Applied Criminology BSc (Hons)
Education with the personal touch
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Applied Criminology BSc (Hons)
Course fees: £9,945 per year* *These fees apply if you are starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fees as they can change. Costs can increase each year.
Start date: September UCAS Code: ML93
Why choose this course? ▪ Leaders in research and training, with partners including the Home Office, MI6, Constabularies and voluntary agencies ▪ Highly practical curriculum, based on international class research ▪ Most effective teaching in the United Kingdom (Guardian, 2012) ▪ Exceptional facilities: courtrooms, crime labs, interviewing suites and crime house (Skills for Justice 2012) ▪ Exceptional library provision (BIALL 2010/2011).
Modules are assessed by a variety of methods incorporating coursework, presentations, portfolios and interactive on line assessments.
Your career Our graduates have gone on to have successful careers in a range of roles in the crime and justice sector. This includes the Police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the courts, the probation and prison services, youth offending teams and other law enforcement agencies. Students have also developed successful careers in the voluntary sector working with either offenders or victims whilst others have gone on to postgraduate study.
AUTUMN SPRING
STAGE ONE
The State’s Perspective on Crime
Introduction to Criminology 2
Crime and Society
The Defendant’s Perspective on Crime
AUTUMN
STAGE TWO
We believe that you cannot understand criminology properly unless you see it and experience it in reality. You will study in our fully functioning courtroom and purpose built crime house to ensure you have the opportunity to get real-life practical experience at every stage of your academic career.
Applied Research in Criminology
Applied Criminal Justice 1
Applied Victimology
Criminal Offences, Criminal Justice and Human Rights
SPRING
Duration: 3 years full time
How you’ll learn
Introduction to Criminology 1
Applied Criminal Justice 2
Criminal Psychology
Expert Evidence
Option
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AUTUMN
Language – A qualification such as IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all areas) or TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based). See our website for other accepted qualifications or phone us: +44 (0)1332 591698.
This course examines the legal system and how we try to stop crime. You’ll be introduced to the fascinating world of forensics, offender management, criminal psychology and investigation. The relationship between crime and social problems, considering how offenders are, and should be treated are also explored.
What you’ll cover
STAGE THREE
Entry requirements: Academic – 260 UCAS tariff points from your International Baccalaureate or equivalent qualification.
About the course
SPRING
Where you will study: Derby Campus – Kedleston Road site
Independent Studies or Miscarriages of Justice
Additional information
What you’ll cover
The BSc Applied Criminology has the prestigious Skillsmark endorsement, meaning that it is recognised as being employer-focused and highly relevant. Certain modules also enjoy the accreditation of the Forensic Science Society.
In your final stage, you’ll be given the opportunity to specialise in one of the following three pathways, which will determine the modules you study:
This course is also associated with the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group.
▪ Investigations ▪ Gender Perspectives ▪ Offender Management
Options The option modules will depend on the pathway you choose, and may include: ▪ Hate, Ethnicity & Crime ▪ Sexual Behaviours: Social, Cultural and Legal Responses ▪ Work Placement ▪ Cybercrime ▪ Youth, Crime and Justice
▪ Policing and Police Powers ▪ Understanding Desistance ▪ Criminal Justice Law (law module) ▪ Environmental Law (law module)
Get in touch Faculty of Business, Computing and Law Reception E: law@derby.ac.uk T: +44 (0) 1332 591896 www.derby.ac.uk/criminology www.facebook.com/DerbyUniLaw http://twitter.com/DerbyUniBCL
The information in this leaflet was correct when we produced it, but please check our website for the most up to date information.
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