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138 | Criminology, Education and Sociology
Criminology and Psychology
BSc (Hons)
Why study this course?
This programme offers an opportunity to explore and explain some of society’s
most fascinating questions. Studying this popular combination allows you to study
the human mind and behaviour, gain an understanding of crime, criminals, and
how society defines and responds to them. Criminology at Keele is ranked Top 10
in the Guardian University League Tables, 2018.
This combination is ideal for students wishing to study the relationship
between human behaviour and the social context and structures in
which crime, harm and victimisation occurs.
Criminology is broadly concerned with how crime and deviance are
understood, the efforts made to control crime, and the consequences
of crime for offenders, victims and society. Psychology is a large and
varied discipline dealing with the systematic investigation of mind and
behaviour.
You will learn about the social, legal and historical construction of crime
and ‘deviance’ alongside psychological aspects of behaviour with regard
to individual differences, social, developmental, cognitive and biological
perspectives.
What will this mean for my future?
Many students find their degree useful for careers in probation,
community work, victim support, drug and addiction centres and other
occupations across the public and private sectors. Many also go on to
further study.
We also build opportunities for developing employability skills into
all our modules, for example by encouraging the use and analysis of
primary data, and the presentation of material to a range of different
audiences. You will also get opportunities to hear from practitioners and
researchers active in the field.
This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society, a necessary first
step for many professional careers in psychology including becoming a Chartered
Psychologist.
INDICATIVE MODULES
First Year
• Understanding Crime
• Criminal Justice: Process, Policy
and Practice
• Introduction to Developmental and
Social Psychology
• Introduction to Research Design for
Psychology
• Psychology and Crime
Second Year
• Developmental and Social
Psychology
• Biological and Cognitive Psychology
• Crime and Justice in a Global Context
• Research Methods in Criminology
• Mental Health and Offending
Third Year
• Psychology Project
• Individual Differences and Conceptual
and Historical Issues in Psychology
• State Crimes and Crimes against
Humanity
• The Politics and Cultures of the
Death Penalty
• Criminology Work Placement
KEY INFORMATION
UCAS Code - CM81
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative entry
requirements
Combined Honours
A level: BBB-ABC
BTEC: DDM
Course duration
3 years or 4 years
with an international
year
For further information on entry requirements please visit keele.ac.uk/entryrequirements
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes