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Criminology and Policing

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About this course


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Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Other options

6 years | Blended learning (part-time) | 2024

3 years | Blended learning (full-time) | 2024

6 years | Part-time | 2024

Subject

Public policy

This programme will provide in-depth knowledge of a wide range of aspects of policing combined with the study of Criminology where the student will look at:

- Crime

- Why people commit crime

- What deters people from crime

- Policing of crime

- The legal penal system.

Modules

Year 1 – Level 4 (Cert HE, Dip HE & BSc)

• Behavioural Dynamics (20 credits; compulsory)
• Contemporary Challenges: Making a Difference (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Criminal Law (20 credits; compulsory)
• Evidence Based Policing and Decision Making (20 credits; compulsory)
• Learning in the Digital Era (20 credits; Graduate Attributes Framework module; compulsory)
• Legal Process (20 credits; compulsory).

Year Two – Level 5 (Dip HE & BSc)

• Changemakers: Building your Personal Brand for Sustainable Employment (20 credits; Graduate Attributes Framework module; compulsory)
• Changemakers: Creativity and Value Creation (20 credits; Graduate Attributes Framework module; compulsory)
• Contemporary Issues in Public Services (20 credits; compulsory)
• Police, Policing and Society (20 credits; compulsory)
• Terrorism and Public Service Responses (20 credits; compulsory)
• Understanding Crime, Justice and Punishment (20 credits; compulsory).

Year Three – Level 6 (BSc)

• Forensic Recovery and Examination (20 credits; compulsory)
• Independent Project (40 credits; Graduate Attributes Framework module; compulsory)
• Management of Resources within the Public Sector (20 credits; compulsory)
• Organisational Leadership: Theory into Practice (20 credits; compulsory)
• Social Inclusion, Victimisation and Welfare (20 credits; compulsory).

Assessment methods

The course will be assessed by a mixture of written coursework, project work, presentations and exams.

Tuition fees

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

Channel Islands
£9,000
per year
England
£9,000
per year
EU
£9,000
per year
International
£13,500
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,000
per year
Scotland
£9,000
per year
Wales
£9,000
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Swansea Business Campus

Department:

The Blue Light Academy

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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.

49%
Public policy

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.

Social policy

Teaching and learning

49%
Staff make the subject interesting
58%
Staff are good at explaining things
51%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
53%
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

61%
Library resources
55%
IT resources
59%
Course specific equipment and facilities
36%
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?

100%
UK students
0%
International students
9%
Male students
91%
Female students
74%
2:1 or above
15%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

A
B
D

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.

Social policy

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.

£16,600
low
Average annual salary
100%
high
Employed or in further education
58%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

14%
Welfare and housing associate professionals
11%
Protective service occupations
11%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers

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.

What about your long term prospects?

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

Social policy

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

£14k

£14k

£20k

£20k

£22k

£22k

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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