Course summary

Crime and deviance shape our world in profound ways, influencing everything from public policy to personal lives. But who decides what counts as a crime? What drives people to commit crimes? And how do factors like social class, race, and gender affect both criminal behaviour and the way the justice system treats individuals? These are just some of the questions sociologists and criminologists explore, and this joint degree is designed to help you find the answers. This engaging Criminology and Sociology degree will give you a solid understanding of the key issues in studying society, crime, and criminal justice. The degree will help you see the links between personal challenges and larger societal issues. You will learn to think critically about a range of global and local topics such as climate change, technological advances, poverty, unemployment, homelessness, racism, gender inequality, and power in society, and how these issues connect to crime, criminalisation, and crime control. Criminology and Sociology is a flexible degree. In the first year, everyone follows the same curriculum. In years two and three, you can choose specific modules and tailor your own pathway through a variety of criminological and sociological topics. The degree will ground you in sociological and criminological theories and provide you with essential social research skills, both of which will open doors to a wide range of career opportunities.