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Course Description
The BSc (Hons) Criminology explores the complex and interconnected issues of crime, criminal behaviour and criminal justice.
crime and youth crime.
The course considers how:
- Crime is defined
- How criminality, victimisation and crime control relate to social issues such as class, gender, ethnicity, politics and the economy
- Why crime and justice have become defining issues for contemporary society.
Course Content
Students on a Quantitative Methods pathway will, alongside their substantive modules, study quantitative analysis of social research data, data visualisation, comparative survey analysis and advanced quantitative methods. All pathway students will undertake a graded research placement in a partner institution and will have the opportunity to apply for an international placement in the summer between their second and third years of study.
Year 1
In the first year you will develop a 'criminological imagination', as you are introduced to the different theoretical and applied approaches to understanding crime, criminal behaviour and criminal justice.
Core modules include:
- Introduction to Criminology
- Criminal justice
- Lies, damned lies and statistics
- Contemporary Criminological Controversies
- Producing Social Data
- Sociology in Action
- Academic and Professional Development
- Researching society: qualitative methods.
Year 2
In the second year you will develop your 'criminological expertise'.
Core modules include:
- Violence
- Key issues in Criminology
- Penology
- Gender and crime
- Quantitative Analysis of Social Research Data (core elective)
- Qualitative Analysis of Social Research Data (core elective)
Elective modules include:
You can then choose up to three from the following:
- Understanding social change
- Sociology of race and racism
- Gender and Society
- Contemporary social theory
- Visualising society
- Transnational social movements
- Security Studies: Contemporary and Emerging Issues
- Security Studies: Conceptual Approaches
- Humanitarian Communication
- Developmental Psychology
- Social psychology
- Personality and differential psychology
- Work Placement.
Year 3
Year 3 modules will allow you to study current issues that draw upon the research excellence of our department. The availability of modules is subject to some change in line with changing staff research profiles. Year 3 modules currently include:
Core modules:
- Criminology dissertation (Sociology Project)
- Crime, Culture and the City (core elective)
- Property and Crime (core elective)
- Policing (core elective)
- Criminal Behaviour (core elective)
- Youth crime (core elective)
Elective modules:
You can then choose one from the following:
- Global Migration Process
- Celebrity and Society
- Applied Multivariate Analysis
- Education, Skills and the Job Market
- Poverty: What counts?
- Culture, Race, Difference
- Changing Ideas about Society in the 21st Century
- Political Communication
- Interrogating Consumer Culture
- Global Politics of Forced Migration
- The Theory and Practice of Conflict and Peace*
- Justice, Law and History
- Criminal Justice
- Judgement and Decision-Making
- Organisational Psychology
- Introduction to Clinical Psychology
- International Marketing of Culture
*Please note: To take "The Theory and Practice of Conflict and Peace" you need to have passed either "Security Studies: Conceptual Approaches" or "Security Studies: Contemporary and Emerging Issues" in Year 2.
Course Intakes
| Location | Start Date | Fees | Duration | ||
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Classroom Northampton Square City, University of London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom |
September, 2025
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UK/EU: |
4 years, Full Time |
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Assessment Methods
We may demonstrate some flexibility of entry requirements in Clearing. This will depend on the results we receive and the number of spaces we have available.
Applications through Clearing are likely to be considered on a case by case basis, but an indication of the level at which offers may be considered for International Baccalaureatestudents is as follows:
- 28 points and above
If you are an applicant who has completed qualifications outside of the UK then we encourage you to visit our country pages ahead of calling our Clearing hotline. On these pages you will find information on equivalent grades City will be applying during the Clearing process for students applying from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain and the USA.
Entry requirements in Clearing for A-Level students will be published on 15th August. Details of the standard entry requirements for 2019 are shown below.
Standard requirements
'A' Level
- Typically 'A' Level grades ABB or BBB with a relevant EPQ. This is equivalent to 128 UCAS tariff points. Other qualification combinations achieving 128 UCAS tariff points will be considered. For more information on the new UCAS tariff system, please visit the UCAS website.
- 'A' Level General Studies and 'A' Level Critical Studies are not accepted.
- A minimum of grade 4 (C) in GCSE English and Mathematics is required.
Access to Higher Education
We welcome Access course applications from 'mature' students. These applicants will be considered on the basis of their own merits. Please be aware that Access students are often asked for further information to supplement their application, this is normally in the form of a questionnaire.
A typical offer for an Access applicant would be: Pass 60 credits, 45 of which at Level 3. These Level 3 credits must include at least 27 at distinction and 18 at merit. It is essential the Access course qualification is supplemented by at least a grade 5 (B) in Mathematics and English Language at GCSE.
Other UK qualifications
- BTEC Extended Diploma (DDM required)
- Cambridge Pre-U Principal Subjects
- Advanced Diploma (plus appropriate A Levels)
- Scottish Advanced Highers
- Welsh Diploma (plus appropriate A Levels)
You can apply for a course here before you sit your final school exams (we would recommend applying in the October/November of the year before you wish to start). Any offer we decide to make to you will be conditional on you achieving the appropriate score in your school leaving qualifications, in conjunction with your English language qualification.
If you do not qualify for direct entry, you may wish to take a foundation programme first. These programmes are designed to prepare students for entry to City's undergraduate courses.
English requirements
If your first language is not English, we will require evidence of English language proficiency. The minimum requirement is:
- IELTS: 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each component
- PTE Academic: 58 overall with a minimum of 51 in each component.
English language programmes
Don't meet the English language requirements? INTO City, University of London offers English language programmes to help prepare you for study at university. These intensive and flexible courses are designed to improve your English ability for entry to degree courses.
- Academic English
- Pre-sessional English
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