Criminology (Criminal Justice)
Middlesex University
UCAS Code: L437 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English Language Grade C/4
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
About this course
This criminology degree was one of the first in the world and is taught by leading academics in the field. The research produced by our department is used to develop policy by government, the EU and the UN. This course is the ideal choice if you wish to pursue a career in the criminal justice system or to progress to postgraduate study in a related field.
**Why study BA Criminology (Criminal Justice) at Middlesex?**
This specialist course is designed for you to learn about criminal justice practice and institutions from theoretical, practice-based and research-informed perspectives. You will build specialist expertise in the criminal justice system, within one of the world's oldest university criminology departments where we produce pioneering international research to support policy development. You will be able to pursue careers in the institutions of criminal justice such as the police, prisons, courts or probation, in the criminal justice support services, in organisations and charities that work on criminal justice policy and reform, in research institutions.
Many of our academics bring extensive professional experience from within agencies such as the Home Office, the police and the probation service and many also have professional experience within criminal justice institutions such as the Police, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, and Probation services. Your tutors are conducting influential research on current practice and policies which will inform their teaching and ensuring your learning is relevant and up to date.
This fusion of research and professional expertise ensures you receive a stimulating learning experience and the highest standard of teaching. Classes combine criminology theory with the examination of real life case studies from within criminal justice settings.
**Course highlights**
You will study at the centre of leading criminology research, ensuring you graduate with knowledge of the latest policy developments in criminology and criminal justice
You have the option to extend the course by a year in order to spend your third year in a paid work placement relevant to the course
Our leading academics provide a supportive learning environment, helping you to achieve the best possible academic results and this strong guidance will continue after you have graduated and are seeking employment
You could have the option to spend a year of study in a university abroad
You will benefit from guest lecturers and invited speakers who previously have included academics, activists and criminal justice practitioners
Our close links with key criminal justice agencies such as the police, the probation service and youth offending teams means you take part in real life projects that can support and inform your thinking
As a student of this course you'll receive a free electronic textbook for every module
Modules
Year 1: Crime and Control in Social Context (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Explaining Crime (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Skills and Methods in Criminology and Sociology (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Understanding Contemporary Society: Issues and Debates (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Year 2: Approaches to Research in the Social Sciences (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Criminal Courts and Prisons (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Criminology in Late Modernity (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Institutions of Criminal Justice (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Year 3: Justice, Punishment and Human Rights (30 Credits) - Optional
Children as Victims and Offenders (30 Credits) - Optional
Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice (30 Credits) - Optional
Environmental Justice and Green Criminology (30 Credits) - Optional
Gangs and Group Offending (30 Credits) - Optional
Organised and White Collar Crime (30 Credits) - Optional
Violent Crime (30 Credits) - Optional
Dissertation (30 Credits) - Compulsory
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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.
Sociology, social policy and anthropology
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Just over 1,600 students graduated in social policy in 2015, which makes it one of the smaller social studies subjects. This is a popular subject at Masters level — 750 Masters in social policy were awarded last year - and so a lot of the more sought-after jobs in management and research tend to go to social policy graduates with postgraduate degrees. For those who leave university after their first degree, then jobs in social care (especially community and youth work) and education, the police, marketing and human resources and recruitment are popular — along with local government, although there are fewer of those jobs around than in the past. This degree is a bit less reliant on London for jobs than other similar subjects, so if you'd like to work outside the capital, it might be worth considering - although the jobs still tend to be in big cities.
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