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    KEY FACTS

    • Title
      BSc (Hons) Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies
    • Course type
      Full-time
    • Duration
      3 years (no placement)
    • Award
      Bachelor of Science - BSc (Hons)
    • Faculty
      Plymouth Business School
    • School
      Plymouth Law School
    • UCAS codes
      Institution P60
      Course M213
    • Location
      Plymouth
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​DISCOVER THE TRUTH

Want to put your incisive mind and probing skills to best use as a decision-maker, policy developer or to assist in the treatment of offenders?
 
This degree offers you a world-class toolkit of analytical and practical skills to look at how and why people commit crime and how we, as a society, attempt to deal with them.

​CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES WITH PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY

The course has a contemporary focus with theoretical grounding, which helps develop skills in research, analysis and evaluation, communications, problem solving and critical judgement. This empowers our graduates with a broad range of both subject-specific and transferable skills to enter the workplace either within criminal justice or outside it.
 
This course covers many of the same topics as those which we are developing for community justice professionals, particularly those working in such areas as probation, policing, youth justice, community safety and victim services. This means that students have an opportunity to sample elements of vocationally-oriented criminal justice education which will assist in a future career.
 

​WHAT THE STUDENTS SAY

"The academic staff are very supportive and encourage students to explore different career opportunities and gain vital work experience so that after graduation you are attractive to potential employers."
 
Faith Pengilly – Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies graduate
Faith PengIlly
Student Hand
​Police Insight Patrol

POLICE, LAW AND COMMUNITY

Complete the Police, Law and Community Module and receive a Certificate of completion that is accepted by a growing number of police forces as meeting the knowledge requirements of initial police learning. 
 

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

The Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies team work with criminal justice and related agencies to encourage
opportunities for students who wish to undertake volunteering along side their studies. 
The benefits for students undertaking such activities are those of gaining greater employability skills which will aid them in their future careers.
 
Listen to Samantha Walker's experience with the Devon and Cornwall Police:
 
Sam Walker work placement video
 
Please note, this website requires Real Player, or another program capable of playing Real Media files, to be installed.  Real Player is available from 'run advertised programs' on staff PCs or from the Real website.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

GCSE: Maths and English Language grade C plus A level/AS level: 260 points (including a minimum of 160 points from two A levels or a double award). 14-19 Diplomas: accepted – please enquire. Other combinations and non-A level qualifications also considered.If you do not have English as a first language you will be required to achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in listening, reading, speaking and writing).

For further information visit the course entry requirements page.

​Law & Criminology Careers fair

​CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

 
Graduates of Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies are very highly sought after by a range of employers, including statutory agencies such as the police, the probation service and the prison service.
 
There are also a variety of opportunities within the community justice sector, such as community safety, victim support, community mediation, youth justice or private security. Our graduates also attain a high level of transferable skills that could be applied to work in a range of other settings, including public service, or the private and voluntary sectors.
 
For more information visit our Careers & Employability pages.