Explore the nature and social impact of crime and investigate the subject from a critical and sociological perspective. You'll graduate with the skills and experience suitable for a wide range of careers in the policy, legal, criminal justice, academic and civil sectors. You could find a job as a youth worker, counsellor, police or probation officer – or pursue a career in human rights, counter-terrorism or the intelligence services. **Why study BA Criminology at Goldsmiths?** - Issues of social inequality and justice are brought to the foreground in this degree. You’ll learn how race, gender, class and nationality connect to crime and control, taking an international perspective to explore differences across the globe. - You'll be taught by researchers at the cutting edge of criminological and sociological research on urban crime, control and security, and globalisation and crime. And, as part of a tight-knit group of students, you'll benefit from the support and expertise of your teachers throughout your degree. - Modules such as Criminal Justice in Context give you the opportunity to meet and learn from leaders in criminal justice, policy and campaigning sectors, offering up to date knowledge. - You’ll have access to a range of work placements and volunteer opportunities and we’ll help you find an organisation that suits you. You might take part in training to support a victim of crime, attend court, or mentor young people. - You'll learn how to research. Being able to gather and analyse different types of information from a wide variety of sources is a vital skill in the digital age where there is a lot of information but a shortage of truth. - You'll be taught by experts in the social sciences, as well as those involved with and who have experience of criminal justice.

This programme will allow you to consider the subject of criminology from a sociological perspective. You will study: How our knowledge of crime and criminality is refracted through culture and how the media represent crime, law and social order Explanations for why people commit ‘crime’ How governments respond to ‘crime’, and how they might respond differently The history and development of criminology as a discipline Social control, policing, surveillance and security Crime as a global phenomenon and its policing in the context of global inequality, the movement of peoples, international trade, human rights and state violence Practical cases and stories from people working in and with experience of the criminal justice system Research methods for the empirical investigation of sociological and criminological topics You'll learn to consider the problem of crime from a critical perspective in the context of modern forms of power. You will develop a practical, but conceptually sophisticated, set of skills that will equip you for a range of careers in the sector and beyond. Year 1 (credit level 4) you will take the following compulsory modules: Crime, Control and the State Imaginative Criminology Modern Knowledge, Modern Power Researching Society and Culture 1A Researching Society and Culture 1B Year 2 (credit level 5) You take these compulsory modules and one option module: The Making of the Modern World Explaining Crime Researching Society and Culture 2 Criminal Justice in Context Crimes Against Humanity Year 3 (credit level 6) You take two compulsory modules: Contemporary Issues in Criminology Dissertation You also choose option modules to the value of 60 credits. Modules recently available have included: Race, Racism and Social Theory Global Development and Underdevelopment Sociology of Visuality Childhood Matters: Society, Theory and Culture Making Data Matter Sociologies of Emerging Worlds Privacy, Surveillance and Security Philosophy, Politics and Alterity Subjectivity, Health and Medicine Prisons, Punishment and Society Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.

You’ll be assessed by a variety of methods, depending on your module choices. These include coursework, examinations, group work and projects.

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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.

Course code: LL33

Institution code: G56

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120 credits at Level 4 and a 2:1 average in a comparable programme, and meet the standard qualification requirements for Year 1 of the programme.

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IELTS (Academic)	6.0	with a 6.0 in writing and no element lower than 5.5

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