Building on the OU’s reputation for cutting-edge criminological and sociological teaching and research, this joint degree offers you the chance to study lively, topical and sometimes controversial subject matter. You’ll investigate questions of crime, criminalisation and social harm, to determine whether society’s responses to these questions are adequate and appropriate. You’ll also explore how social worlds are made and how we, as individuals, are shaped by the societies in which we live.
**Key features of the course**
- Explore lively and topical issues about contemporary social life and about crime, harm and criminal justice
- Learn to evaluate evidence critically and understand criminological and sociological problems better
- Examine the role of both theory and research in shaping knowledge about crime, justice and the wider social world
- Explore criminological and sociological topics of your own interest in depth in the final year
Course Details - Modules
This degree has three stages.
You’ll start Stage 1 with a compulsory module in inter-disciplinary social science, followed by a compulsory module in criminology.
Next, in Stage 2, you'll study a compulsory sociology module, followed by a choice from two criminology modules.
Finally, in Stage 3, you’ll study two further compulsory modules, in sociology and in criminology.
Course Details – Assessment Method
You will be taught through our highly successful ‘blended-learning’ approach. This combines print-based teaching texts, innovative online resources (including text, audio-visual material and interactive activities) and a mixture of face-to-face and synchronous online teaching and forums. Assessment is designed to help you build your skills as you progress through your degree, starting gently and building towards independent project work in your Stage 3 modules. Modules typically include a number of individual assignments and a longer piece of end-of-module assessed work. Some Stage 2 modules may contain end-of-module exams. Unmarked online quizzes and other activities help you build knowledge and understanding towards your formal assignments, all of which are marked and count towards your module result. You will receive detailed feedback on these assignments to help you improve your marks in future work.
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How to Apply
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Year 1
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Milton Keynes
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