📖Program Curriculum
Your early studies will introduce you to the key principles of criminal justice, individuals and society, social science research, law and human rights.
Later options allow you to focus on a range of topics including offender rehabilitation, citizenship and surveillance, terrorism, and the criminalisation of sex.
BSc 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Victims and Victimology September-January 10 ASC106
Employability and Personal Development September-January 10 ASC108
An Introduction to the Criminal Justice System September-January 10 ASC112
Study Skills in Social Sciences September-January 10 ASC113
Individuals and Society September-January 20 PPS111
Foundations in Social Science Research January-June 20 ASC109
Law, Criminal Justice and Human Rights January-June 20 ASC110
The Sociological and Criminological Imagination January-June 20 ASC111
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Interrogating Quantitative Social Science Methods September-January 20 PPS201
Citizenship and Surveillance September-January 20 PPS221
Interrogating Qualitative Social Science Methods January-June 20 PPS202
Optional Modules
Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select 60 credits from the following modules. Students are advised to consider a balance of credits across the year. IMPORTANT: Students opting to take module ASC324 Dissertation at Level 6 MUST select module ASC222 from the below options
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Applied Offender Rehabilitation September-January 20 ASC214
Leadership and Management in Social Justice September-January 10 ASC219
Investigating Gender September-January 20 PPS203
Penology and Punishment January-June 20 ASC204
Crime, Drugs and Alcohol January-June 20 ASC215
Media, Crime & Criminal Justice January-June 20 ASC218
The Criminal State: International Issues January-June 10 ASC220
Developing and Planning a Research Project January-June 10 ASC222 This module MUST be selected if opting to take module ASC324 Dissertation at Level 6
Poverty and Social Justice January-June 20 ASP220
Education, Policy and Society January-June 20 ASP256
Sociology of Health and Illness January-June 20 CR-200
Contemporary Moral Controversies January-June 20 HUP244
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
None found.
Optional Modules
Criminology and Sociology Year 3
Choose Exactly 120 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select exactly 120 credits from the below optional modules. Please ensure you select an even balance of credits across the two teaching blocks
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Social and Environmental Harms September-January 20 ASC319
Dissertation September-June 40 ASC324
Homicide: Criminalising Death and Dying September-January 10 ASC326
Critical Criminology of Sports and Leisure September-January 20 ASC333
An Introduction to Policing in England and Wales September-January 20 CR-301
Philosophy, Mental Health and Illness September-January 20 HUP308
Investigating Gender 2: Exploring Men and Masculinities September-January 20 PPS318
Illegal Economies September-January 20 SPC300
Critical Challenges in Justice for Children January-June 20 ASC303
Criminalisation of Sex January-June 20 ASC316
Understanding & Countering Terrorism & Violent Extremism January-June 20 ASC317
Delivering Social Justice Interventions: Entrepreneurial Criminology January-June 10 ASC325
Crime and the Limits of Free Speech January-June 10 CR-302
Social Movements, Social Policy and Social Change January-June 20 PPS319
