You will join one of the longest-established university criminology departments in the world where we produce pioneering research to support policy development at the national and international level.
**Why study BA Criminology at Middlesex University?**
This degree provides a generic overview of crime, criminals, victims and interaction with the Criminal Justice System. It is aimed at those who have an interest in how society responds to deviant behaviour and challenges the concept of social deviancy. Your studies will be framed by research from within our Centre for Social and Criminological Research (CSCR) where our areas of expertise include youth crime; community safety strategies; and inter-ethnic conflict. The centre combines psychology and criminology with a focus on real life and online experience, and uses a range of research methods including those online.
This degree blends theory with practice through placements within criminology focused organisations and work-based projects, which frame your knowledge with real life case study examples from within the criminal justice system. We regularly invite practitioners from different key organisations to speak to our students to ensure that the theoretical and practical are blended together.
In your final year, your can choose a credit bearing Placement Module or the Special Constable Module which enables you to explore employment opportunities without commitment. You could complete your placement students in a range of areas including the Police Service, Prison Service, Victim Support Schemes, or Youth Offender Schemes. As a consequence of choosing the Placement Module, previous graduates have accepted full-time employment within the criminal justice system.
Criminology is constantly debated in government, the media and across wider society. It is the ideal subject for those keen to pursue a career in the criminal justice system, or to progress to postgraduate study in a related field.
**Course highlights**
You have the option to extend the course by a year in order to spend your third year in a paid work placement relevant to the course
The Police Service is currently undergoing a fundamental change in its recruitment process, requiring all new recruits to attain a degree in a related subject, Criminology is one of those subjects
Our excellent links with criminology-focused organisations in London ensure you can secure prestigious placement opportunities and gain excellent professional experience while you study
Our specialist teaching approach offers high levels of support, ensuring you achieve excellent academic results
As a student of this course you'll receive a free electronic textbook for every module
Course Details - Modules
Foundation Year:World Literature for Social Sciences and the Law, SMART (Students Mastering Academic writing, Research and Technology), Foundation Project, Foundation Mathematics.
Year 1: Crime and Control in Social Context (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Explaining Crime (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Skills and Methods in Criminology and Sociology (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Understanding Contemporary Society: Issues and Debates (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Year 2: Approaches to Research in the Social Sciences (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Criminology in Late Modernity (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Institutions of Criminal Justice (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Urban Criminology (30 Credits) - Compulsory
Year 3: Children as Victims and Offenders (30 Credits) - Optional
Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice (30 Credits) - Optional
Environmental Justice and Green Criminology (30 Credits) - Optional
Gangs and Group Offending (30 Credits) - Optional
Justice, Punishment and Human Rights (30 Credits) - Optional
Organised and White Collar Crime (30 Credits) - Optional
Violent Crime (30 Credits) - Optional
Dissertation (30 Credits) - Compulsory
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:
L3FY
Institution code:
M80
Campus Name:
Hendon Campus
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Foundation
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
Our entry requirements provide a guide to the qualifications that you’ll need to study our courses. We have a personalised admissions approach and we make fair but aspirational offers. We want you to aim high and achieve great results.
We understand that things have been very different at school and college since the pandemic started however and that you might be worried about what changes to exams in 2021 will mean for you.
We’ll always aim to be as flexible as possible and take into consideration any barriers you may have faced in your learning. So if you don’t quite get the grades you hoped, we’ll look at more than your qualifications like your achievements in other areas and your personal statement.
At Middlesex, we're proud of how we recognise potential in future students like you and how we can support you to succeed in the future.
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