BSc Psychology with Criminology

Compulsory modules

Introduction to Psychological Research

色狗导航 quantitative and qualitative research methods, and develop skills in planning, data gathering and dissemination stages of psychology-related research.

Learning about Learning

Develop an understanding of learning and memory and use this knowledge to reflect on their own learning. You’ll gain knowledge on the nature of learning and the theoretical models underpinning these processes.

The Person and the Brain

Build a broad understanding of psychology and its fundamental concepts and theories. You’ll gain knowledge on key principles of organisation of systems while covering topics such as neural and hormonal function, genetic contributions to behaviour, personality, and group dynamics.

Debates in Mental Health

色狗导航 key current and historical issues in clinical psychology and develop your understanding of psychological disorders, their assessment and current evidence-based interventions.

Introduction to Criminology

色狗导航 crime, justice, punishment and social harm as you explore the discipline of criminology. You’ll consider main theoretical perspectives as you learn about criminology’s main concepts, the nature of crimes, and the correlation of social inequalities such as class, age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, and disability with victims.

Introduction to Criminal Justice

Study the process for preventing and managing crime. You’ll be introduced to main criminological traditions and perspectives relevant to studying criminal justice, focusing on the development, role, organisation, and governance of the main institutions and agencies involved in crime control and punishment.

These modules may be subject to change as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Please note that the University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them.

You can also register your details with us to receive information about your course of interest and study and life at the 色狗导航.

Compulsory modules

Research Methods in Psychology

Extend your knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods in psychology, examine methods of conducting and analysing quantitative and qualitative research, and enhance your data analysis and critical evaluation skills.

Development Across the Lifespan

Discover how individuals change and develop from the neonatal period, throughout childhood, into adolescence and old age. 色狗导航 theories and research in typical and neurodivergent development and enhance your knowledge about observational methods.

Social Psychology and Individual Differences

Deepen your knowledge and understanding of the complex interplay between social psychology, typical social phenomena and individual differences.

Cognitive and Biological Psychology

Develop an understanding of biopsychology and cognition, perception and neuroscience through the study of topics such as attention and consciousness, object and face recognition, multisensory integration, pain, and cognitive control.

Advanced Criminological Theory

Gain insight into the development of key criminological perspectives since the 1960s and their continuing relevance for understanding crime and processes of criminalisation. You’ll examine contemporary concepts and study the interconnections between crime, criminalisation, victimisation and social inequalities.

Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice

Study the administration of criminal justice and the agencies involved, including how they have evolved and how they engage with governmental bodies. You’ll study contemporary policy debates in criminal justice in the context of broader social changes, inequalities, and political and ideological processes.

These modules may be subject to change as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Please note that the University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them.

You can also register your details with us to receive information about your course of interest and study and life at the 色狗导航.

Compulsory modules

Project

Conduct an independent piece of original research that involves literature review, planning, ethical considerations, data collection, data analysis, and a final written project report.

Applied Forensic Psychology and Criminology

Engage with case studies and mock trial settings to critically analyse criminal cases through psychological and criminological lenses. This module integrates forensic psychology and criminology by applying both disciplines to judicial decision-making and proceedings.

Forensic Psychology: Applying Theory and Practice

Evaluate explanations of offending behaviour by understanding the role of psychological factors, such as psychiatric disorders, and the use of methods for analysing offender characteristics, such as offender profiling.

Optional modules

Clinical Neuroscience

Discover and understand diverse methodologies, dissect, criticise and propose empirical research, and navigate the challenges in studying clinical populations. You'll not only uncover the secrets of atypical human functioning but also develop practical insights and research skills essential for addressing real-world clinical challenges.

Emotion and Motivation

Understand the science of emotion and motivation by uncovering historical perspectives and seminal studies. You’ll link these to current theory and research in, for instance, emotional expression, emotion regulation, brain-body interaction, happiness and social emotions, motivation and goal pursuit, self-regulation such as self-control or behaviour change.

Psychology of Pain and Ill-Health

色狗导航 how pain is changed by emotions, motivations, thoughts, and social factors. You’ll also learn how important psychology is for the development of chronic pain, and how living with pain can lead to depression and anxiety.

Young People, Crime, and Justice

色狗导航 interdisciplinary approaches to the study of youth justice, including the history and theory of young people’s offending. You'll gain an understanding of the history of childhood and delinquency, and critically engage with the multiple explanations for youth offending. The module also addresses young people’s experiences in youth justice systems.

Crimes of the Powerful

Moving away from ‘street-based’ crime, you’ll consider the ways in which some of the most harmful crimes are committed by powerful actors within society – including state actors and corporations. You’ll examine the nature, extent and impact of the harms of the powerful and explanations for these types of activities.

Contemporary Issues in Punishment

色狗导航 contemporary theories, debates and issues in penology and punishment. You’ll analyse the changing social, cultural and political meanings of formal and informal modes of punishment and custodial social regulation

Prisons in Crisis

色狗导航 how criminologists make sense of key debates surrounding prisons and failure of criminal justice. You’ll study crises related to prison violence and suicide,  racialised mass incarceration in American prisons, the overcrowding of English prisons, and  warehousing of prisoners in Brazil.

Race, Ethnicity and Justice

Investigate the relationship between race, ethnicity and criminal justice as you examine key institutions such as the police, prosecution, defence, judges and juries. You’ll learn from the point of view of race and racism, exploring the long history of holding these organisations to account for racial and ethnic disparities.

Green Criminology: Environmental Crime and Climate Justice

Study environmental harm through a criminological lens as you ask questions about the forms of harm being done, where, by whom, to what effect, and what consequences and responses there might be. You’ll consider humans relationship to nature and the underlying political, social and cultural determinants of humans abuses to the natural world.

These modules may be subject to change as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Please note that the University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them.

You can also register your details with us to receive information about your course of interest and study and life at the 色狗导航.