Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Criminology with Psychology
- 3 years
- Duration
- 14,900 GBP/year
- Price
- Sep 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- London / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
This course is associated with the Crime and Justice Research Group at LSBU, which hosts a variety of academic and community events throughout the year.
These gatherings will provide you with opportunities to network with researchers, practitioners, and advocates, and will enrich the quality of your educational experience overall.
Course content is informed by the research of your instructors, who have earned national and international acclaim in their fields.
Probation, police work, prison work, non-governmental organizations, local governments, the voluntary sector, youth offending teams, classroom teaching, social work, and administrative work are just some of the fields that can benefit from the skills you'll learn in our programs.
Education takes place on Southwark Campus
Program structure
Year 1
Semester 1
- Deconstructing the crime problem
- Social Sciences in the Contemporary World: Themes, Concepts and Higher Education Skills
- Introducing Psychological Approaches
Semester 2
- Social Justice in Action
- Understanding Crime: Criminological Theory in Context
- Exploring Psychological Approaches
Year 2
Semester 1
- Understanding punishment: Penal Theory and Practice
- Social Research Methods
- Psychology of Feelings
Semester 2
- Working in the Social Sciences
- Youth, crime and delinquency
- Psychology of Behaviour with Others
Year 3
Semester 1
- Research Project (double module running across two semesters 40 credits)
- Gender, crime and justice
Optional modules
- Development of Brain and Behaviour in Infancy
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviours
- Psychology of Inter & Intra-group Processes
- Psychology of Mental Health & Distress
Semester 2
- Research Project (as above)
- Contemporary Criminology
Optional modules
- Counselling Psychology
- Health Psychology
- Lifespan Development
- Neuropsychology
- Psychology of the Workplace
- Thinking: Past, Present & Future
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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