Criminology Criminal Justice Pathway Cyber Criminology BA (Hons)

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Overview

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Degree

UCAS code: L311 112 UCAS points
  1. BA (Hons) Criminology Criminal Justice Pathway Cyber Criminology

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 3 years
    • 9250 Per year. You don't need to pay this up front.
  2. BA (Hons) Criminology Criminal Justice Pathway Cyber Criminology

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time, 6 years
    • Pro-rata full time fee
  3. BA (Hons) Criminology Criminal Justice Pathway Cyber Criminology

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 3 years
    • 14820 Per year

Degree with foundation year

UCAS code: L312 64 UCAS points
  1. BA (Hons) Criminology Criminal Justice Pathway Cyber Criminology

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 4 years
    • 9250 Per year. You don't need to pay this up front.
  2. BA (Hons) Criminology Criminal Justice Pathway Cyber Criminology

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 4 years
    • 14820 Per year

What makes this course different

  • 1st in London

    Our sociology courses ranked 1st in London for “Teaching on my course” and “Assessment and Feedback” (National Student Survey 2023, Results published 10 August 2023)

  • Research

    The course draws on our groundbreaking research conducted at the Online Harms and Cybercrime Unit.

  • Practical

    Taking an applied, practice focus equipping students for employment in a range of cybercrime focused areas.

Course modules

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Knowledge, Skills, Practice and the Self: Mental Wealth

Exploring Communities as Social Scientists

Crime, Justice and Surveillance

Researching Changing Communities

Reimagining the Work of a Social Scientist

Introduction to Digital Sociology

Globalisation and Society

The course aims to offer a critical and interdisciplinary approach to the study of crime, cybercrime, and criminal justice practice, exploring key concepts and theoretical perspectives that relate to the study of crime and deviance and of the criminal justice system.

Introduction to Crime and Punishment

Developing Skills for Justice (MW)

Applied Criminology

Research Skills

Contemporary Issues in Criminology

Criminal Justice Process

You will learn about the impact of the cyber environment from a criminological and socio-legal perspective in a national and international context.

Theoretical Criminology

Crime and Social History

Essential Skills for Justice (MW)

Crime Policy into Practice

Policing and Society: Critical Perspectives

Applied Research & Evaluation

The course aims to provide insight into current criminological and cyber debates focusing on emerging research and professional practice.

Leadership Skills for Justice (MW)

Cybercrime & Professional Practice

Researching Contemporary Issues in Cybercrime

Cybercrime Dissertation

Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice

Youth Crime, Gangs and Sub-culture

Work-based learning (Term 1 and 2)

Policing and Criminal Investigation

Mentally Disordered Suspects, Defendants and Offenders

Psychological Criminology

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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Your future career

We offer dedicated careers support, further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting edge technologies and facilities.

Industry links

We have excellent relationships with government departments and international bodies with particular expertise in hate crime, cyber-crime and youth crime.

Graduate employers

Graduates have found jobs in a number of related areas, such as prison, and probation services, central and local government Social work, voluntary organisations, including victim support groups.

Job roles

Roles you could go into include crime analyst, police officer, crime scene investigator, detective or criminologist.

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

Further study

The Level 3 course prepares students for a successful transition to a wide range of honours degree courses in the complementary subject areas in the law and criminology department within the Royal Docks School of Business and Law.

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

This digital platform provides you with careers and employability resources, including: 

  • Jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services
  • Careers workshops and employer events
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you've mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

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We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top: 

  • Work-based projects
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations
  • Support in starting a new business
  • London on our doorstep

How you'll learn

The programme is taught by active researchers in the field of criminology and cybercrime who have published extensively on this subject area, providing you with high-quality teaching that is research-informed.

You will be provided with a stimulating, challenging, and supportive learning experience through lectures, seminars, workshops small group work, and individual supervision. Direct class contact is supplemented by online interactive programme materials, teaching, individual reading, and preparation for assignments. Learning resources include IT and access to electronic databases and specialist library facilities.

    Guided independent study

    When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects, and preparing coursework assignments and presentations.

    Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, and specialist facilities, such as edit suites, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.

    Some students have worked as volunteer community support officers, while others have volunteered in local community groups. If you choose this approach, you'll be able to count your community experience towards your degree.

    Academic support

    If you need a bit of extra help with certain skills such as academic writing, English, maths, or statistics, our Academic Tutors offer workshops, drop-in sessions, and one-to-one appointments to help our students achieve their potential. 

    You can receive advice and guidance on all aspects of the IT systems provided by the university from our IT Service Desks located on all three campuses.

    Our Student Support hubs in Docklands and Stratford feature centralised helpdesks to cater to your every need. UEL provides also support and advice for disabled students and those with specific learning difficulties (SPDs).

    Dedicated personal tutor

    When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal tutor. This is the member of the academic course team who will provide academic guidance, be a support throughout your time at UEL and who will show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer.

    Workload

    Your overall workload consists of class and online tutor-led sessions, individual learning, and practical activities. The size of classes can vary depending on the nature of the course, module, and activity. This can range from large groups in a lecture theatre setting, to smaller groups taking part in seminars and collaborative work. You will receive your personalised timetable at the beginning of the academic year depending on your course.

    Your timetable

    Your individualised timetable is normally available within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm. For undergraduate students, Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible. Timetables for part-time students will depend on the modules selected.

    Class sizes

    To give you an indication of class sizes, this course normally attracts 40 - 50 students a year. Lecture sizes are normally 40 plus students.

    In workshops, you will be taught in groups of 12 - 15 students. However, this can vary by academic year.

How you'll be assessed

Assessment tasks are mainly spread across the year to make the workload manageable. Assessment methods include group work, exams and individual work including essays, presentations, case studies, professional development and practical activities depending on the nature of the course. All grades count towards your module mark. More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides. You will always receive detailed feedback outlining your strengths and how you can improve. We aim to provide feedback on assessments within 15 working days, although you will receive immediate feedback following many of our face-to-face assessments.

Campus and facilities

University Square Stratford

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by Royal Docks School of Business and Law

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.

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What our students and staff say

Emma Cunningham, seated and smiling
I love teaching Criminology to my UEL students, as well as using the amazing facilities on campus. I find that they have something new to teach me each year, too."

Dr Emma Cunningham

Senior lecturer, Criminology

Nadia-Habashi
I love empowering our diverse students through learning; enabling and teaching them skills which enhance their opportunities and life chances. Most of all, I love to watch my students grow more confident as they start to believe in themselves, their abilities and what they are truly capable of."

Dr Nadia Habashi

Senior lecturer