BA (Hons) Criminology at Solent University

Programme overview

Leading to rewarding careers, a criminology degree equips you to understand the complex reasons behind offending, public and judicial responses to criminality, and its social impacts. Criminology is a fascinating, inspiring, and often provocative, discipline. What is crime?

Faculty: Social work, criminology and sociology | Duration: 3 years; 4 years with foundation year; 4 years with year in industry; 5 years with foundation and industry years | Study mode: full-time (placement year option) | Intake: 2027 entry | Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include Criminal Justice Process, Police and Social Control, The Criminal Mind: Understanding and Applying Theory, Future Criminology: AI, Crime, and Career, Criminological Fieldwork: Methods and Practice, Global Crime and Justice, Digital Justice: AI, Crime, and Analytics, Professional Practice, Ethics, and Leadership, Dangerous Offenders, Applied Criminology: Final Project. Optional modules include Punishment, Resistance and Desistance, True Crime in the Information Age, Radicalisation to Terror: Ideology, Threat and Political Violence, Working with Gender and Sexuality in Criminal Justice.

Career pathways

Solent criminology graduates will be well placed for a huge range of careers in criminology and criminal justice, from probation and policing services to charity and social service work with offenders and young people.

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Application information

Entry requirements

104-120 UCAS tariff points A minimum of two completed A-levels, a BTEC Extended Diploma at DMM or BTEC Diploma at D*D*, T-level Merit or equivalent qualification, or a combination of qualifications which comply with the minimum entry requirement of 104 UCAS points. Direct entry into year two or three may be considered for this course. English language: IELTS minimum 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each individual component.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). UK, ROI, EU (settled status) and Channel Island full-time fee. Fees for the following year not yet published; 2026/27 rates shown for guidance. Source

International applicants: GBP 19,081 a year (2026/27). International full-time fee. Fees for the following year not yet published; 2026/27 rates shown for guidance. Source

Intake: 2027 entry

Duration: 3 years; 4 years with foundation year; 4 years with year in industry; 5 years with foundation and in

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