BSc (Hons) Criminology and Psychology at London Metropolitan University

This joint BSc honours degree in criminology and psychology is ideal if you’re interested in the relationship between crime and social issues such as ill-health, poverty and discrimination, and gaining an understanding of the workings of the human mind. Our psychology courses are ranked eighth in the UK for course satisfaction and ninth in the UK for teaching quality in the Guardian University Guide 2023.

Faculty: School of Social Sciences and Professions  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: January 2027, September 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Becoming a Criminologist, Issues in the Criminal Justice System, Mechanisms of the Mind, Psychology Across Time and Cultures, Psychopathology, The Criminal Justice Framework, The Development of Criminological Thought, Traditional Criminological Theories and Concepts. Year 2: Becoming a Criminal Justice Professional, Cognitive and Biological Explanations of Behaviour, Criminological Research in Context, Criminological Research in Practice, Social and Cultural Explanations of Behaviour, Working with Offenders, Crime Prevention and Environmental Design, Crime, Media and Technology, Crimes of the Powerful, Cybercrime and Surveillance, Dark Destinations - Crime and Tourism, Development Across the Lifespan, Drugs and Drug Policy, Perspectives on Policing, Youth, Crime and Violence. Year 3: Cognition and Emotion, Criminology Project, Forensic Psychology, Punishment and Prison, Serious and Serial Offenders, Clinical Psychology, Criminology Work-Based Learning, Environmental Justice, Gender and Sexuality, Migration, Borders and Control, Positive Psychology, Specific Learning Differences, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism.

Career pathways

Our criminology and sociology graduates have gone on to careers including police officers, counter fraud criminal investigators, support workers, probation officers and teachers, securing jobs at the Metropolitan Police Service, HM Government, Rethink Mental Illness and the National Probation Service.

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