Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Criminology
- 3 years
- Duration
- 14,900 GBP/year
- Price
- Sep 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- London / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
How can we know what causes shifts in crime rates?
What role do the actions of the powerful play in causing climate change?
Are prisons the right way to punish those who commit crimes?
Do you think the law treats us fairly?
In this course, you will examine the dynamic relationships among the state, the criminal, the victim, and society as a whole to gain insight into these and related topics. You will analyze critically the ways in which society influences both criminal behavior and governmental reactions to it.
Education takes place on Southwark Campus
Program structure
Year 1
Semester 1
- Deconstructing the crime problem
- Introduction to the criminal justice system
- Social Sciences in the Contemporary World: Themes, Concepts and Higher Education Skills
Semester 2
- Issues in Crime
- Understanding crime: criminological theory in context
- Social justice in action
Year 2
Semester 1
- Understanding punishment: Penal Theory and Practice
- Social Research Methods
One Optional module for the below:
- Behind Bars: Prisons and Society
- Decolonisation and Legacies of the British Empire
- Issues in criminal justice history
Semester 2
- Youth, Crime and Delinquency
- Working in the Social Sciences
Optional modules
- Environment Justice, Sustainability and Climate Crisis
- London: Crime and Social Exclusion
- Policing and Society
Year 3
Semester 1
- Research project (double module running across two semesters 40 credits)
- Gender, crime and justice
Optional modules
- Hate crime
- International Security
- Social Justice and Social Policy
Semester 2
- Research project (continued)
- Contemporary criminology
Optional modules
- Crimes of the powerful: States, Corporations and Human Rights
- Politics and Protest
- Race, Culture and Identity
Price
Fee for two semester (1 year education) is 14900.00 pounds sterling for international students
Requirements for applicants
Entry requirements for Bachelor degree depend on the country-living of the students*
Requirements for admission on the example of students from India:
- Indian Standard XII: minimum average of 55-65% or higher (depending on exam board and LSBU course applied for)
- 3 passes at GCE A Level (required grades dependant on LSBU course applied for)
- International Baccalaureate Diploma: 24 points or higher
- Accredited UK Foundation programme: minimum 55-60% or higher
- Accredited Polytechnic/College Diploma (2 - 3 years duration) 58% or higher
English language requirements:
- IELTS Academic Overall score: 6.0 (with no component below 5.5)
- TOEFL IBT (Internet Based Test) Overall score: 80 Minimum scores required in each skill area are: Reading: 18 Listening: 17 Writing: 17 Speaking: 20
- Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) Overall score: 52 (minimum score required in each skill area is 51)
- LanguageCert SELT or International ESOL (IESOL) Exam High Pass Note: for Student Visa the minimum score required in each skill area is 33* (*For C2 Mastery, min score for Listening is 25)
- University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations Overall score: 169 with no score below 162
- Trinity ISE Pass ISE II with Distinction in all 4 components
- Password Overall score: 6.0
- A-Level/ AS-Level English Language Grade C or above
- GCSE / O-Level English Language (Edexcel/ Cambridge Overseas exam boards) Grade C or above Grade 4 or above
- IGCSE English as a Second Language / First Language English (Cambridge Assessment) Grade C or above
- Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) Grade C or above
- Scottish Advanced Higher/Higher/ National 5 English Grade C or above
- International Baccalaureate Diploma English A HL 4 SL 5
- International Baccalaureate Diploma English B HL 5
*For information about the requirements for your country, please contact us using the feedback form.
About the university
Established in south London in 1892 as the Borough Polytechnic Institute, we have since contributed to the betterment of local students, businesses, and residents.
The original goal of the organization—"to promote the industrial skill, general knowledge, health, and well-being of young men and women"—remains at the heart of what we do today. Our students will be prepared for the challenges of the modern workplace thanks to our hands-on, career-focused curriculum.
Our campuses
- Southwark campus
- Croydon campus
- Havering campus
Our faculties
Our courses are developed in collaboration with leading companies, and we provide internships and co-ops to help you launch your career. Our instructors are experts in their fields because they have, in all likelihood, been in the situations they teach about firsthand.
We have more than 200 courses for students to enrol on.
Here are some of the topics in which we can provide training: Accounting and Finance, Architecture, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Business and Management, Computer Science, Criminology and Sociology, Drama and Theatre, Economics, Engineering, Law, Marketing, Nursing and Miswifery, Psychology, Social Care, Sport and others.
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