BA Criminology with Psychology
About this course
BA (Hons) in Criminology with Psychology, an undergraduate degree examining crime, deviance and criminal justice through sociological and psychological lenses. Core topics include Research Methods and Human Behaviour. Students may choose to undertake an optional placement year or a year abroad. The first year introduces foundational themes through modules such as Psychology of Child Development, Social Psychology and Individual Differences, Thinking Like a Criminologist and Understanding the Criminal Justice System. The second year shifts towards empirical study and specialised topics, featuring compulsory modules like Biological Psychology, Psychology of Cognitive Processes and Designing Social Research, alongside various optional modules covering policing, media and social issues. The final year focuses on advanced study and independent research, incorporating compulsory modules such as Understanding Clinical Psychology, Advanced Topics in Psychology and the Criminology Project, alongside optional choices exploring terrorism, penology and forensic topics.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB or BBC IB: 30 points
What students say
Based on about 133 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 90%
- Learning opportunities: 85%
- Assessment and feedback: 85%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 88%
- Learning resources: 87%
- Student voice: 82%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 178 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 11%
- Further study: 9%
- Unemployed: 6%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Therapy professionals: 8%
- Caring personal services: 7%
- Sales occupations: 7%
- Find their work meaningful: 79%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 64%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 51%
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 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- 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
- Psychology of Child Development
- Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I
- Thinking Like a Criminologist
- Criminological Classics
- Criminology in Theory and Perspective
- Social Psychology and Individual Differences
- Understanding the Criminal Justice System
- Biological Psychology
- Designing Social Research
- Psychology of Cognitive Processes
- 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)
- Social Research Methods: Analysing Quantitative Data
- The Alchemy of Race and Racism (Spring)
- The Sociology of Human Rights
- Victimology and Emotion
- Criminology Project
- Understanding Clinical Psychology
- Advanced Topics in Psychology
- (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 with Psychology at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £25,500 after 15 months, £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 £5,500 more than the UK median for Psychology.
What do graduates of BA Criminology with Psychology at University of Sussex do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Criminology with Psychology at University of Sussex?
90% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Criminology with Psychology at University of Sussex?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 117 UCAS points.
Does BA Criminology with Psychology 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 with Psychology at University of Sussex?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.