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PostgraduateCourse summary
Our MA gives you experience of designing, analysing and evaluating criminal justice and crime control strategies. Taught by world-leading experts, it’s designed to create sophisticated criminologists who can navigate the realities of criminal justice and crime control with confidence, skills and knowledge. At its heart is a strong focus on communication, research, problem-solving, teamwork and policy analysis. These skills will be developed through the classroom and through practical work with criminal justice and community safety organisations. Our MA also offers the specialist study of contemporary slavery (human trafficking), reflecting the globally important issue of criminal justice and human rights. Teaching is blended between weekly two-hour workshops and online support. Assessment is task-based and varied, and includes written essays, oral presentations, events organisation, engagement projects, research projects and problem-solving exercises. You’ll be supported throughout your studies with academic support tutors working with small groups to provide guidance and advice.
Modules
Core Modules: All modules are subject to availability and this list may change at any time. Global Issues in Criminal Justice and Crime Control Doing Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice Optional Modules : Contemporary Slavery Studies Competing and Comparative Justice: Values and Ethics in the Criminal Justice Process Contemporary Crime: Theories & Practice Policing, Security and Intelligence Communication and Engagement with Diverse Communities Critical Victimology and Contemporary Slavery Hacking for the Police Gender, Sexualities and Crime Global Detention: Custody, Imprisonment and Human Rights Incarceration Culture in Context: Research Methods and Theory in Interdisciplinary Studies Compulsory - Dissertation
Assessment method
Classes will be interactive, discursive, and task-based. There will be few traditional ‘lectures’, but plenty of workshops where you’ll be involved in planning, preparing and leading. With support from staff, you’ll have the freedom to shape the course of your learning and focus on your personal interests and career ambitions. The course is flexible, teaching is blended between weekly two hour workshops interspersed with preparation and online support. Assessment is task-based and varied, and will include: Written essays, oral presentations, events organisation, engagement projects, research projects and problem-solving exercises. You’ll be provided with a high level of support throughout your studies, and academic support tutors work with small groups to provide support and advice.
How to apply
International applicants
If you require a student visa to study or if your first language is not English you will be required to provide acceptable evidence of your English language proficiency level. This course requires academic IELTS 6.5 overall, with 5.5 in each skill. For other English language proficiency qualifications acceptable by this University, please click here. If your English currently does not reach the University's required standard for this programme, you may be interested in one of our English language courses.
Entry requirements
The programme is open to applicants with at least 2:2 Bachelor Honours degree (or equivalent) in any discipline. Practitioners with relevant and extensive work experience in the criminal justice, crime control and security sectors are encouraged to apply even if they have not been to university previously. Evidence of vocational qualifications, training, written reports and letters of endorsement from line managers submitted in support of an application are encouraged. In order to ensure our students have a rich learning and student experience, most of our programmes have a mix of domestic and international students. We reserve the right to close applications early to either group, if application volumes suggest that this blend cannot be achieved. In addition, existing undergraduate students at the University of Hull have a guaranteed ‘Fast Track’ route to any postgraduate programme, subject to meeting the entry criteria.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | IELTS: 6.5 overall, 5.5 in each skill |
Please click below for a list of the English language qualifications accepted by the University of Hull
https://www.hull.ac.uk/Choose-Hull/Study-at-Hull/Admissions/English-language-requirements
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
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
Subject to confirmation
Provider information
University of Hull
Admissions Office
Cottingham Road
Hull
HU6 7RX