Department of Social & Policy Sciences Course Catalogue 2025/26
UHSP-AFB30: BSc(Hons) Criminology
Route: BSc(Hons) Criminology
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Normal course duration: 3 Years
[Page last updated: 25 July 2025]
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | No |
DACS and exit awards: | This course has no designated alternative course (DAC).
Exit awards:
Diploma of Higher Education
Certificate of Higher Education
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Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 32%
Final Stage: 68% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
Semester 1: Stage 1
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP12001 | Becoming a social scientist 1 | 10 Credits |
| SP12005 | Critical thinkers in criminology | 10 Credits |
| SP12006 | Crime and society | 10 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 1
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP12004 | Crime, social justice, and social policy | 10 Credits |
| SP12010 | Becoming a social scientist 2 | 10 Credits |
| SP12011 | Criminal justice processes and practices | 10 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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| Students must select options worth 20 credits in year 2 of this course, taking a balanced number of credits in each semester, either by choosing two all-year 10-credit options, or one all year option and a 5-credit option in each semester, or two 5-credit options in each semester. |
Academic Year: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP22025 | Theorising crime, justice and punishment | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED22008 | Contemporary issues in childhood and youth: research and intervention | 10 Credits |
| PS22061 | Mind brain and behaviour | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP22019 | Qualitative analysis: the power of immersion | 10 Credits |
| SP22024 | The history and politics of crime and punishment | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL22066 | The politics of international law | 5 Credits |
| SP22054 | Conflict, security and development | 5 Credits |
| SP22057 | Social concepts of humans, monsters, and machines | 5 Credits |
| SP22059 | Sociology of criminal justice policy | 5 Credits |
| SP22126 | Crime, harm and the environment | 5 Credits |
| SP22127 | Health, governance, and the market | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP22020 | Quantitative data analysis: the power of statistics | 10 Credits |
| SP22023 | Global crimes of the powerful | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP22056 | 'Race' and racism | 5 Credits |
| SP22064 | Youth justice | 5 Credits |
| SP22128 | Victims and victimology | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Academic Year: Final Stage
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP32037 | Criminology dissertation | 20 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PS22008 | Social psychology and individual differences | 10 Credits |
| SP32044 | Sociology and beyond | 10 Credits |
| SP32067 | Crime, media, culture | 10 Credits |
| SP32069 | Global development in the climate crisis | 10 Credits |
| SP32071 | Humanitarianism | 10 Credits |
| SP32076 | Sociology of death | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32013 | Contemporary issues in childhood and youth: theory and practice | 5 Credits |
| SP32066 | Atrocities, conflict, human rights | 5 Credits |
| SP32074 | Policing | 5 Credits |
| SP32077 | The sociology of experts and evidence | 5 Credits |
| SP32129 | Drugs, crime and society | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PS22009 | Developmental psychology | 5 Credits |
| SP32072 | Incarceration | 5 Credits |
| SP32073 | Lobbying, policy communications and democracy | 5 Credits |
| SP32075 | Sexual violence | 5 Credits |
| SP32125 | Gender, sexuality, science, and technology | 5 Credits |
| SP32125 | Gender, Sexuality, Science, and Technology | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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