BA Criminology
About this course
BA (Hons) in Sociology. The curriculum includes a final-year Criminology Project and instruction on designing social research.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB or BBC IB: 30 points
What students say
Based on about 16 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 83%
- Learning opportunities: 78%
- Assessment and feedback: 78%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 85%
- Student voice: 75%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 110 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- East Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 10%
- London: 44%
- South East: 38%
- South West: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started
- A levels: 95%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- Other qualifications: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Critical Reading and Writing for Criminologists
- Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I
- Thinking Like a Criminologist
- Criminological Classics
- Criminology in Theory and Perspective
- Understanding the Criminal Justice System
- Designing Social Research
- A Sociology of Generations and Social Change? From Passive to Active Generations
- Citizenship, Activism and Resistance
- Crime and the Media (Aut)
- Drugs, Crime and Deviant Leisure
- Gender, Crime and Justice
- Identity, Violence and Transgression
- Into the Lions Den: An Exploration (A)
- Police and Policing
- Sociology of Emotions and Mental Health
- The Climate Crisis, Criminology & the Justice System
- The Politics of Criminalisation (Autumn)
- Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data
- Precarity and the Politics of Work (Spr)
- Punishment and Penology (Spr)
- The Alchemy of Race and Racism (Spring)
- The Sociology of Human Rights
- Victimology and Emotion
- Criminology Project
- (Im)mobilities and the Criminal Justice System
- Carceral Technologies
- Class, Power and the State (Aut)
- Crimes against Humanity (Aut)
- Critical Perspectives on Terrorism
- Digital Activism and Citizenship in Datafied Societies
- Technology and the Human
- The Death Penalty
- Criminology of Violence and Death
- Neurocriminology
- Riots, Strikes, Revolts
- Temporalities - Histories - Hauntologies (Spr)
- Understanding Gangs (Spr)
- Visual Criminology (Spr)
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Criminology at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £24,000 after 3 years, £33,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £26,000 and £39,500. The £33,000 median after five years is £6,500 more than the UK median for Sociology.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Criminology at University of Sussex?
83% 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 University of Sussex?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 118 UCAS points.
Does BA Criminology at University of Sussex 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 University of Sussex?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.