Psychology and Criminology
University of Salford
UCAS Code: CM89 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
University of Salford
UCAS Code: CM89 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
112-120 UCAS points
Access to HE Diploma
112-120 UCAS points Applicants must hold full separate GCSE Maths & English at grade C or 4 (or above), or a suitable equivalent (e.g. Key Skills/ Functional Skills level 2).
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Applicants must hold English Language and Mathematics as composite parts of the IBDP, or suitable GCSE (or equivalent) qualifications in Mathematics and English.
112-120 UCAS points required. Must include English, Mathematics and a Science at Higher H6 grade or above (D3 grade in old system) or Ordinary O4 grade or above (C2 grade in old system).
112-120 UCAS points required. Must include English, Mathematics and a Science at Higher H6 grade or above (D3 grade in old system) or Ordinary O4 grade or above (C2 grade in old system).
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
112-120 UCAS points
112-120 UCAS points. Scottish Highers may be combined with Advanced Highers to contribute to Tariff Point requirement.
112-120 UCAS points. Highers may be combined with Advanced Highers to contribute to Tariff Point requirement.
T Level
UCAS Tariff
112-120 UCAS points
About this course
Understanding crime and its impact on society requires a deep dive into both human behaviour and criminal activities. Our Psychology and Criminology degree combines these two areas to give you a well-rounded perspective on the issues surrounding crime.
Psychology explores the human mind and behaviour, while criminology looks at crime, deviance, and the workings of the criminal justice system. This course brings both fields together, helping you develop a thorough understanding of why people act the way they do and how crime affects communities.
Throughout the programme, you'll gain insights into human behaviour and apply what you learn through various engaging assessments. The course prepares you for careers in health, social care, criminal justice, and other public and social services.
This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), and sets you up for further study or a career in psychology and criminology.
Modules
• First year: Core Areas of Psychology, Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Introduction to Quantitative Analysis, Introduction to Qualitative Research, Philosophical Roots, Research Approaches and Academic Skills in Psychology, and Understanding Criminology.
• Second year: Further Biopsychology and Cognition, Further Research Methods, Developmental and Social Psychology, Individual Differences, Theoretical Criminology, and one optional module from: Critical Victimology, Critical Perspectives on Policing, Violence in Society, Human Rights, Genocide and Resistance, or Environmental Justice.
• Final year: Dissertation, Become Unstoppable: Professional Skills, and two optional modules from the following lists:
- Psychology options: Atypical Child Development, Brain and Behaviour, Educational Psychology, Effective and Affective Thinking and Processing, Forensic Psychology, Media Psychology, Occupational Psychology, Psychology of Global Issues in the 21st Century, Psychology and Health, The Psychology of Extreme Violence, The Psychology of Mental Health, and Work Placement.
- Criminology options: Crime, Society and Racialisation, Critical Perspectives on Policing, Critical Victimology, Environmental Justice, Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Genocide and Resistance, Migration and Socio-Legal Dynamics, Policing and Social Control, Prisons and Punishment, Probation and Rehabilitation, The Criminal Justice Process - Criminology, and Violence in Society.
Assessment methods
Assessment methods will vary depending on the modules you choose to study. You can expect to be assessed through exams, research reports, and essays. The remaining assessments will be distributed across assignments, practical reports, group work, and presentations.
The Uni
Peel Park Campus
School of Health and Society
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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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20 years ago, this was a specialist degree for would-be psychologists but now it is the model of a modern, flexible degree subject. One of the UK's fastest-growing subject at degree level, and the second most popular subject overall (it recently overtook business studies), one in 23 of all graduates last year had psychology degrees. As you'd expect with figures like that, jobs in psychology itself are incredibly competitive, so to stand a chance of securing one, you need to get a postgraduate qualification (probably a doctorate in most fields, especially clinical psychology) and some relevant work experience. But even though there are so many psychology graduates — far more than there are jobs in psychology, and over 13,800 in total last year — this degree has a lower unemployment rate than average because its grads are so flexible and well-regarded by business and other industries across the economy. Everywhere there are good jobs in the UK economy, you'll find psychology graduates - and it's hardly surprising as the course helps you gain a mix of good people skills and excellent number and data handling skills. A psychology degree ticks most employers' boxes — but we'd suggest you don't drop your maths modules.
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