BA (Hons) Sociology with Criminology with Foundation Year

Course summary

Do you want to make sense of the rapidly changing society in which we live and the freedom with which information, money, goods and services now move across national boundaries? Would you like to understand the effects of this globalisation on modern Britain?

Are you interested in how deviance in social circumstances can lead to crime? Are you fascinated by social justice, human rights and the workings of the criminal justice system?

On this course, you’ll study these issues in the vibrant, multicultural setting of east London. You’ll graduate with a degree that has vocational relevance, while putting no limit on your career options.

If you want to be a probation officer, for example, you need to know about criminology. This course is an exciting way of preparing for a career while studying the wider questions that sociology addresses and the impact it has on our daily lives.

What you'll study and when

We consistently review our courses to ensure we are up-to-date with industry changes and requirements from our graduates. As a result, our modules are subject to change.

Knowledge, skills, practice and the self (Mental Wealth) (Core)
Introduction to Crime and Punishment (Core)
Social Theory 1: Sociological arguments (Core)
The Mess We Are In (And how we got here) (Core)
Digital Sociology and the 4th Industrial Revolution (Core)
Issues in Contemporary Society (Core)

Research Methods for Social Sciences (Core)
Space, Power,Bbodies (Core)
Social Theory 2 (Core)
New Social Entrepreneurship (Core)
Theoretical Criminology (Mental Wealth) or Crime and Social History (Mental Wealth) - Option 1
Intersectionality and Digital Cultures or Generations, Age and Meaning or Policing and Society - Option 2

This course offers the opportunity of year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organisation, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge.

The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Applied Project (Core)
Placement Reflections (Mental Wealth) (Core)
Psychological Criminology (Optional)
Youth Crime (Optional)
Life Histories (Optional)
Gender Studies (Optional)
Constructions of Race in Culture and Politics (Optional)
Surveillance, Technology and Society (Optional)
Culture, Media and Politics (Optional)
Bordering and Governance (Optional)

How you'll be assessed

All modules are assessed through different forms of coursework – typically 2,000-word essays – and some of the optional modules also include exams.

In addition to traditional essays, we’ll expect you to write reports and policy reviews and to give presentations. This is to ensure you’ll gain the relevant skills that can be transferred to the workplace. In your final year, you’ll write a research dissertation.

Course specification