Course Summary

Combine Criminology and Sociology to improve your understanding of some of the most pressing issues today. Study crime and social issues both in and outside the lecture room, and gain an enhanced understanding of current debates. You’ll graduate with skills for employment in areas as diverse as policing, probation, youth offending and government. This course will take you on a journey through the topical crime and social issues of the day, the criminal justice responses to them and their portrayal in the media. Using real-life case studies, academic research and interactive learning sessions, you’ll gain a deep understanding of critical debates in both subjects. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your own specific research interests in your final year dissertation. Over three years, you’ll study issues such as the media, its moral panics and promotion of fear; sex, violence and the profiling of such offenders; deviant behaviour; youth offending; war and terror and genocide. Our optional modules will also allow you to explore issues from corporate crime to human rights, and sexual violence to burglary. But you’ll go beyond the lecture theatre, too. With visits to courts and prisons, you’ll examine the trial process and methods of rehabilitation, punishment and retribution (historical and modern), deviance, race and gender. Every year you’ll have the chance to travel abroad on one of our international field trips and examine crime and crime control in different geographical and cultural contexts. Our previous trips have included visits to Amsterdam, Krakow, Estonia and Spain. Working alongside experienced, research-active academics, you’ll develop your research skills, and get used to speaking in public at our conferences and research seminars.

Course Details - Modules

Year one, core modules Crime News and Criminology Criminal Justice in England and Wales The Sociological Imagination The Sociology of Globalisation Year one, optional modules Political Ideologies and Social Controversies Media and Crime Year two, core modules Trials and Errors: Justice in Court Contemporary Issues in Prisons and Penology Violent Crime Year two, optional modules Social Divisions Knowledge and Belief Cultures of War Policing and Crime Control Social Theory Contemporary Work and Organisational Life Theories of Deviance, Crime and Social Control Sociology of Education Learning from Work Experience (incorporates work placements) Crime and Place: Geographic Criminology and Crime mapping Project Preparation Year three, core modules Major Project Criminology in Policy and Practice Race, Racism and Cultural Identity Year three, optional modules Invisible Crimes Sex, Sex Offending and Society Sexuality and Social Control Sport, Globalisation and International politics Sociology of Popular Culture Feminist Theory and Practice Comparative Criminal Justice Youth Justice Controversies Investigative Psychology Preparing for Work Concepts of Good and Evil Nature and Society Optional modules available all years Anglia Language Programme

Course Details – Assessment Method

For a full breakdown of module options and credits, please view the module structure. We use a variety of assessment methods, allowing you to develop important transferable skills. You’ll show your progress through a mixture of case studies, presentations, essays, patchwork texts (short pieces of writing, or ‘patches’, built up week-by-week), portfolios, poster presentations, data analysis exercises, exams and group projects, as well as an individual Major Project. We know how important helpful feedback is and embed opportunities for formative feedback into our modules so you can make the best progress possible.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

How to Apply

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: L390

Institution code: A60

Campus Name: Cambridge Campus

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements

96 UCAS Tariff Points from a minimum of 2 A levels (or equivalent).

UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent).

UCAS Tariff Points accepted.


2020 Entry requirements are under review for the next cycle and have been published using the current cycle information. Please check back when apply opens for the exact requirements.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.anglia.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/criminology-and-sociology

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

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English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 68%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 50%

Go onto work and study: 65%

Fees and funding

England 9250.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 9250.0 Year 1
Scotland 9250.0 Year 1
Wales 9250.0 Year 1
Channel Islands 9250.0 Year 1
Republic of Ireland 9250.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

https://aru.ac.uk/student-life/preparing-for-university/help-with-finances/undergraduate 2022 International fees are to be confirmed

Provider information

East Road
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Cambridge
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