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Course summary

Approach criminology from an academic and professional perspective.
Engage with the criminal justice profession at home and abroad.
Choose between a traditional dissertation or workplace consultancy in your third semester - preparing for employment or doctoral study.
Study in the prestigious Helena Kennedy Centre of International Justice.
Draw on contemporary and future developments in criminal justice.

On this rewarding, varied course, you鈥檒l develop advanced knowledge and understanding of criminology. You鈥檒l study in the internationally-recognised Helena Kennedy centre, and gain useful contacts through study opportunities in the UK and internationally. Upon graduation, you鈥檒l be prepared for a range of exciting positions, and possess excellent transferable skills.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

The course provides a supportive learning environment, which balances subject knowledge, intellectual skills and employability training.

You鈥檒l apply your skills through real-world experiences and active engagement with academics, volunteers and criminal justice practitioners. You鈥檒l also have the opportunity to challenge, be challenged and collaborate in an academically stimulating environment.

You鈥檒l tackle subjects including criminal justice leadership and reform, research methods and global threats. You'll gain a high-level knowledge and understanding of criminology, and a range of key transferrable persona, professional and practical skills.

You learn through

• lectures
• workshops on campus
• online support through the University's virtual learning environment
• teaching input from industry experts
• virtual lectures
• peer support
• reflection
• guided reading
• student presentations
• individual student reflection on learning

Future careers

The course prepares you for a career in

• the police service
• probation service
• victim support organisations
• prison service
• social work
• youth justice
• Various inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations
• Third Sector organisations with an interest in victim support, criminal justice and offender management and support roles
• further studies and academia.