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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
Studying criminology at Brunel means you are taught by academic staff who are actively engaged in criminological research further enriching the substantial and supportive learning resources on offer to you. The criminology department at Brunel recognises and emphasises the importance of theory that is based on evidence and encourages you to engage in critical evaluation of concepts of crime and deviance. This critical approach nurtures lively debate, and we encourage you to develop independent opinions based on a wide range of theoretical and methodological perspectives, employing both quantitative and qualitative data in considering the processes of criminalisation and victimisation over space and time. As critical criminologists, you will be encouraged to engage in debates about race, gender, migration, social harms, green criminology and a wide variety of other current topics. Whilst being furnished with the necessary research training in both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis to engage with and challenge debates as they evolve. The programme sets out from a broad multi-disciplinary Social Sciences content at FHEQ Level 4 where you will be studying alongside sociology students in some modules as well as on criminology specific modules and then to a more focussed disciplinary content at FHEQ Level 5, and more specific thematic content at FHEQ Level 6, where students are encouraged to personalize their studies through their choice of a range of advanced optional modular blocks. Criminology combined with Sociology is ranked 4th in the country for average positivity and 1st in London. Our Criminology students gave an average 96% positivity rating (National Student Survey 2025)
Hands-on experience of how social and political science operates outside the university; small-group applied research on real-world social, political and institutional problems.
Key concepts, theories, thinkers and approaches in the social and political sciences and history, and techniques for gaining and validating knowledge of the social and political world.
Students take three classes - at least one from their degree subject, others from across the department.
Students take three classes - at least one from their degree subject, others from across the department.
Notions of deviance in terms of othering, stigma and criminalisation; the changing nature of deviance and its impact on individuals and communities.
Intersectional perspectives on crime, deviance, victimisation, social harm and justice in a global context; contemporary theories with concern for the Global South.
Advanced understanding of research methodologies with a focus on data analysis; theoretical paradigms underpinning qualitative and quantitative research.
Develop wider employability skills and understanding of professional practice related to criminology; areas of employment related to criminal justice practice and future career pathways.
Develops abilities to plan, design and execute a research project in the degree subject area and critically evaluate its success.
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