BSc Social Policy with Criminology
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sociology and Social Policy. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme includes a final-year dissertation allowing independent research into a social policy topic. The course is studied part-time over five years.
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What students say
Based on about 21 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 98%
- Learning opportunities: 97%
- Assessment and feedback: 95%
- Academic support: 96%
- Organisation and management: 94%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 94%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 120 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 31%
- Gained a higher qualification: 49%
- Left higher education: 20%
What graduates do next
Based on about 11 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 10%
Most common jobs
- Process, plant and machine operatives: 15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 15%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 15%
- Caring personal services: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 90%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 85%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 75%
Who gets in
Based on about 125 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 2%
- No formal qualifications: 98%
Modules
- Understanding Crime, Harm and Deviance
- The Criminal Justice System
- Introduction to Social Policy and Social Justice
- Making and Delivering Policy
- Contemporary Social Policy Issues
- Education: Policy and Practice
- Social Survey Methods
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Policies for Families and Children
- Social Policy: Concepts and Theories
- Policy Analysis: Skills, Tools and Techniques
- Policing and Society
- Environmental Crime
- State Crime
- Victims of Crime
- Young People, Crime and Harms
- Understanding Punishment
- Terrorism and Political Violence
- Policing & the Law
- Restorative Justice
- Exploring Crime and the Media
- International Social Policy
- Dissertation
- Drugs and Crime
- Gender, Crime and Justice
- Prisons, Punishment and Power
- Cybercrime
- Corporate Crime
- Life After Crime and Criminal Justice
- Surveillance and the Law
- Crime and the Media
- Terrorism and Political Violence
- Psychology and Crime
- Green Criminology and Environmental Crime
- Crime, Social Order and Social Control
- Global Crime
- Gender and Social Policy
- Migration, 'Race' and Ethnicity
- Contemporary Issues in Health Policy
- Ageing and Society
- Mental health and disability
- The Environment, Social Justice and Sustainable Social Policy
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Social Policy with Criminology at Ulster University earn?
The median salary is £34,000 after 15 months. After fifteen months the middle half of graduates earn between £28,000 and £39,000. The £34,000 median after fifteen months is £8,000 more than the UK median for Sociology.
What do graduates of BSc Social Policy with Criminology at Ulster University do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Social Policy with Criminology at Ulster University?
98% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
How many students continue on BSc Social Policy with Criminology at Ulster University?
31% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.