BSc Criminology and Psychology
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: Pass, with 34 points overall with 17 points at Higher Level
What students say
Based on about 75 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 88%
- Learning opportunities: 81%
- Assessment and feedback: 79%
- Academic support: 87%
- Organisation and management: 88%
- Learning resources: 94%
- Student voice: 78%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 100 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 88%
- Left higher education: 12%
What graduates do next
Based on about 43 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 68%
- Working and studying: 7%
- Further study: 8%
- Unemployed: 9%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 11%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Sales occupations: 9%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 8%
- Elementary occupations: 8%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 150 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 10%
- London: 29%
- South East: 46%
- South West: 9%
- Wales: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 105 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 88%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Foundation course: 7%
- Other HE qualification: 3%
- Other qualifications: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
- Accredited against the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Behavioural Neuroscience
- Delivering Justice: Mapping the Criminal Justice System
- Individual Differences
- Interrogating Crime: An Introduction to Criminology
- Introduction to Psychology
- Simple Liars, Damned Liars and Experts: the use of empirical research in social science
- Understanding the Social World
- What's the problem? Debating responses to Contemporary Social Challenges
- Clinical Psychology
- Criminological Perspectives in Global and Post-colonial Contexts
- Criminological Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Introduction to Social Data Analytics
- Qualitative Research: Methods, Tools and Techniques
- What's the Solution? How to Become an Agent for Change in Public Policy
- Children and Society
- Crime Scene Investigation: Methods and Applications
- Global Transformations
- Introduction to Health Psychology
- Issues in Law Enforcement and Social Control
- Social Stratification, Divisions and Resilience
- Techno Harms: Discrimination, Conspiracy Theories and Extremism
- Dissertation
- Real World Research: Designing Your Dissertation
- AI Applications in Psychology
- Advanced Quantitative Research Skills
- Applied Social Quantitative Analysis
- Building Digital Health Interventions
- Children and Society
- Collective Action and Social Change
- Comparative Youth Justice
- Crime Scene Investigation: Methods and Applications
- Current Topics in Cognitive Psychology
- Education Policy and Reforms: Global Experiences and Local Contexts
- Employability: Successful futures in Sociology and Criminology
- Exploring the Hidden Assumptions in Education
- Gender and Society
- Gender, Power and Politics
- Global Terrorism and Political Violence
- Global Transformations
- Introduction to Educational Psychology
- Introduction to Experiments in Social Science
- Issues in Law Enforcement and Social Control
- Neurodiversity and Development
- Penology
- Psychology of Advertising
- Race and Ethnicity in Society
- Social Stratification, Division and Resilience
- Social and Affective Neuroscience
- Social and Psychological Approaches to Understanding Sexual Health
- Techno Harms: Discrimination, Conspiracy Theories and Extremism
- Victims or Perpetrators? Social and Psychological Perspectives on Older People and Crime
- Violent and Sexual Offenders
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Criminology and Psychology at University of Southampton earn?
The median salary is £26,000 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 £38,000. The £32,000 median after five years is £4,500 more than the UK median for Psychology.
What do graduates of BSc Criminology and Psychology at University of Southampton do next?
83% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Criminology and Psychology at University of Southampton?
88% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Criminology and Psychology at University of Southampton?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 34 points in the IB. The average entrant had 130 UCAS points.
Is BSc Criminology and Psychology at University of Southampton accredited?
Yes. Accredited against the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Does BSc Criminology and Psychology at University of Southampton include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year.
How many students continue on BSc Criminology and Psychology at University of Southampton?
88% of students continued into their second year, and 12% left higher education.