BA Criminology
About this course
BA (Hons) in Criminology is an undergraduate criminology degree that examines the criminal justice system, social harm, and the societal responses to crime and deviance. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students can choose to undertake an optional placement year or spend a year abroad. The first year introduces foundational subjects through modules such as Key Criminological Thinkers, Multi-agency Work in Criminal Justice, Professional Skills, and Criminal Justice. The second year expands into methodological and thematic areas via Becoming a Social Researcher, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Crime, Media and Criminology, and Generating Reputations. The final year centres on independent research through the Dissertation module. Optional modules across the course allow students to explore specialist topics such as the politics of imprisonment, state crime, corporate crime, and critical migration studies.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBC-BBB IB: We are happy to accept IB qualifications which achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points.
What students say
Based on about 19 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 78%
- Learning resources: 98%
- Student voice: 71%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 50 students who started
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 25%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 15%
- Protective service occupations: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 45%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 185 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 73%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 1%
- London: 2%
- South East: 1%
- South West: 1%
- Wales: 5%
- Scotland: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 75 students who started
- A levels: 96%
- Access course: 4%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Gold for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Key Criminological Thinkers
- Multi-agency Work in Criminal Justice
- Professional Skills
- Criminal Justice
- Language 1
- Criminology and the Modern World
- Cyber Security Fundamentals and Ethics
- Addictions and Offending
- Becoming a Social Researcher
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Crime, Media and Criminology
- Generating Reputations
- Violence and Society
- Gendered Violence, Crime and Justice
- Crime and Music
- Crime, Harms, Law and Justice
- Victims, theories, debates and practices
- Community Punishment
- Doing Social Research
- Work-based learning and Employability
- Self-Directed Study
- Youth Offending: Critical Perspectives
- Dissertation
- The Politics of Imprisonment
- Justice, Rights and the State
- Expanding the Criminological Imagination
- State Crime
- Corporate Crime
- Prison Lives in Literature and Films
- Race, Crime and Criminology
- Critical Migration Studies
- A Century of Crime and Its Contexts: Circa 1840-1940
- Global Antisemitism and Islamophobia
- Global and National Activist Movements
- Critical Terrorism Studies
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Criminology at Edge Hill University earn?
The median salary is £20,000 after 3 years, £24,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £20,000 and £28,500. The £24,000 median after five years is £2,500 less than the UK median for Sociology.
What do graduates of BA Criminology at Edge Hill University do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Criminology at Edge Hill University?
87% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Criminology at Edge Hill University?
The typical offer is BBC at A level. The average entrant had 97 UCAS points.
Does BA Criminology at Edge Hill University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Criminology at Edge Hill University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.