BSc Criminology and Sociology

The course is taught in both the Department of Law and Criminology and the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. The teaching teams comprise of staff with expertise in both of the main disciplines, giving students a broad understanding of criminology and sociology and opportunities to engage with complementary subjects such as law, human geography and criminal psychology. Choosing this course will enable you to delve deeper into the key concepts and theoretical approaches that are continuously developing within Criminology and Sociology. It will also allow you to examine the important connections between the two disciplines. The distinctive social problem focused approach to Sociology that we provide at Aberystwyth will help you to think critically about issues of crime and deviance in society. At the same time, the discipline of Criminology offers distinctive insights into the nature of social non-conformity, and as such can provide new ways of approaching key sociological concepts affecting inequality, including social class, gender and ethnicity. The Criminology component of this course provides a balanced coverage of theory, policy and practice issues in criminology and criminal justice studies, and all students in the Department are given the opportunity to take part in a criminal justice work experience placement. The Sociology component of the course encourages the development of a sociological imagination and lens on contemporary issues, such as, immigration, the welfare state and issues of gender identity, providing a critical approach to more applied criminological topics. Department of Law and Criminology lecturers are mostly either qualified to PHD level or have professional experience and qualifications as practicing lawyers. Many staff also have a PGCE (Higher Education). Department of Geography and Earth Science: lecturers are all qualified to PhD level or working towards a PhD.

IELTS 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each component

International students: £19,190 per year

UK students: £9,790 per year

UK/Home: £9,790 per year

International: £19,190 per year

September

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• Aberystwyth, United Kingdom