BSc Criminology and Sociology

Choosing this course will enable you to delve deeper into the key concepts and theoretical approaches that are continuously developing within Criminology and Sociology. It will also allow you to examine the important connections between the two disciplines. The distinctive field-based approach to Sociology that we provide at Aberystwyth will help to highlight the significance of space and place for the study of crime. At the same time, the discipline of Criminology offers distinctive insights into the nature of social non-conformity, and as such can provide new ways of approaching key sociological concepts including stratification, integration, conflict and inequality. 

The Criminology component of this course provides a balanced coverage of theory, policy and practice issues in criminology and criminal justice studies, and all students in the Department are given the opportunity to take part in a criminal justice work experience placement. The Sociology component of the course provides a theoretically-driven, macro focus on social structures, institutions and group actors, and provides an effective way of contextualising more applied criminological topics.