Course summary
Overview Explore and analyse areas critical to policing and investigation – such as criminal justice, intelligence, major crime and public protection – that you can use to:
- qualify for the degree-holder entry programme to the police service in England or Wales
- level up from your current role to a senior or specialised role
- develop or enhance your general academic interest in policing and criminal investigation
- Transform a passion for the criminal justice system into a rewarding career, with optional modules to suit your ambitions such as cybercrime, forensic psychology, contemporary terrorism and rehabilitation
- Have the freedom to choose a final year project topic that suits your career goals – previous students have focused on areas including human trafficking, domestic abuse, terrorism, county lines drug trafficking and the retention of special constables
- Be taught by leading academics from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, whose research areas include forensic interviewing and science, economic crime and cybercrime
- Have the chance to use on-the-job experience as proof of relevant prior learning to complete the course quicker
- the Probation Service
- the National Crime Agency
- Department for Work and Pensions – investigating fraud
- HMRC– investigating smuggling
- banks and financial institutions – investigating fraud
- insurance companies – investigating false claims
- legal firms – assisting in legal cases
- loss prevention and private security companies
- private investigation firms
- crime scene investigator
- police staff investigator within the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
- intelligence analyst and researcher
- private investigator
- security analyst
Modules
Year 1 Core modules currently include:
- Criminal Justice and the Legal System (40 credits)
- Essential Skills in Criminal Justice Studies (40 credits)
- Fundamentals of Policing and Investigation (40 credits)
- Policing and Society (40 credits)
- Research Methods and Analysis (40 credits)
- Advanced Investigation and Operational Policing (20 credits)
- Contemporary Terrorism and the Global Response (20 credits)
- Cybercrime and Security (20 credits)
- Forensic Psychology: Investigation (20 credits)
- Fundamentals of Forensic Investigation (20 credits)
- Organised Crime (20 credits)
- Rehabilitation of Offenders (20 credits)
- Victimology - Victimisation and the Criminal Justice System (20 credits)
- Specialist Policing: Major Crime and Public Protection (40 credits)
- Advanced Investigation and Operational Policing (20 credits)
- Contemporary Terrorism and Global Response (20 credits)
- Cybercrime and Security (20 credits)
- Forensic Psychology: Investigation (20 credits)
- Fundamentals of Forensic Investigation (20 credits)
- Organised Crime (20 credits)
- Rehabilitation of Offenders (20 credits)
- Victimology - Victimisation and the Criminal Justice System (20 credits)
- Dissertation (40 credits)
Assessment method
You’ll be assessed through essays and reports, with essay titles provided at the beginning of the academic year. You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark. You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future. The way you're assessed may depend on the modules you select. As a guide, students on this course last year were typically assessed as follows: Stage 1 students: 100% by coursework Stage 2 students: 100% by coursework Stage 3 students: 100% by coursework
How to apply
To apply for this course you will be taken to the provider's website, where you can find out more information and make an application.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your application.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
T Level
There are no specific qualification requirements, we will assess your application on its own merits. Applicants may be required to produce a short written artefact to better assist the course leader as to the suitability of the applicant.
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5. |
Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
PTE Academic | 62 | An overall score of 62 with a minimum of 59 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing. |
Trinity ISE | Pass | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components. |
Student Outcomes
There is no data available for this course. For further information visit the Discover Uni website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £3080 | Year 1 |
International | £3080 | Year 1 |
England | £3080 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £3080 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £3080 | Year 1 |
Wales | £3080 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £3080 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £3080 | 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
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP