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University of East Anglia UEA

UCAS Code: L311 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Entry requirements

A level

A,B,B

Contextual offer: BBC

Access to HE Diploma

D:30,M:15

Principal subjects and A-level combinations are considered - please contact us.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

32

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDM

Contextual offer: DMM Please see UEA website for further information on accepted combinations.

Scottish Advanced Higher

B,C,C

Scottish Higher

A,A,A,B,B

UCAS Tariff

128-153

We've calculated how many Ucas points you'll need for this course.

About this course

Course option

3years

Full-time | 2025

Subject

Criminology

**Overview**
If you are fascinated by crime and criminality, consider studying criminology and enter into a field that will challenge, engage and fulfill you. At UEA, our BA Criminology course will provide you with an excellent grounding in the study of crime and its application in a variety of professional roles. You will explore the nature and forms of crime, the processes of criminalization, the criminal justice system, explanations for crime, the impact of crime, and responses to it, such as sentencing and punishment. You will seek answers to questions such as: What is crime? How much crime is there? Why do people commit crime? How can we reduce or prevent crime? How should we deal with offenders?

Criminology is not only an exciting and contentious subject to study – it also has real-world relevance. Throughout this course you will learn to engage with the key concepts of criminology with a critical mind. You will apply your knowledge, ideas and perspectives to real-life cases and to contemporary events and issues surrounding crime. This course will not only provide you with broad foundational knowledge about crime, criminals and criminal justice, but will help you develop interpersonal and workplace skills in research, writing, critical analysis and constructing a reasoned and evidenced argument. These are transferable skills, helping you build a stable and fulfilling career after graduation.

Our criminology degree has been uniquely designed to provide you with the knowledge, experience and skills to enable you to secure meaningful employment (or go on to further study) once you have graduated. From day one you will take modules that immerse you in the world of the justice system. You will have the option to take law-based modules alongside typical criminology topics, providing you with a criminology degree with a legal flavour. Many modules are relevant to working within the broad sphere of criminal justice and will teach you to work with offenders, with ex-offenders or in different sectors within the Criminal Justice System. In your final year you will be able to complete your own independent project on a topic of your choice. As you progress, you will also receive more flexibility in module choice allowing you to build your degree to suit your interests and career goals.

The course is delivered within the UEA Law School, located in historic Earlham Hall and offering an intimate, engaging and welcoming community of legal and criminology scholars and students. You will find yourself part of a vibrant study body and will be taught by academics with specialist knowledge and expertise in various fields within criminology. Our faculty will support you through your course and help you to build the skills and confidence to reach your full potential and excel in your chosen career. Field trips to criminal justice sites will help you contextualise the practical aspects of the theory you are learning; you will hear from criminal justice practitioners and other professionals working in various crime and justice-related roles as well as academics from other institutions invited as guest speakers. These experiences will support your employability through exposure to the real-world of criminology, beyond the classroom.

After the course, you’ll be well prepared to enter a variety of career paths: alongside working in the criminal justice system itself, you might work in social services, the civil service, education or law. You’ll also be perfectly placed to continue your education with a higher degree.

**Disclaimer**

Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: **www.uea.ac.uk**

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,535
per year
England
£9,535
per year
International
£22,000
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,535
per year
Scotland
£9,535
per year
Wales
£9,535
per year

The Uni

Course location:

University of East Anglia UEA

Department:

School of Law

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What students say

We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

50%
Criminology

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Sociology

Teaching and learning

94%
Staff make the subject interesting
94%
Staff are good at explaining things
69%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
56%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

60%
Library resources
100%
IT resources
80%
Course specific equipment and facilities
31%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

92%
UK students
8%
International students
19%
Male students
81%
Female students
91%
2:1 or above
18%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
C
B

After graduation

The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Sociology

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£22,000
med
Average annual salary
97%
med
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

14%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals
10%
Welfare and housing associate professionals
8%
Customer service occupations

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.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Sociology

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£17k

£17k

£35k

£35k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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It offers a snapshot of what grads went on to do six months later, what they were earning on average, and whether they felt their degree helped them obtain a 'graduate role'. We calculate a mean rating to indicate if this is high, medium or low compared to other universities.

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