Modules

This course will provide you with the opportunity to train as Special Constable, or volunteer with the local force, undertake specialist modules in a wide range of contemporary policing issues, and build your practical policing experience throughout the degree. A key feature of this course is practical development and will focus on developing the requisite skills and qualities necessary to commence a policing role, as stipulated by the College of Policing. In your final year of study, you'll have the opportunity to undertake a substantial piece of self-directed work in a relevant emerging issue in local / national / international policing. In Year One key modules may include: The Role of the Police; Crime Investigation (One); Problem Solving and Decision Making; The Criminal Justice System; Criminology for Policing; and Police Powers (One). You will build upon the skills you learn in Year Two. Modules may include: Public Protection; Evidence Based Policing; Crime Investigations (Two); Police Intelligence and Community Policing; and Police Powers (Two). Your Final Year modules will include: Digital Policing and Counter Terrorism; Front Line Policing; Police Powers (Three); and you have the choice to complete a Research Project or Applied Research Project.