LLB Law in Practice with Criminology,
About this course
LLB in Law in Practice with Criminology, an undergraduate law degree focusing on legal principles integrated with criminological study and a mandatory professional placement. Core topics include Research Methods and Legal Analysis. The course incorporates a compulsory third-year placement year in a legal setting, alongside professional preparation in the second year. The first year covers foundational legal and criminological concepts through Public Law, Law, Professionalism and Ethics, and The Sociological & Criminological Imagination. The second year advances into specialised topics with Criminological Theory: Content and Application, Equity and Trusts, Placement Preparation: Year in Industry / Year in Practice, and Penology and Punishment. The third year consists of the Law in Practice - Placement Year. The final year allows students to select from an extensive range of optional modules spanning advanced legal subjects and criminology, including Law Dissertation, Cybercrime, Human Rights & Social Justice, and Family and Child Law.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB-CCC IB: 32 points
What students say
Based on about 112 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 85%
- Academic support: 92%
- Organisation and management: 92%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 295 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 91%
- Left higher education: 9%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 1%
What graduates do next
Based on about 43 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 59%
- Working and studying: 9%
- Further study: 17%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 11%
- Elementary occupations: 11%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 8%
- Sales occupations: 8%
- Finance Professionals: 7%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 65%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 250 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 4%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 7%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 11%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 10%
- Wales: 52%
Who gets in
Based on about 235 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 78%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Access course: 3%
- A degree: 9%
- Other HE qualification: 4%
- Other qualifications: 3%
- No formal qualifications: 2%
Modules
- Public Law
- Law, Professionalism and Ethics
- The Sociological & Criminological Imagination
- Tort Law
- Cyfraith Camwedd
- Contract Law
- Cyfraith Contract
- Criminological Theory: Content and Application
- Equity and Trusts
- Placement Preparation: Year in Industry / Year in Practice
- Penology and Punishment
- Criminal Law
- Cyfraith Troseddol
- Land Law
- Cyfraith Tir
- Law in Practice - Placement Year
- Cyfraith Hywel
- Employment Law: Rights and Obligations
- Counter-terrorism Law
- Criminal Evidence
- Cybercrime
- Jurisprudence
- Company Law: Incorporation, Constitution and Control
- Law Dissertation
- Traethawd hir yn y Gyfraith
- Foundations in LegalTech
- Clinical Legal Education
- EU Law in Context
- Law of Succession
- Cyfraith Etifeddiant
- World Trade Law
- Cyfraith Masnach Ryngwladol
- Law, Science and Technology (LST)
- Law and the Nature Crisis
- Employment Law: Enforcing Rights
- Negotiations
- Negodiadau
- Criminal Evidence Law and Psychology
- Cyfraith Tystiolaeth Droseddol a Seicoleg
- Human Rights & Social Justice
- Company Law: Governance, Rights and Liquidation
- Cymraeg y Gyfraith
- Canadian Constitutional Law
- Family and Child Law
- Cyfraith Plant a Theuluoedd
- Intellectual Property Law
- Advocacy
- Eiriolaeth
- The Law of Devolution in Wales
- Critical Challenges in Justice for Children
- Sexual Crimes
- Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
- The Voluntary Sector and Social Justice
- Core and Critical Issues in Policing
- Homicide: Criminalising Death and Dying
- Understanding the sex industry: Theory, policy and practice
- Understanding & Countering Terrorism & Violent Extremism
- Social and Environmental Harms
- Critical Criminology of Sports and Leisure
- Probation and Community Justice: Policy, Practice and Partnerships
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of LLB Law in Practice with Criminology, at Swansea University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £21,000 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £37,000. The £29,000 median after five years is £2,500 more than the UK median for Sociology.
What do graduates of LLB Law in Practice with Criminology, at Swansea University do next?
86% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on LLB Law in Practice with Criminology, at Swansea University?
92% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for LLB Law in Practice with Criminology, at Swansea University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 116 UCAS points.
Does LLB Law in Practice with Criminology, at Swansea University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory placement year.
How many students continue on LLB Law in Practice with Criminology, at Swansea University?
91% of students continued into their second year, and 9% left higher education.