Course summary

The Criminology and Criminal Justice course aims to provide units of study that will enable students to acquire knowledge and understanding of selected substantive topics, related processes and issues from the disciplines of criminology and sociology. The course has also been designed to develop graduates who have wider skills such as Interpretation and evaluation of evidence, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of rival criminological and sociological explanations, making informed and reasoned arguments, accessing and synthesising information from different sources and being able to reflect upon and articulate their own learning experience. The course aims to enable students to practise, develop and acquire a number of key skills; such as Oral and written communication skills, group work skills, information technology skills, learning and study skills, problem solving skills, number skills and job search and application skills that are needed to make informed choices when entering the labour market and securing employment.