BSc Criminology
About this course
BSc in Sociology. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and a Global & Comparative Perspective on social issues. The programme offers a specialisation in criminology, drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, law, and history. A placement year option allows students to gain practical experience in a professional setting.
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What students say
Based on about 21 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 89%
- Assessment and feedback: 85%
- Academic support: 85%
- Organisation and management: 91%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 70 students who started
- Continued on course: 86%
- Left higher education: 7%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 7%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 215 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- West Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 12%
- South East: 11%
- South West: 21%
- Wales: 45%
Who gets in
Based on about 70 students who started
- A levels: 97%
- Access course: 1%
- Other qualifications: 1%
Modules
- Criminological Inquiries
- Introduction to Social Science Research
- Key Ideas in Social Science
- Foundations of Contemporary Criminology
- Becoming a Social Scientist
- An Introduction to Education
- Introduction to Social and Public Policy
- Introduction to Sociology
- Introduction to Psychology for the Human and Social Sciences
- Crime and Punishment
- Offending and Victimisation
- Responses to Crime
- Social Research Methods
- Cynllunio ar gyfer Iechyd a Lles Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol
- Damcaniaethu Cyfalafiaeth
- Children and Childhood
- Working Knowledge: Analysing and Experiencing Employment (with Placement)
- Evaluating Social Practice, Policy and Innovation
- Focus Groups and Interviews
- Human Development
- Real World Research (with Placement)
- Knowing the Social World - Online and Offline Surveys
- Poverty and Social Security in the UK
- Social Policy Analysis
- Gender Relations and Society
- Ethnography and Everyday Life
- Crimes of the Powerful
- Digital Social Research: Theory and Methods
- Race and Racism
- Cyfiawnder Byd-eang
- Dissertation
- Analysing Social Change
- Crime, Security and Justice in the City
- Police and Policing
- Prisons and Prisoners
- Drugs, Crime and Society
- Radical Education
- Work and Skills in the 21st Century: an international perspective
- Issues in Social and Cultural Psychology
- International and Comparative Social and Public Policy
- Equality and Social Justice in a Globalised World
- Power, Politics and Policy
- Sociology on the Move
- Live Theory
- Decolonising the Social Sciences
- Monsters and Mysteries
- Sociology of Techno-Capitalism
- Environmental Rights, Societal Insights
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Criminology at Cardiff University earn?
The median salary is £23,500 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,500 and £35,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £2,500 more than the UK median for Sociology.
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Criminology at Cardiff University?
87% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Criminology at Cardiff University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 148 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BSc Criminology at Cardiff University?
86% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.