**Course overview**
- Turn a strong sense of justice into a career-ready mix of investigative skills, specialist knowledge and practical experience. It’s your chance for a future in protecting communities.
- Our Policing and Criminal Investigation degree offers an ideal starting point for anyone aiming for a future in law enforcement. It offers the chance to explore a broad range of subjects, from crime scene investigation and criminal law, to cybercrime and homicide investigation, as well as a range of ethical and political issues.
- It’s a course with a practical focus on your employability. We not only offer vital experiences shadowing real investigators, but also offer the opportunity to spend a year studying at police academies in Europe.
- You’ll learn from active serving officers and even have our support for becoming a Special Constable during your studies.
- In your final year, you’ll have the flexibility to customise your degree in the area that interests you most, from counter terrorism to international humanitarian law. Then, when you graduate, you’ll have the skills and understanding you need to pursue a career not just in policing, but also in the military, industry, commerce and more.
**Why study with us**
- You’ll learn from a team that mixes experienced academics with serving and former police officers.
- As part of our pioneering collaboration with Lancashire Constabulary, you can gain experience shadowing a crime scene investigator at work.
- Our Forensic Science offerings are 1st in the North West for overall student satisfaction, teaching quality and academic support - National Student Survey (NSS) 2019.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1: Compulsory modules; Introduction to the Law and Police Powers, Offences Against the Person and Public Order, Investigation Skills I, Police Organisation and Methods, Study Skills for Criminal Investigation, Volume Crime Scene Science
Year 2: Compulsory modules; Criminalistics, Investigation Skills II, Proactive Investigation Techniques, Contemporary Policing Issues, Further Investigation into Policing, Offences Related to Property and Weapon
Year 3: Compulsory modules; Dissertation, Police Accountability and Ethics. Optional modules - choose three; Fraud, Major Crime Inquiries, International Criminal and Humanitarian Law, Cybercrime, Counter Terrorism
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:
FM49
Institution code:
C30
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
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
104 to 112 UCAS points at A2
104 to 112 UCAS points
104 to 112 UCAS points
104 to 112 UCAS points
104 to 112 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
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English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
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0%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
0%
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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
Additional Fee Information
*subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate
Provider information
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Preston
PR1 2HE
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