**Reasons to choose Kingston**
– You’ll be able to take part in extra-curricular projects, for example in the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice Practice.
– Learning on this course is active and practical, through work experience with advocates and campaigners and community-based volunteering.
– You’ll be able to get a greater understanding of the overlapping worlds of human rights and criminology.
**This course is offered with a Foundation Year in Social Sciences**
This foundation year is taught at the University giving you a taste of academic life in a supportive environment. The year gives you the academic and technical preparation for undergraduate study in a wide range of social sciences subjects. Lectures, labs and tutorials will give you a broad understanding across subjects including economics, criminology, politics, sociology and psychology.
**About this course**
Human rights and criminology are connected subjects with a global scope. They are influenced by culture, community, gender, race, and social justice. This flexible degree has a focus on social science, social policy and the psychological and personal contexts of human rights protection. You’ll explore human rights issues and how they can be enforced or defended.
The course also enhances your employability, helping you develop practical expertise. You’ll gain skills in research, data analysis, complex problem-solving, project management, negotiation and communication.
You’ll have the option of a work placement through a sandwich year. A final year project will enable you to engage in depth with a subject that really interests you.
Course Details - Modules
Examples of modules:
Year 0
- Foundation Year in Social Sciences
Year 1
- Another World is Possible: Order and Revolution in Political Ideology
- Introduction to Human Rights
- Foundations in Criminological Theory
- Crime, Law and Justice
Year 2 (Core)
- Securing Human Rights: Contemporary Themes and Issues
- Policing and Punishment
Year 2 (Optional)
- Modern Political Thought
- Slavery and Emancipation
- Latin America: Power, Politics and El Pueblo Rising
- Crime, Media and Policy
- Youth, Crime and Deviance
- Voices of Contemporary Europe
- International Relations and Global Governance
- Contemporary Issues in Economics
- Globalisation, Development and Social Justice
- Diversity and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System
- Doing Criminological Research
- Globalisation and Social Change
- Researching Race and Ethnicity
Final Year (Core)
- Dissertation
- Global Terrorism and Transnational Crime
Final Year (Optional)
- Crimes of the Powerful: Corporations, the State and Human Rights
- Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
- Britain, Europe and the Extreme Right, 1918-to the Present
- Identity, Culture, Politics
- Cold War, Hot War: the Politics of the Middle East
- War and Society
- Migration and Social Transformation
- Human Rights and Social Justice in the Arts
- Human Rights and Political Violence
- The Politics of Crime in the Black Atlantic
- Sociology Dissertation
- Development Economics
- Applied Criminology/Sociology: Work and Volunteering
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
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:
L3L2
Institution code:
K84
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
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
48 points (‘DD' or equivalent) from two A2 subjects or equivalent
Mature applicants (21 years and older) will need to pass a QAA-approved Access to Higher Education Diploma in a relevant subject with 60 credits minimum 45 credits at Level 3.
Applicants under 21 years will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
