BSc (Hons) Criminology and Sociology at London Metropolitan University

Explore the social challenges of crime and its effects on the lives of victims and perpetrators. This joint BSc honours degree allows you to look in-depth at how issues surrounding class, gender, race and social policy influence criminal activity and victim support.

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

What you will study

Year 1: Becoming a Criminologist, Introducing Social Policy, Protest, Justice and Social Change, Social Divisions, Sociological Imagination, The Criminal Justice Framework, The Development of Criminological Thought, Traditional Criminological Theories and Concepts. Year 2: Criminological Research in Context, Criminological Research in Practice, Cybercrime and Surveillance, Self and Society, Understanding Racism and Ethnicity, Becoming a Criminal Justice Professional, Crime, Media and Technology, Criminology Today, Dark Destinations - Crime and Tourism, Sociology and Current Affairs, Understanding Gender and Sexuality, Working with Offenders. Year 3: Criminology Project, Human Rights and Conflict, Migration, Borders and Control, Religion and the State, Conversations in Sociological Thought, Criminology Work-Based Learning, Global Crime and Disorder, Living Theory, Organised Crime, Punishment and Prison, Serious and Serial Offenders, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, Victims and Crime.

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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