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UCAS Code: L316 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
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You will normally need a minimum of 32 UCAS points achieved at A Level, BTEC, Level 3 Diploma or Access courses.
About this course
Are you interested in finding out more about yourself and the people around you? Do you find yourself distracted by ‘people watching’? Do you think you are in a good position to help others but need more knowledge to do so? Do you find yourself watching hours of crime dramas and documentaries? The BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology may help you to pursue your interests. Focused on the individual and mind, psychologists study people’s behaviour, motivations, thoughts and feelings. Contrasted with this, the study of Criminology is focused on the subject matter of crime and criminality, from explanations of criminal behaviour to questioning the legitimacy of the subject matter itself.
Students of Psychology with Criminology develop skills in generating and evaluating evidence, making reasoned arguments and ethical judgements which are useful in many careers. Combining Psychology and Criminology, this course develops intellectual skills required to be an independent learner. Including the ability to gather appropriate and relevant information from a number of quality sources and make an informed judgement about your own behaviour and that of those around you.
There is a lot more to Psychology and Criminology than it first appears and as a student of this course, you will develop your own personal interests following on from the numerous academics who have had similar curiosities in the past. In the first year the content is very much guided as you gain skills that may be new. As the course develops, you will gradually have more choice, culminating in the dissertation in the final year which combines all the expertise gained throughout the degree and focused on a subject matter entirely of your own choosing.
This course is particularly relevant to people already working in or looking to develop a career within and beyond Psychology. The British Psychological Society (BPS) found that Psychology graduates are readily recruited to a wide range of jobs as well as post graduate study. The proposed course is designed to prepare students for specialism at post graduate study or research e.g., clinical, forensic psychology, forensic science as well as a range of post graduate careers. Psychology and criminology students are ideally suited to careers in the police, probation, prison service, security services, local and central government, social work, youth work, public policy, offender charities, housing, mental health services, victim support, drug rehabilitation and research in general.
If you wish to continue studying beyond this course, it will provide you with a strong academic basis to do so. Whilst the degree follows the recommended curriculum of the BPS, it does not offer Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GRC). This would need to be achieved by undertaking a conversion programme at Masters level. Course progression routes could include an MSc in Health Psychology, MSc Developmental Psychology and MSc Forensic Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University as well as MSc in Clinical Applications of Psychology and MA in Criminal Justice at the University of Hull. Students may go onto to study for their PGCE at UCNL to become qualified teachers.
Modules
The course is made up of 75% psychology and 25% criminology. It includes the following core modules that all students complete:
**Level 4** Semester 1
- Fundamentals of Psychology
- Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology
- Introduction to Criminology
Semester 2
- Social Behaviour
- Foundation Research Methods
- Cognitive Psychology
**Level 5** Semester 1
- Developmental Psychology
- Explaining Criminality
- Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology
Semester 2 - Biological Psychology
- Advanced Research Methods
- Introduction to Applied Psychology and Criminology
**Level 6** Semester 1
- Advanced Applied Psychology Skills
- Health Psychology
- Dissertation
Semester 2 - Forensic Psychology
- Working in the Criminal Justice System
- Dissertation
Occasional changes to modules and course content may take place. Students will be notified when applicable.
Assessment methods
The primary way of delivering this course is on campus, however this is a blended course which means there is the option to deliver online using Microsoft Teams and Canvas (access is provided as part of being a student). This may happen on some weeks, such as half term or for guest lectures. On campus teaching includes a combination of lectures, small group seminars, workshops, guest lectures and one to one discussion with your tutors. Students will receive nine hours of contact per week throughout this course. Additional one-to-one meetings with tutors will provide further support. On campus teaching includes a combination of lectures, small group seminars, workshops, guest lectures and one to one discussion with your tutors. Students will receive nine hours of contact per week throughout this course. Additional one-to-one meetings with tutors will provide further support.
The Uni
University Campus North Lincolnshire
Business and Social Science
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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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