Law with Criminology
University of Central Lancashire
UCAS Code: M191 | Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)
Entry requirements
96 to 112 UCAS points at A2
96 to 112 UCAS points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications are Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Level 3 Key Skills in Maths and Communication.
96 to 122 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
96 to 112 UCAS points
96 to 112 UCAS points
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About this course
**Course overview**
- Our Law with Criminology degree is suited to those who wish to achieve a recognised legal qualification with a strong interest in criminology, and an excellent starting point if you’re thinking of a career with a specific criminological interest.
- This programme provides you with the opportunity to obtain a qualifying law degree whilst also gaining an awareness of current issues in criminology. By studying these complementary subjects side by side, you will ensure that you have the academic training required to pursue a career within the legal sector or within a wide range of other professions.
- You will be taught by highly qualified staff from within the School of Justice and by renowned and extensively published criminology academics. You will gain an awareness of current legal issues and of current issues in criminology – debates surrounding criminal justice, social control and the role of the police.
- The course covers all of the core law modules required for a qualifying law degree as well as considering both the nature of crime and criminality and society’s response to it.
**Why study with us**
- Preston is the second largest city in the UK for conducting trials, second only to London. Examples include the Cregan, Bulger, and Shipman trials. You can visit the courts and go behind the scenes.
- You will be taught by leading academics and by staff who are professionally qualified and research active.
- We've been providing innovative legal education for over half a century.
**Further information**
- The Criminology element to the programme provides academic study of the nature of crime, criminality and responses to crime in contemporary society. It considers how crime is defined, perceived as a problem, and managed in modern society.
- A significant feature of Law study in the School of Justice is the emphasis from the outset on relevant legal and transferable skills, including research, oral and written, e-communication and critical reasoning skills, advocacy, personal development planning and group work.
- We adopt a wide range of learning and teaching methods, designed to support you to develop as an independent learner. These include interactive online sessions, e-learn activities, workshops, reflective clinical legal education, group work, research exercises, presentations, mooting and debating as well as the more traditional seminars and lectures. You will have more structured class contact in Year 1 of your programme to support your transition to Higher Education.
- You will be supported in finding legal placements and have numerous opportunities to visit relevant legal establishments, both locally and beyond. In Year 2 you are able to visit many of the European Institutions during a week-long study tour in Brussels.
Modules
Year 1: Compulsory Law Modules: Lawyers Skills and Personal Development, The Law of Contract, Public Law, Legal System. Compulsory Criminology Modules: Key Thinkers in Criminology, Crime and Society
Year 2: Compulsory Law Modules; Legal Research and Reasoning and Personal Development, Criminal Law, EU Law, The Law of Torts. Optional Law Modules; Human Rights in the UK, Criminology, Family Law, Media Law, Medicine and the Law, Sentencing and the Treatment of Offenders, Sports Law, Employment Law. Optional Criminology Modules (students must choose at least 1) Prostitution, Infanticide & Punishment in the Nineteenth Century, Media & Crime, Drugs & Crime, Understanding Policing, Critical Thinkers in Criminology, Youth Justice and Young People, Understanding Personal Violence, Victims, Communities & Crime, Offending Corporations, Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Year 3: Compulsory Law Modules; Interviewing, Employability and personal development, Land Law, Equity and Trusts. Optional Law Modules: Company Law, Criminal Law Relating to Sex and Violence, Criminal Evidence, EU Business Law, War Crimes Trials, Terrorism and the Law, Dissertation, Project, Placement, Law Clinic. Optional Criminology Modules; Theories of Crime & Punishment, Texts in Criminology, State Crime and Genocide, Why Prison?, Sex, Violence and Strategies, Developmental Criminology, Diversity, Crime and Justice, Obeying the Law: Political Obligation, Drugs & Society, Controversial Issues in Prison, Terrorism & Human Rights, Crime and New Technologies, Human Trafficking
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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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Law graduates tend to go into the legal industry, and they usually take similar routes. Jobs are competitive — often very competitive - but starting salaries are good and high fliers can earn serious money - starting on over £24k in London on average. Be aware though - some careers, especially as barristers, can take a while to get into, and the industry is changing as the Internet, automation and economic change all have an effect, If you want to qualify to practise law, you need to take a professional qualification — many law graduates then go on to law school. If you want to go into work, then a lot of law graduates take trainee or paralegal roles and some do leave the law altogether, often for jobs in management, finance and the police force. A small proportion of law graduates also move into another field for further study. Management, accountancy and teaching are all popular for these career changers, so if you do take a law degree and decide it’s not for you, there are options.
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