Learn from an experienced team with extensive criminal justice experience and equip yourself for a career analysing and responding to crime.
Entry Tariff
112 UCAS points
Foundation Year entry: 64 UCAS points (or equivalent)
UCAS Code
M901
M915 (if choosing Foundation Year)
CertHE: M903
DipHE: M905
Duration
3 years (full-time)
4 years (full-time) if opting for the additional placement year
4 years (full-time) if opting for Foundation Year entry
Start date
September 2024
Degree Type
BSc (single honours)
Cert HE
Dip HE
Course also available with Foundation Year
Modules
These modules are those we currently offer and may be subject to change.
Year 1 modules are the curriculum for the CertHE award, and Year 1 and 2 are the curriculum for the DipHE award.
This course is offered as a degree with foundation year – a four-year programme which provides an additional foundation year at the beginning of the degree, that will give you academic and practical experience, as well as the skills you need to ensure you are equipped to successfully complete your chosen degree.
£2,000 Foundation Scholarships for all home students
Find out more about our degrees with a foundation year
This course offers all students the option of a one-year paid work placement, to boost your employability even further. If you choose this route, you will take the placement following year two of your course, and then return to complete your degree.
Why take a placement?
A placement year is the perfect opportunity to gain valuable work experience, to build on the career skills we will teach you on this degree. The connections you make on the placement will improve your career prospects further, and equip you with the skills you need to secure graduate-level employment.
How we support you
The University's Placement and Work Experience Team are experts at helping you to secure a placement. They will work closely with you from the start, helping you research potential employers, discover placement opportunities, create and pitch your CV, and will coach you to perform well in interviews. We aren't able to guarantee a placement, but our sector-leading advisors will give you the best possible chance of securing one.
Find out more about how we'll support you
We understand that your plans might change once you start your programme. If you decide not to do a placement, you will have the option of completing the three year version of your programme.
Whatever your choice, you will have access to many opportunities for work experience through our Placement and Work Experience Team, and access to face-to-face and 24/7 online careers support.
Why this course
Ranked sixth in the UK for our social sciences research (Research Excellence Framework 2014).
Work with lecturers with vast experience of the criminal justice system, who have worked as expert advisors, policymakers, researchers and campaigners.
We are ranked 3rd in London for criminology (Guardian University Guide 2021).
Through close links with local, national and international criminal justice agencies, you will have the opportunity to connect with experts in the sector.
Skills
On our BSc Criminology and Policing, our priority is ensuring that you graduate with a professional skillset. This incorporates;
- An excellent grasp of indispensable skills in criminology and the social sciences, and the skills required to challenge current key ethical, political and moral questions about crime, justice and policing.
- Real-world engagement. Through connections with criminal justice agencies, you could study within a prison in the module ‘Prisons and Penal Policy’ alongside serving prisoners while engaging with community agencies, prisons and the police service.
These three strands will ensure that you are ready for working in many different areas that shape society. You could secure work in the prison and probation services, the police, Home Office or Ministry of Justice.
How you'll learn
You will be taught by leading scholars in a Faculty driven by innovative research.
Our team has extensive criminal justice experience, and what you will be taught is directly informed by research and consultancy work acting as advisors to the Government, Home Office, Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service.
This degree will focus on developing you as a professional, equipping you with the skills and qualities you need for a career in the field of criminology.
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You will first be introduced to the key perspectives in criminology and supported to question and debate challenges within the criminal justice system through shared modules with our BSc Criminology and Criminal Justice course.
As you progress, you will develop your ability to apply your knowledge through a range of authentic assessments – which could include digital campaigns and community engagement projects.
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Career options
Studying criminology opens the door to working in many different areas that shape society. You could secure work in:
- The prison and probation services
- The police
- Home Office
- Ministry of Justice
- The legal profession
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Equally, many criminology graduates work in the charity sector or for campaigning organisations focusing on advocacy or criminal justice reform. As a social scientist, your ability to dissect, analyse and research crime, its causes and its potential solutions, will be highly valuable to employers.
How our careers service supports you
Our dedicated careers team is available to support you from the start of your studies until after you graduate. They will help you build your CV, prepare for interviews and meet and learn from successful Roehampton graduates working at the top of their careers. You’ll also have opportunities to work with our partners across London and beyond, and to attend a Roehampton jobs fair where you can find out about graduate opportunities and meet employers.
Application Info
How to apply
Undergraduate programmes
- September 2024 entry: Home (UK) students – apply through UCAS (Roehampton UCAS institution code is R48)
Apply now for September 2024 entry through UCAS
- September 2024 entry: International students- apply using our direct application form
Apply now for September 2024 entry
If you need any help or advice with your application, or just want to ask us a question before you apply, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We welcome applicants with a wide range of qualifications, including BTECs, A-levels and T Levels.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential. In some cases, we will make you a contextual offer. Contextual offers ensure that all applicants have a fair opportunity of gaining a place with us, regardless of their background. Find out more about contextual offers.
Detailed advice on applying for an undergraduate degree is available on our How to apply page.
Entry tariff
We welcome applications from students studying T Levels.
For all courses we also accept a wide range of other qualifications and experience. Contact us to find out more.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.
​General entry requirements
Contextual offers
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements.
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Our Alumni
My favourite memory about my programme and time at Roehampton was meeting particular friends which I still speak to, and graduation. I am now a qualified Probation Officer working for Probation and Youth Justice Services. I am also a mummy of two - I graduated 5 months pregnant.
Sonyea Tasnim, Criminology, Graduated 2016
I graduated with a BSc in Criminology and Human Rights in 2008. Since graduating I have worked as a teacher in various roles including Head of Religious Education in Essex and culminating to my last role in Qatar as a Humanities and Religious Education teacher. One of my favourite memories about studying at Roehampton would be sitting in the Human Rights building talking with my friends whilst writing essays, having the space to learn, develop and explore my ideas. My favourite lecturers Darren O’Bryne and Aisha Gill were the best and made a huge unique impact on student lives. I’ll never forget their lessons!
Sharifa Abdul Rahman - Criminology and Human Rights BSc
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