Course summary

This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview Simulated facilities that replicate situations you’ll face in your job, insights from teaching staff who have law enforcement experience and opportunities to gain experience with local police forces. Following the National Police Curriculum as set out by the College of Policing, this BSc (Hons) Professional Policing degree prepares you for the emotional, physical and mental demands of a rewarding career in policing and related fields. You'll gain legislative, policy and procedural knowledge and develop the critical thinking, communication, decision making and conflict management skills you need. You’ll graduate as a qualified police officer and have the foundation to explore a career in law enforcement and criminal justice, or continue your studies at postgraduate level. Course highlights

• Explore crime scenes and situations using virtual reality environments, allowing you to test your skills in a simulated environment

• Build your professional network through our close ties with Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire constabularies

• Get experience of the interdisciplinary work practices you’ll encounter in your career as you study alongside criminology students

• Enhance your CV and apply your skills through volunteering opportunities with local police forces

• Have the opportunity to see other countries’ approaches to policing by spending your placement year at a policing-focused overseas university

• sergeant

• inspector

• superintendent

• chief constable

• criminal investigation department (CID)

• firearms

• traffic

• intelligence

• child protection

• fraud squad

• drug squad