BSc Criminology and Criminal Justice
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sociology, focusing on the study of crime, harm, and deviance. Core topics include research methods, data analysis, and a global and comparative perspective. The programme includes an optional intercalary study abroad year or a professional placement in the criminal justice system, and concludes with a final-year dissertation.
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What students say
Based on about 24 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 86%
- Learning opportunities: 90%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 85%
- Learning resources: 86%
- Student voice: 80%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 95 students who started
- Continued on course: 89%
- Left higher education: 7%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 3%
Who gets in
Based on about 50 students who started
- A levels: 90%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Modules
- Skills for Criminology Students
- Understanding Crime, Harm and Deviance
- The Criminal Justice System
- Theories of Crime, Harm and Criminalisation
- Law for Criminologists
- From Crime Scene to Court
- Policing and Society
- State Crime
- Research Methods for Criminologists
- Applied Criminology
- Environmental Crime
- Victims of Crime
- Young People, Crime and Harms
- Understanding Punishment
- Terrorism and Political Violence
- Policing & the Law
- The Comparative Politics of Democracy and Dictatorship
- Restorative Justice
- Exploring Crime and the Media
- Policy for Children and Families
- Criminology Abroad
- Criminology Placement and Work-Based Learning
- Prisons, Punishment and Power
- Dissertation
- Crime, Social Order and Social Control
- Preparing for your Criminology Dissertation
- Lived Experience and Criminal Justice
- Drugs and Crime
- Gender, Crime and Justice
- Cybercrime
- Corporate Crime
- Life After Crime and Criminal Justice
- Surveillance and the Law
- Conflict Transformation and Peace
- Crime and the Media
- Terrorism and Political Violence
- Psychology and Crime
- Green Criminology and Environmental Crime
- Global Crime
- Migration, 'Race' and Ethnicity
Questions about this course
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Criminology and Criminal Justice at Ulster University?
86% 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 Criminal Justice at Ulster University?
The average entrant had 134 UCAS points.
Does BSc Criminology and Criminal Justice at Ulster University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BSc Criminology and Criminal Justice at Ulster University?
89% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.