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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Holloway Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
This joint BSc honours degree in criminology and psychology is ideal if you’re interested in the relationship between crime and social issues such as ill-health, poverty and discrimination, and gaining an understanding of the workings of the human mind. Unravel the debates surrounding the causes of crime from the perspectives of both sociology and psychology in this programme taught by expert staff. The combination of criminology and psychology will give you an expertise in theories and approaches from both disciplines, allowing you to critically evaluate the causes and effects of crime and deviant behaviour. Gain a solid grounding in developmental, social and cognitive psychology, as well as study how the individual develops through infancy, childhood and early adult life, the development of personality, social factors that influence behaviour, and the development of perception and human thought. You’ll also be introduced to criminological theory, including the assumptions that underlie intervention and control, and to the criminal justice system including the police, judiciary and prisons where you'll examine the concept of justice and sentencing. You’ll learn the research skills needed to measure and interpret crime, including both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and through optional modules in your second and third year, you’ll begin to pursue the areas that most interest you. Options are wide-ranging and include terrorism, victimology, serial offenders and forensic psychology.
This module aims to introduce students to some of the most influential theories in developmental psychology. Students will be introduced to some classic research that will help them to evaluate theories of development and their empirical basis. There will be the opportunity to examine and discuss existing developmental research in its historical and cultural context. The module also aims to provide students with the qualities and transferrable skills necessary for employment, including: written communication skills, digital literacy skills, the ability to contribute to discussions, independent study, time keeping, summation, evaluation skills, an understanding of the scientific method, and consideration of the ethical issues underlying research. The aims of this module are aligned with the qualification descriptors within the Quality Assurance Agency's framework for Higher Education qualifications.
This module aims introduce students to some of the foundational theories in cognitive psychology, including a prehistory of cognition which considers earlier approaches to human thought and behaviour. Students will be introduced to classic research to help them to understand and evaluate theories of cognition in their historical and cultural context, and to key ethical considerations in this branch of psychology. There will be the opportunity to participate in classic experiments in seminars and workshops. This module provides students with opportunities to acquire key transferrable skills necessary for employment (e.g. written communication skills, digital literacy skills, discussion contribution, independent study and time keeping, summation and evaluation skills, and understanding of the scientific method and ethical research consideration). The aims of this module are aligned with the qualification descriptors within the Quality Assurance Agency's Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.
The module aims to: 1. Examine the emergence and development of criminological theory 2. Examine the different ways in which different criminological traditions theorise crime and its social control 3. Examine how the assumptions which underpin different traditions provide for different strategies of intervention and control 4. Develop students? learning and transferable skills in preparation for modules at levels 5 and 6.
The module aims to: 1. Examine the emergence and development of criminological and sociological theory; 2. Examine the different ways in which different criminological traditions theorise crime and its social control; 3. Examine how the assumptions which underpin different traditions provide for different strategies of intervention and control; 4. Develop students? learning and transferable skills in preparation for modules at levels 5 and 6.
This module introduces students to the scope and functions of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in England and Wales. It provides a broad overview of the mechanisms and aims of the CJS upon which students can build a more detailed knowledge of criminal justice policies, crime control, punishment and social control by the state, at levels 5 and 6. The module also specifically provides students with an introductory picture of the extent of officially recorded crime.
This knowledge and understanding will help students? employment skills by enabling them to appreciate the different perspectives that are needed to fully understand individual behaviour in everyday life. The module develops students? critical understanding of some key principles underlying psychological research (e.g., ethical principles and the historical and cultural specificity of research in personality psychology) that will facilitate progression to modules at levels 5 and 6. The aims of this module are aligned with the qualification descriptors within the Quality Assurance Agency's Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.
This module provides students with an introduction to and understanding of key theories and models of social psychology in their historical and cultural context. It will help to develop students? knowledge and understanding of the social psychological basis of behaviour. In particular, it will focus on different types of social influence and their impact on how individuals think, feel and behave in different contexts and domains. Classic social psychological studies will be discussed in their historical and cultural context to provide students with an understanding of how knowledge in this branch of psychology has evolved. The module also considers ethical issues with many of the classic studies in this branch of psychology and allows students to reflect on experimental procedures and their potential implications for psychological knowledge and society. In this way, the module develops students? critical understanding of some key historical and contemporary themes and debate in this branch of psychology, which will facilitate progression to modules at level 5 and 6. This will also help students? progression to employment or post-graduate study by enabling them to appreciate the different perspectives that are needed to fully understand individual behaviour in everyday life. The aims of this module are aligned with the qualification descriptors within the Quality Assurance Agency's Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.
The module introduces students to classic and contemporary theories and research in topics related to personality, intelligence, and psychometrics. The aims of this module are to provide students with an understanding of: key theories and models of personality, intelligence, and individual differences in their historical and cultural context; how these areas can be scientifically and ethically investigated using appropriate research methodologies (psychometrics); how knowledge of individual differences can be ethically applied to the ?real-world? and their relevance to a range of settings.
The module aims to: 1. Develop an informed grasp of the strengths and limitations of survey research including identification and consideration of the ethical issues which may arise; 2. Develop students? competence in designing and conducting primary quantitative research in relation to data collection, analysis and report-writing; 3. Develop an informed grasp of the strengths and limitations of qualitative research including identification and consideration of the ethical issues which may arise 4. Develop students? competence in designing and conducting primary qualitative research in relation to data collection, analysis and report-writing 5. Examine the ways in which quantitative and qualitative data are created and used in professional settings such as the Home Office, the Metropolitan Police, voluntary sector organisations related to the Criminal Justice System and private sector organisations such as MORI and Gallup and so to enable students to work towards a career in the field of Criminology.
This will develop students? employability by providing a basis of knowledge and understanding which will be beneficial in future work and training (e.g. understanding the underlying dynamics of interpersonal and intergroup relations) and foster skills in the development of psychological assessment, academic argument and critical evaluation.
The module aims to: 1. Identify and explore key concepts underpinning crime control 2. Examine contemporary policies and practices of principal crime control agencies 3. Enable students to understand the linkages between contemporary crime control and wider social policy (and accompanying political debate) 4. Enhance analytic skills and instil a critical awareness through consideration of both official rhetoric and evidence together with the limitations of crime control policies and practice in a 'real world' context 5. Explore the application of criminological theories and concepts to penal policy and practice and encourage confidence in the use of varied learning and discursive strategies 6. Develop understanding of the operation of prisons and the role of imprisonment within the criminal justice system and wider society 7. Explore comparative penal perspectives and develop understanding of diversity within penal policy and practice.
This module aims to: 1. Develop students? research skills which they will potentially be able to apply with the confidence and competence appropriate to an honours graduate in their future careers. Students will be required to develop self-reflexivity to know the limits of their competence and how to seek and offer constructive advice 2. Develop students? report writing skills to enable them accurately to communicate the results of research to its intended audience in an appropriate manner, and adapted to influence decision making, policy formation and public debate. This will necessarily involve considering the ethical, legal and political implications of research.
The module aims to: 1. Give students the opportunity to reflect upon their learning to date and define and research a topic of interest to them in the light of that experience. 2. Give students the opportunity to design and plan an independent research project and to produce a research proposal outlining the field of interest, proposed methodology and ethical considerations. 3. Enable students to produce a written piece of research which demonstrates awareness of the relationship between criminology and related fields and the limits of knowledge.
This module aims to exploit specialisms residing within the criminology team in London met so that students can apply theories to exciting and relevant areas of criminology
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