BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology at University of Essex

BA Sociology and Criminology combines specialist criminology with a broad sociological perspective, examining crime, criminal justice and criminal behaviour within wider social contexts. Essex pioneered sociologically informed approaches to criminology.

Department: Department of Sociology and Criminology  |  Duration: 3 years full-time (4 years with optional placement or study abroad year)  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Study mode: full-time; year abroad option, placement year option  |  Location: Colchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Study covers crime and society, social divisions and inequality, culture, identity and subjectivity, public policy, and visual criminology and the history of crime. Modules include The Sociological Imagination, Introduction to Crime, Law and Society, Researching Social Life, Race, Class and Gender, New Directions in Criminology, Rethinking Modernity, Globalisation and Crime and a supervised dissertation.

Career pathways

Graduates work in criminal justice and public safety (policing, probation, prisons, youth justice), public policy and government, research and consultancy, and community and third-sector organisations, with employers including the Home Office and the NSPCC, or progress to postgraduate study.

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