BA (Hons) Criminology at University of Hull

A criminology degree taught by staff specialising in areas such as predictive policing, modern slavery, knife crime, victimology, state crime, organised crime and cyber-terrorism. Students use a replica crime scene facility on campus and take field trips to courts, a police control centre and prisons.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Education  |  Department: School of Criminology, Politics and Law  |  Duration: 3 years full-time (4 years with a foundation year)  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Hull, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers Becoming a Criminologist, Criminal Justice Institutions, Crime, Deviance and Society, Social Research in Practice and Criminology in Late Modernity. Year 2 has Current Challenges in Criminology, Think You Know Policing? and Getting Ready for the Dissertation, with options such as Exploring Murder and Offending and Victimisation. Final year has a Dissertation (Criminology) and options such as Terrorism and Cybersecurity, Modern Slavery in the UK and Criminal Investigation, including a placement option.

Career pathways

Graduates go into roles in the police force, HM Prison Service, the Probation Service, legal professions, social work, the charity sector or the Civil Service. Roles taken by graduates include helping witnesses cope with giving evidence in court, supporting vulnerable young people and families, and helping offenders after release from prison.

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