Course summary
Are you passionate and committed to preventing and responding to serious and violent crime? Are you ready to take the next step in your career and become a leader in your sector? This unique MA Serious and Violent Crime will impart essential practical leadership skills for understanding, investigating, and responding to serious and violent crimes. The full flexibility of the course has been specifically designed to help you fit your career progression around your professional life. We offer admission onto the course for anyone with a bachelor's degree (2:2) in a related field or at least three years of work experience within the Criminal Justice System. The programme provides a dedicated support pathway that runs parallel to your studies to equip you with the academic skills needed to succeed, whatever your background is. Using case studies, you will critically analyse a wide range of criminological topics within the remit of serious and violent crime, such as terrorism, sexual offences, and the dark web. You will also gain the specialised skill set needed to cope with traumatic material in high-pressure environments and lead teams through challenging incidents and investigations. Upon graduation, you will be prepared to take confident strides within the field and make a positive contribution to your community in combatting serious and violent crime. The course is led by applied academics with practitioner backgrounds within the Criminal Justice System, ensuring you gain skills that set you apart in the profession. They have aligned your course material with the latest sector standards to reflect the current work of all stakeholders within the Criminal Justice System. If you're seeking a qualification that will help you advance your career and make a genuine impact in your professional life in the field of serious and violent crime, this postgraduate degree provides you with the unique opportunity to do just that. roficiency in effective management. This distinction sets you apart in the job market and provides a clear path towards obtaining full Chartered Manager status.
Modules
Reflective Practice and Leadership (20 credits) - PINNED The Criminal Justice System and Globalisation (20 credits) The Psychology of Serious Offending (20 credits) Managing Intelligence and Investigations (20 credits) Terrorism, Extremism and Hate (20 credits) Cybercrime and the Dark Web (20 credits) Independent Research Project (60 credits)
Assessment method
The unique assessments on this course reflect the sector-specific skills needed by employers and are 100% career-focused.
Entry requirements
Standard Entry 2:2 undergraduate degree in a related discipline i.e., criminology, criminal justice, forensic psychology. Non-standard Entry 3 years industry work experience i.e., policing
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9500 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9500 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9500 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9500 | Year 1 |
| EU | £10550 | Year 1 |
| International | £10550 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Arden University
Arden House
Middlemarch Park
Coventry
CV3 4FJ