Criminology
Abertay University
UCAS Code: M9M9 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Abertay University
UCAS Code: M9M9 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
For entry into Year 2 we would look for ABB to include one from Sociology, Politics, History, Psychology plus one other literate subject
HNC (BTEC)
Entry into Year 1 with HNC (BTEC) Health & Social Care
HND (BTEC)
Entry into Year 2 with HND (BTEC) Health & Social Care
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Health & Social Care Public Services Travel & Tourism
Scottish Advanced Higher
Entry into Year 2 to include one from Sociology, Politics, History, Psychology, Modern Studies plus one other literate subject
Scottish HNC
Entry into Year 2 with an HNC in one of the following:- Police Studies - Graded Unit C Social Science - Graded Unit C Next Gen Social Science - Graded Unit P Entry into Year 1 with an HNC in one of the following:- Additional Support Needs - Graded Unit C Childhood Practice - Graded Unit C Counselling - Graded Unit C Legal Services - Graded Unit C Social Care - Graded Unit C Social Services - Graded Unit C Working with Communities - Graded Unit C
Scottish HND
Entry into Year 2 with an HND in one of the following:- Legal Services - Graded Units CC Social Science - Graded Units CC Entry into Year 1 with an HND in one of the following:- Additional Support Needs - Graded Unit B Counselling - Graded Unit B
Scottish Higher
T Level
Pass (C and above)
in Core Component. Education & Early Years Health Healthcare Science Legal Services Management & Administration
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About this course
**Gain a deeper understanding of how we define, classify and respond to crime, and why people commit crimes on this fascinating Criminology degree.**
Criminology is a social science examining the nature of law making and how society is 'policed'. Gain a deeper understanding of how we define, classify and respond to crime, and why people break the law. You’ll study all aspects of crime, learning how crime is controlled and regulated in modern societies.
This is a flexible degree. In the first two years you will concentrate on the fundamentals of criminology and sociology. In years three and four you will specialise, working with our academics to explore:
- Contemporary Criminological Theory.
- Penal Institutions.
- Ethnicity, Gender and Crime.
- Human Rights.
- Green Criminology.
- Drugs and Addiction.
We place a strong emphasis on developing your research skills, which are highly valued in the workplace. There is a real-world work placement option in third year, giving you work experience and networking opportunities.
Whether it is team collaboration, assessing evidence, writing reports, researching or completing project work, this criminology degree will make you extremely employable.
After the first two years of study, you can choose to specialise in other areas or carry on studying this pathway.
This course was in the **UK Top 10 for Course Satisfaction** in the 2023 Guardian University Guide and scored nearly **85% for Teaching and Learning Resources** in the 2021 National Student Survey.
Modules
Year 1 core modules (subject to change over time) - CRM101 Crime & Punishment; SOC101 Contemporary Social Issues;
LAW251 Introduction to Law; CRM103 Criminal Justice Processes; SOC102 History & Social Change; Abertay 101 Being Successful at Abertay.
You are also required to select three MySuccess modules of your choosing. For detailed module information please check our website.
Assessment methods
You’ll learn through a blend of lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops, online discussion forums, video screenings, guest speaker presentations, directed and private study, and student-focussed group work.
Other assessment methods include supervised examinations, essays, reports, portfolios, presentations, project work, class and online tests, and reflective analyses. In your final year, you’ll design and produce a research project under the dedicated supervision of an academic staff member.
Around one third of the course is assessed through examination, although the exact proportion depends on your module choices.
Put simply, we aim to give you all the skills you need to move straight into a job or further study when you graduate.
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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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