BA Criminology with Law
About this course
BA (Hons) Criminology with Law is an undergraduate degree exploring the intersection of criminal justice systems, legal frameworks, and sociological theories of crime and punishment. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Legal Analysis, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students can opt for a 30-week work placement year to gain practical experience before graduation, and the course culminates in a final-year dissertation project. The course begins with a foundation year covering academic and professional skills, contemporary British society, and the basics of law and government. The first year introduces criminological theory, social research skills, crime and the criminal justice system, legal skills and systems, and criminal law. In the second year, students study qualitative and quantitative research skills, human rights law, and policing and society, while optional modules allow specialisation in areas such as globalisation, victims of crime, youth crime, family law, and the sociology of AI. The final year focuses on advanced compulsory topics including the criminology of organisations, criminal justice, and prisons and punishment, alongside optional modules covering terrorism, public international law, healthcare law, and jurisprudence.
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Entry requirements
For 2027 entry: 112–128 UCAS tariff points (A-level grades BBC–ABB) including a minimum of 2 A-levels or equivalent qualifications. We also accept a wide range of vocational qualifications including BTEC Extended Diploma (grade DMM–DDM) and T Levels (Merit).
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 95%: 160 offers from 168 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 9 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 75%
- Learning opportunities: 90%
- Assessment and feedback: 80%
- Academic support: 83%
- Organisation and management: 88%
- Learning resources: 83%
- Student voice: 61%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 15%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 80 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 4%
- East of England: 8%
- London: 18%
- South East: 31%
- South West: 32%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 95%
- Access course: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Academic & Professional Media Practice
- Collaborative Communication Project
- Understanding Contemporary Britain
- Law & Government
- Introduction to Criminological Theory
- Social Research Skills
- Media, Power & Social Order
- Crime and the Criminal Justice System
- Legal Skills & Systems
- Criminal Law
- Qualitative Research Skills
- Quantitative Skills
- Human Rights Law
- Policing & Society
- Globalisation, Justice & Global Instabilities
- Victims of Crime
- Contemporary Social Theory
- Youth Crime, Gangs and Youth Justice
- Public Health & Crime
- Growing up and Growing old
- Practical Administrative Law
- Culture & Conflict
- Borders, Migration and Trafficking
- Family Law
- Doing Ethnographic Research in the Social Sciences
- Criminological Psychology
- 20-day Placement
- The Sociology of AI
- Dissertation
- Criminology of Organisations
- Criminal Justice
- Prisons & Punishment
- Drugs, Crime & Society
- Seekers, Believers and Iconoclasts
- Terrorism, Protection & Society
- International Interventions and Humanitarianism
- Crime and Criminal Justice in the 21st Century
- ‘Troubling’ Gender
- Politics and Ideology
- Intersectional Criminology
- Public International & International Criminal Law
- Jurisprudence
- Health Care Law
- Capitalism’s crimes, contracts, and crises. Decolonial perspectives in the social sciences
- Sport and Leisure Cultures
- Health, Wellbeing & Society
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Criminology with Law at Bournemouth University earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 3 years, £34,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £27,000 and £43,500. The £34,500 median after five years is £8,000 more than the UK median for Sociology.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Criminology with Law at Bournemouth University?
75% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Criminology with Law at Bournemouth University?
The typical offer is BBC at A level. The average entrant had 112 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Criminology with Law at Bournemouth University?
95% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 160 offers from 168 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Criminology with Law at Bournemouth University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year.
How many students continue on BA Criminology with Law at Bournemouth University?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.