Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Criminology
- 3 years
- Duration
- 5,500 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Mixed
- Format
- Multiple Locations / United Kingdom
- Location
- Arden University
- School
Program description
Are you interested in modern crime and deviance causes and effects? Arden University’s BA (Hons) Criminology will help you grasp society’s changing view on crime and the complex criminal justice system.
Our criminology program helps you understand behavior, victimization, the law, and social responses to crime. You'll also study the criminal justice system, media portrayals of crime and victimisation, society's reaction to crime, and social control's future. Through global criminological theories and psychology and sociology insights, all these dimensions and more are examined.
The course covers a wide range of crimes, victimization, and miscarriages of justice. Our programme explores today's criminal justice system through in-depth studies of serial killers and violent offenders and landmark cases including Zahid Mubarak, Stephen Lawrence, Sarah Everard, and Mark Duggan. This prepares you for police, probation, human rights, criminal investigation, and intelligence careers.
Program structure
Modules
Level 4
- Becoming a Criminologist (20 credits)
- A History of Crime and Punishment (20 credits)
- Crime, Media, and Culture (20 credits)
- Cybercrime: The Essentials (20 credits)
- Policing Priorities (20 credits)
- Working within the Criminal Justice System (20 credits)
Level 5
- The Prison (20 credits)
- Youth Crime and Justice (20 credits)
- Defending the Realm (20 credits)
- Green Criminology (20 credits)
- Researching the Field (20 credits)
- Crimes of the Powerful (20 credits)
Level 6
- Serial Killers (20 credits)
- Victimology (20 credits)
- Miscarriages of Justice (20 credits)
- Professional Practice: A case study (20 credits)
- Dissertation (40 credits)
Price
Online and Campus Learning
- Fee per level - 5,500 GBP
Requirements for applicants
- Two subjects at GCE A level or equivalent, plus passes at grade C or above in three subjects at GCSE level or equivalent; OR
- Completed a recognised Access Programme or equivalent.
- If you don’t currently hold the above qualifications, we also offer this course with an additional foundation year, designed for students who need extra support when starting their degree course.
English proficiency
- IELTS 6.0 (no less than 5.5 in any element); or TOEFL iBT 80; or equivalent
- Alternatively, evidence you have previously studied in English, such as a letter to show that the Medium of Instruction was in English, can be accepted.
About the university
Arden University provides flexible and accessible higher education. From our beginnings in 1990 as the online learning partner for British institutions, we've developed to provide both online and blended learning degree programmes that match the needs of modern living. We offer more than 90 career-focused degrees, many of which are recognised by the British Psychological Society, the Chartered Management Institute, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation, the Association for Project Management, and others.
Our mission is to shape business. You choose the self-development course and learning style, and we'll provide you the skills and insight to succeed.
Many of our students work, have families, and other commitments while studying, yet they require a Degree, Master's, or MBA to maximize their career. We love offering students the flexibility to study and attain their goals, even when they're too busy to visit a study center or be on a schedule. We hope you'll join.
