BSc Criminology
About this course
The BSc (Hons) Criminology is an undergraduate degree exploring the causes of crime, deviant behaviour and the institutional responses of the criminal justice system. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Project Management, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The course culminates in an independent dissertation project and includes practical work-based learning modules. The first year covers foundational concepts through Contemporary Challenges in Crime and Society, Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Culture, Power and Deviance, and Understanding Criminology. The second year builds methodological and theoretical foundations with modules including Research Problems and Methods: Making it count, Research Problems and Methods: Qualitatively better, Theoretical Criminology, and Critical Victimology. The final year allows students to explore specialist themes through modules such as Dissertation, Work: Practice and Reflection, Crime, Society and Racialisation, and Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice. Optional study areas and further subjects span topics including terrorism, digital society, and penal systems.
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Entry requirements
GCSE: GCSE English Language/Literature and Mathematics at grade C/grade 4 or above. Level 2 equivalencies will also be accepted. You must fulfil our GCSE entry requirements as well as one of the requirements listed below. UCAS tariff: 104 UCAS points A level: 104 UCAS points BTEC: DMM T level: Merit Foundation Degree: Applicants will be considered for entry into first year. Access to HE: 104 UCAS points from 45 credits at Level 3 Scottish Highers: 104 UCAS points Irish Leaving Certificate: 104 UCAS points IB: 30 points
What students say
Based on about 14 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 82%
- Learning opportunities: 80%
- Assessment and feedback: 83%
- Academic support: 87%
- Organisation and management: 72%
- Learning resources: 86%
- Student voice: 75%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 35 students who started
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 20%
What graduates do next
Based on about 64 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 67%
- Working and studying: 14%
- Further study: 4%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Welfare Professionals: 24%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 13%
- Administrative occupations: 8%
- Protective service occupations: 7%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 6%
- Find their work meaningful: 84%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 69%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 77%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 375 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 87%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 4%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 1%
- London: 1%
- South West: 1%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 35 students who started
- A levels: 95%
- Access course: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Contemporary Challenges in Crime and Society
- Criminal Justice and Human Rights
- Culture, Power and Deviance
- Social Justice in Action
- Understanding Criminology
- Globalisation, Society and Crime
- Research Problems and Methods: Making it count
- Research Problems and Methods: Qualitatively better
- Theoretical Criminology
- Critical Victimology
- Critical Perspectives on Policing
- Environmental Justice
- Human Rights, Genocide and Resistance
- Internet, Risk and Security
- Violence in Society
- Dissertation
- Work: Practice and Reflection
- Bodies: Biology to Blushing
- Crime, Society and Racialisation
- Critical Approaches to (Counter) Terrorism
- Digital Society
- Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
- Migration and Socio-Legal Dynamics
- Prisons and Punishment
- Probation and Rehabilitation
- The Criminal Justice Process
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Criminology at University of Salford earn?
The median salary is £30,000 after 15 months, £22,000 after 3 years, £25,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,500 and £33,000. The £25,500 median after five years is £1,000 less than the UK median for Sociology.
What do graduates of BSc Criminology at University of Salford do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Criminology at University of Salford?
82% 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 University of Salford?
The typical offer is 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 113 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BSc Criminology at University of Salford?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.