Course summary

This course has a shared first year across multiple specialisms, after your first year if you want to study a different specialism you can choose to change to one of these: Criminology or Criminology & Law Why study at BNU? Throughout your time with us we’ll support you on the route to your chosen career. We’ll help you to develop crucial skills, encouraging you to become enterprising, employable and a good leader. If you are interested in a range of topics related to crime BNU gives you a unique opportunity to identify your career goals and set out a clear path to achieving them. In addition, we have one the best student communities around, our student union is ranked 2nd in the UK (NSS2022) so you will have no trouble feeling at home here. Our university is close to London (30 minutes) so the capital is on your doorstep, this is perfect if you want to commute to university while remaining close to friends and family. In addition to all the great benefits to studying at BNU, your course has some great benefits too, such as a passionate teaching team made up of former industry professionals, great facilities and staff links to professional organisations that keep us current and up to date with the latest research and statistics. Opportunity modules are a key part of the BNU curriculum. You’ll choose modules from a broad selection in areas such as sustainability, entrepreneurship, creativity, digital skills, personal growth, civic engagement, health & wellbeing and employment. Opportunity modules are designed to enable you to develop outside the traditional boundaries of your discipline and help you to further stand out from the crowd to future employers. What will I study? Following the core programme, you can opt to stay on the criminology course pathway or chose this pathway which gives you a specialism in forensics. You will be able to combine the study of criminology with the study of forensics. This pathway will give you the opportunity to examine skills necessary for the collection and preserving of forensic evidence. You will have plenty of opportunity to see how the theory in the classroom applies to real life. You will also be able to explore and expand your own ideas and theories as part of the course. Career prospects Throughout your time with us we’ll support you on the route to your chosen career. We’ll help you to develop crucial skills, encouraging you to become enterprising, employable and good leaders. We also help you find employment after graduation through our careers and employability scheme. Our Criminology programme is a springboard for entry into probation and related roles in the criminal justice system, whether that’s in the police, the court, probation, prison or crime related research organisation. Some of the careers you could pursue include:

• probation services

• national security

• police force

• cybercrime and prevention

• criminal justice

• law and forensics