BSc (Hons) Criminology at University of Suffolk

Studying a degree in Criminology will develop your critical thinking skills and challenge you to seek answers to questions such as: How do the police, prisons and courts fit together to form a Criminal Justice System and does it work? The Criminology programme at the University of Suffolk has strong disciplinary foundations in Sociology, Psychology, Law, Social Policy and Philosophy, and will enable you to engage with the contemporary ideas and debates about crime. You will explore these questions with inspirational lecturers and in discussion with your fellow students.

Faculty: School of Business, Arts, Social Sciences and Technology  |  Duration: Three years full time  |  Study mode: full-time (optional professional placement year; optional study abroad year)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Sociological and Criminological Imagination (Requisite), Introduction to Criminology (Requisite), Policing and Crime (Requisite), Research Methods (Requisite), Media and Crime (Requisite). Year 2: Applied Criminological Theory (Requisite), Punishment and Rehabilitation (Requisite), Research Design, Analysis and Visualisation (Requisite), Drugs and Society (Optional), Work Placement (Optional), Criminal Justice (Optional). Year 3: Victimology and Victimisation (Requisite), Independent Project (Mandatory), Forensic Psychology (Requisite), Drugs and Society (Optional), Work Placement (Optional), Criminal Justice (Optional).

Career pathways

Around 60% of graduate jobs are open to graduates of any discipline and Criminology graduates are well equipped with the advanced skills and confidence to thrive in many occupations. Criminology graduates are good at problem solving, have good analytical and research skills, and have excellent information and data management skills.

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