- Become a critical thinker with an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay of local and global forces in relation to crime and criminality
- Boost your employability with an optional work placement year
- Develop highly sought-after data literacy and quantitative skills, thanks to the work undertaken by the City St George’s Q-Step Centre to design and develop the degree
- Opt onto a quantitative methods pathway: benefit from a heightened focus on data skills, a workplace Data Placement in Year 2, and an optional international work placement
Take advantage of excellent internship opportunities thanks to our central London location, including access to organisations in crime and justice, human rights, migration and refugee support, and mental health.
Modules
Year 1
The first year is highly structured to provide you with a firm foundation in the core aspects of Sociology. You study eight 15-credit core modules. You can also take a language module as a non-credit bearing module.
Core Modules:
Introduction to Criminology
Learning from Social Data
Data and the Social World
Criminal Justice
Thinking Sociologically
Sociology in Action
Social (Justice) Research: Qualitative Approaches
Academic and Professional Practice
Year 2
Deepen your understanding of both subjects with core topics from criminology and sociology. In Year 2, you take six core modules; you can choose one methods module and one sociology module. In Year 2 you will also have the option to join the Quantitative Methods pathway (leading to a BSc Criminology and Sociology with Quantitative Methods). This pathway includes eight core modules – these are indicated by an asterisk below.
Core Modules:
Key Issues in Criminology
Penology
Violence
Social Action Project
Understanding Social Change
Contemporary Social Theory
Core Elective Modules:
Sociology of Race and Racism
Gender and Society
Quantitative Analysis of Social Research Data or Qualitative Analysis of Social Research Data
Year 3
Year 3 enables you to tailor your final year to your interests and career aspirations. You explore a sociological topic in depth through your Sociology project dissertation; you take at least 30 credits worth of criminology modules; and choose up to 45 credits of elective modules.
Core module:
Sociology Project
Core Elective Modules:
Crime, Culture and the City
Policing
Criminal Behaviour
Elective Modules:
Urban Violence and Public Health Policy
Interrogating Digital Data
Global Migration Processes
Broken Britain? Culture, Employment and Society
Work and Workers
Celebrity & Society
Criminal Justice in Crisis
Emotions, Identity and Relationships
Sport, the Body and Deviance
Applied Multivariate Analysis
Education, Skills and the Job Market
Poverty: What counts?
Culture, Racisms and Resistance
Digital Cultures and Everyday Life
The Theory and Practice of Conflict and Peace
Micro-Placements
Industry Projects
Mentoring and Coaching for Leadership
Modules are subject to change.
Assessment methods
Assessment is primarily in the form of coursework (assessed essays, policy and research reports, group presentations and other assignments), unseen examinations and a final-year project.
The Uni
City, St George's, University of London
City, St George's, University of London
Department of Sociology and Criminology
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