BSc (Hons) Criminology with Cybercrime at University of Kent

A degree at Canterbury examining how crime is evolving in the digital age. Students combine criminological theory with coding and digital skills, choosing optional modules across criminology, computing and law.

Duration: 3 years full-time (4 with a year abroad or in industry); 6 years part-time (7 with a year abroad or in industry)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time or part-time (Canterbury)  |  Location: Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Stage 1 compulsory modules include Programming I, Internet Technologies, Computer Systems, Theories of Crime and Harm, Introduction to Criminology and Developing the Criminological Imagination. Stage 2 includes Fundamentals of Cyber Security, Contemporary Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Investigating Social Issues; Stage 3 includes Applying Social Research, Technology, Control and Cybercrime, and Criminology and Computer Science.

Career pathways

Graduates go into policing, prisons, youth justice, the legal sector and the civil service, in roles such as police officer, probation officer, youth justice worker, policy officer and victim support adviser.

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