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BSC (Honours) Criminology

3 Years Online Bachelors Program

Open University

Program Overview

Our honours degree programme in criminology focuses on cutting edge, topical and often controversial criminological issues. You'll learn to apply research tools, and access and evaluate qualitative and quantitative data on crime, victimisation and the societal responses to them. With an appreciation of criminological theorising and evidence, you will develop the skills to comment on crime, victimisation, and responses to crime and deviance, including policy questions, at national, international and global levels.Explore controversial issues of crime, harm and criminal justice.Evaluate claims made about crime, criminals, victims and criminal justice.Learn to critically evaluate evidence to better understand criminological problems.Examine the role of both theory and research in shaping knowledge about crime and justice.Explore criminological topics of your own interest in depth in the final year of study.

Program Key Stats

£19008



Eligibility Criteria

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Additional Information & Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification

Career Options

  • This degree is relevant to a wide range of career paths
  • some of which are listed below
  • Some relate directly to criminology
  • while others draw upon the transferable skills that you will acquire throughout the qualification
  • Successful graduates may also progress to specialist masters courses
  • While this degree does not guarantee entry to the career fields listed below
  • it may improve access
  • increase your employability
  • and enhance your prospects of career progression
  • youth worker
  • victim support officer
  • police officer
  • probation officer
  • prison officer
  • social researcher
  • community development worker
  • social worker
  • civil servant
  • teacher
  • voluntary or third sector work with communities
  • victims
  • vulnerable populations
  • work within human rights and other advocacy NGOs

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