BA Sociology with Criminology
About this course
BA (Hons) in Sociology with Criminology, a social science degree exploring sociological theory alongside crime and the criminal justice system. Core topics include Programming, Research Methods, and Policy Analysis. Students may choose to undertake an optional year abroad during their studies. The first year covers core foundations through SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY, SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL POLICY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 1, BECOMING A SOCIAL RESEARCHER, and QUESTIONING CRIMINAL JUSTICE. The second year develops methodological skills through QUANTITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS and QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS, alongside optional modules such as THE CITY: AN URBAN SOCIOLOGY OF LIVERPOOL and HATE CRIME AND ‘THE STIGMATISED OTHER’. The final year offers a wide range of specialised optional modules including DISSERTATION, CYBER CRIME, HARM, AND VICTIMISATION, and POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY: INCLUSION, EXCLUSION AND THE STRUGGLES FOR POWER.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall with no score less than 4 or pass the IB Diploma plus 5,5,5 in 3 HL subjects. BTEC: DDD. Must be in one of the following subjects:
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 94%: 63 offers from 67 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 93 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 90%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 77%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 86%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 215 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 90%
- Gained a higher qualification: 1%
- Left higher education: 7%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 2%
What graduates do next
Based on about 151 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 68%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 8%
- Unemployed: 6%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 18%
- Finance Professionals: 18%
- Administrative occupations: 14%
- Elementary occupations: 7%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 6%
- Find their work meaningful: 79%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 69%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 48%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 310 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 43%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 6%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 7%
- East of England: 6%
- London: 18%
- South East: 6%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 4%
- Scotland: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 245 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 99%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
- SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL POLICY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 1
- SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL POLICY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 2: CHANGING INEQUALITIES
- BECOMING A SOCIAL RESEARCHER
- INTRODUCTION TO CRIME AND SOCIETY
- QUESTIONING CRIMINAL JUSTICE
- THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY: APPROACHES TO SOCIAL INQUIRY
- QUANTITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
- QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
- CRIMINOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
- THE CITY: AN URBAN SOCIOLOGY OF LIVERPOOL
- COMPARING WELFARE STATES
- UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL CULTURE & SOCIETY
- CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL POLICY IN THE UK
- HATE CRIME AND ‘THE STIGMATISED OTHER’
- PUNISHMENT, PENALITY AND PRISONS: CRITICAL DEBATES
- CRITICAL EDUCATION STUDIES
- UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE
- DISSERTATION
- INTERCHANGE PORTFOLIO: WORK-BASED LEARNING
- SENTENCING: POLICY AND PRACTICE
- DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AS SOCIAL RESEARCH
- HACKING SOCIETY: PROGRAMMING AS SOCIAL SCIENCE
- EVERYDAY SOCIAL LIVES, EVERYDAY SOCIAL WORLDS: INTRODUCING ETHNOMETHODOLOGY
- CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES IN DESISTANCE FROM CRIME
- OUTER SPACE, SOCIETY AND FUTURE FRONTIERS
- CULTURE, ECONOMY AND CITIES
- DRUGS, CRIME AND SOCIETY
- GENDER, THE BODY AND IDENTITY
- THE RISK SOCIETY: CRIME, SECURITY AND PUBLIC POLICY
- GENDER AND THE WELFARE STATE
- THE VIOLENCE OF NEO-IMPERIALISM: STATE-CORPORATE CRIME IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
- MILITARY, MILITARISM, IDENTITY AND PLACE
- INVESTIGATING INSTITUTIONAL DEATHS AND HARMS
- CYBER CRIME, HARM, AND VICTIMISATION
- LOVE, HATE AND ANGER: EMOTIONS AND SOCIETY
- ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION: A CRITICAL EXPLORATION
- CRIME, JUSTICE AND THE SEX INDUSTRY
- ALCOHOL, CRIME AND SOCIETY
- POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY: INCLUSION, EXCLUSION AND THE STRUGGLES FOR POWER
- HEALTH, LIFECOURSE & SOCIETY
- RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND THE SUPERNATURAL
- MEN, MASCULINITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE
- ARCHITECTURE AND POWER: PARLIAMENTS, PRISONS AND COURTS
- COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
- GENDER AND CRIME
- CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND THE SEDUCTIONS OF CRIME
- SOCIOLOGIES OF CLASS AND INEQUALITY
- LOVE AND MARRIAGE: THE SOCIOLOGY OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Sociology with Criminology at University of Liverpool earn?
The median salary is £29,000 after 15 months, £25,500 after 3 years, £32,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £26,500 and £43,500. The £32,000 median after five years is £5,500 more than the UK median for Sociology.
What do graduates of BA Sociology with Criminology at University of Liverpool do next?
87% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Sociology with Criminology at University of Liverpool?
90% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Sociology with Criminology at University of Liverpool?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 133 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Sociology with Criminology at University of Liverpool?
94% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 63 offers from 67 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Sociology with Criminology at University of Liverpool include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Sociology with Criminology at University of Liverpool?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.