BSc (Hons) Psychology & Criminology at Cardiff Metropolitan University

A three-year honours degree combining psychology and criminology, studying thinking, reasoning and social interaction alongside criminal justice theory, theories of crime and their link to policy and practice. The degree is accredited by the British Psychological Society and is taught at the Llandaff and Cyncoed campuses, with access to labs including a Tobii eye tracker, Biosemi EEG and Crime House.

Faculty: Cardiff School of Education & Social Policy; Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences  |  Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years full time with a foundation year  |  Intake: 2027 entry  |  Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year one covers criminological theory, conceptual and historical issues in psychology, cognition, biopsychology and cognitive neuroscience, research communication and the criminal justice system. Year two covers research methods, comparative criminal justice systems, critical, social and developmental psychology, applied cognitive and biological psychology, and threat, risk and harm. Year three includes the race and gender of criminology, punishment and penology, homicide and violent crime, applied forensic psychology and a project.

Career pathways

Careers in applied psychology and the criminal justice system, postgraduate study in criminology or psychology (for example MSc Forensic Psychology), work as an assistant psychologist in the NHS, and routes into social work, youth work and teaching.

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