This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2025.
University of Salford has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
Course summary
The Foundation Year of the four-year programme aims to provide understanding of the key subjects in social sciences to meet the prerequisites for study on the associated degree programme. The key areas of study will be effective communication and study skills combined with key subjects in the social sciences and social care practice. You will be introduced to basic theories and concepts within the disciplines to provide a basic knowledge in all related subject areas. Modules on sociology, criminology, social policy and counselling will explore inequalities associated with gender, class, race, disability and health, using different theories to understand social change and how societies try to address inequalities and discrimination. In addition, you will examine key ideas in political and social thought, discussing ideas of citizenship and democracy and learning about the development of policy. Following completion of the Foundation Year, you will progress on to year one of your selected degree for the remainder three years of your course. This course is not open to international students.
Modules
- Foundation Year: Introduction to Counselling, Introduction to Sociology, Social Care Practice, Understanding Criminology, Understanding Social Policy, and University Life.
- Year one: Contemporary Challenges in Crime and Society, Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Approaches, Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Social Justice in Action, Therapy, Ethics and Human Rights, and Understanding Criminology.
- Year two: Theoretical Criminology, Intermediate Counselling Skills - 1, Intermediate Counselling Skills - 2, Research Problems and Methods: Qualitatively Better, and Research Problems and Methods: Making it Count.
- Year three: Dissertation, Work: Practice and Reflection, and a range of optional modules including Critical Perspectives on Policing, Critical Victimology, Environmental Justice, Human Rights, Genocide and Resistance, Internet Risk and Security, and Violence in Society. Additional options are the University Wide Language Programme, Crime, Society and Racialisation, Probation and Rehabilitation, Migration and Socio-Legal Dynamics, and Critical Approaches to (Counter) Terrorism. For counselling, you may choose from Counselling and Mental Health, Bereavement and Loss, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Skills, and Expressive Therapies. Criminology options include Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice, Prisons and Punishment, The Criminal Justice Process - Criminology with Counselling, and Violence in Society.
Assessment method
You will be assessed during the foundation year through the following methods: group presentation and individual reflective essay, personal learning statement essay, written exam, two essays, a five-minute presentation, portfolio project, and reflective portfolio. To find out more about assessment for the remaining three years, please visit the BSc (Hons) Criminology with Counselling course page.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- MC12
- Institution code:
- S03
- Campus name:
- Peel Park Campus
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Foundation
International applicants
This course is not suitable for international students. If you are an international student and interested in a foundation year study pathway, the University of Salford website has details of the International Foundation Year.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 80 points
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher
GCSE English and Math Grade A-C required alongside any level 3 study. Functional Skills level 2 in numeracy and literacy are accepted as an alternative to the GCSE requirement.
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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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
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Provider information
University of Salford
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4WT
Clearing contact details
Clearing Line
0300 555 5030
Additional information
Saturday 5 July 9.30am-4pm Monday 7 July – Wednesday 13 Aug, Mon-Fri 10am-4pm Thursday 14 August 7:30am-7pm Friday 15 August 8am-6pm Saturday 16 August 10am-2pm Monday 18 August 9am-5pm Tuesday 19 onwards 10am-4pm (with the exception of Thursday 21 August 9am-5pm) Monday 25 August CLOSED (bank holiday)