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Key Course Details

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3 Year Full Time
UCAS Code
MLF4
Mode of Study
Campus Based
Typical Offer (view equivalents)
ABB-BBB
Location
Singleton Park Campus
Start Date Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2021 £ 9,000
3 Year Full Time
UCAS Code
MLF4
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Campus Based
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ABB-BBB
Location
Singleton Park Campus
Start Date Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2021 £ 14,550
3 Year Full Time
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Start Date Tuition Fees - Year 1
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Course Overview

This joint honours degree in Criminology and Social Policy combines two exciting and rapidly-developing subject areas that each have an enormous influence on all of our lives.

You will explore key theories and debates relating to how societies meet the needs of their citizens and the ways that social policies are shaped by the causes and effects of crime on individuals and communities.

You will examine themes and values such as social justice, equality, fairness, and citizenship, alongside specific policy focal points such as crime, health, education, housing, disability, poverty, and the family, as well as gaining an in-depth understanding of the criminal justice system.

Throughout your joint honours degree, you will develop excellent research and analytical skills and the ability to communicate your ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Why Criminology and Social Policy at Swansea?

You will benefit from being part of a lively and diverse environment, with a strong reputation for its research and teaching.

Criminology at Swansea is ranked:

  • Top 5 in the UK Overall (Guardian University Guide 2021)
  • 2nd in the UK for Course Satisfaction (Guardian University Guide 2021)
  • Top 10 in the UK for Career Prospects (Guardian University Guide 2021)

Social Policy at Swansea is ranked:

  • 1st in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2021)

Swansea University:

  • Has a TEF Gold Rating for Teaching (Teaching Excellence Framework)
  • Is ranked 6th in the UK for Student Satisfaction (NSS 2020)
  • Is a UK Top 25 Institution (Guardian University Guide 2021)

Your Criminology and Social Policy Experience

Our flexible degree structure gives you the scope to tailor your studies to your particular interests, career goals, or ambitions for postgraduate study.

Based between the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law and the College of Human and Health Sciences, you will benefit from two diverse and dynamic research environments with many opportunities to build connections across disciplines.

Criminology and Social Policy Employment Opportunities

A Social Policy and Criminology degree opens up a wide range of career and further study opportunities. You could move into:

  • Postgraduate study
  • Research posts in universities and private social research companies
  • Policy research roles in the public and third sectors 
  • Community development
  • Roles in the criminal justice system, including the police, victim support, and prison and probation services
  • Social work
  • Teaching

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Modules

BSc Criminology and Social Policy structure.

Your early studies will introduce you to the key principles of law, criminal justice, human rights, and the sociology, history, and politics of social policy.

Later options allow you to focus on a range of topics including youth justice, extremism, offender management, drugs and alcohol, poverty and social exclusion.

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Compulsory Modules
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule Name
ASC100S Period September-June0Advanced Study Skills
ASC106 Period September-January10Victims and Victimology
ASC113 Period September-January10Study Skills in Criminology
ASP111 Period September-January20The History of Social Policy
PPS111 Period September-January20Individuals and Society
ASC110 Period January-June20Law, Criminal Justice and Human Rights
ASC111 Period January-June20The Criminological Imagination
ASP106 Period January-June20The Politics of Social Policy

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule Name
ASC200S Period September-June0Case Studies in Criminology
ASC208 Period September-January20Research Methods in Criminology
ASP214 Period September-January20Health Policy
ASP251 Period September-January20Housing Policy, Homes and Homelessness
ASP220 Period January-June20Social Security, Poverty and Social Exclusion
Optional Modules
Optional Modules 

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If considering a Dissertation in a Criminology topic, you will need to select ASC222 Developing and Planning a Research Project Please ensure that modules are balanced over semester 1 and semester 2.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidance
ASC212 Period September-January20Criminological Theory: Content and Application
ASC214 Period September-January20Applied Offender Rehabilitation
ASC219 Period September-January10Leadership and Management in Social Justice
ASC221 Period September-January10An Introduction to Policing
ASC204 Period January-June20Penology and Punishment
ASC215 Period January-June20Crime, Drugs and Alcohol
ASC218 Period January-June20Media, Crime & Criminal Justice
ASC220 Period January-June10The Criminal State: International Issues
ASC222 Period January-June10Developing and Planning a Research ProjectIf you want to take ASC324 Dissertation in Year 3, you need to pursue this module.

Year 3 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule Name
ASC300S Period September-June0Advancing Professional Development
ASP305 Period September-January10Advocacy, Rights and Representation
ASP356 Period September-January20The Family and Children: Ethics and Policy
ASP301 Period January-June20Principles of Social Policy
ASP315 Period January-June10Social Policy in an Ageing World
Optional Modules
Criminology Optional Modules 

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : In order to select the ASC324 Dissertation, you must have taken ASC222 Dissertation Preparation in Year 2. Please ensure that modules are balanced over semester 1 and semester 2.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidance
ASC317 Period September-January20Understanding & Countering Terrorism & Violent Extremism
ASC319 Period September-January20Social and Environmental Harms
ASC324 Period September-June40DissertationTo select this module, you MUST have pursued ASC222 in Year 2.
ASC326 Period September-January10Homicide: Criminalising Death and Dying
ASC331 Period September-January10The Criminalisation of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants
ASC303 Period January-June20Young Offenders and Youth Justice
ASC316 Period January-June20Criminalisation of Sex
ASC321 Period January-June20Sexual Crimes
ASC325 Period January-June10Delivering Social Justice Interventions: Entrepreneurial Criminology
ASC332 Period January-June10Work, Crime, Punishment

Entry Requirements

Our standard offer for our criminology programmes is 3 A Levels at grades ranging from ABB-BBB or equivalent. Please also view our alternative entry requirements to learn more about qualifications such as the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate and Extended Project Qualification, as well as calculate your UCAS Tariff points. For applicants whose first language is not English we require a minimum IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent).

We would be happy to discuss the grade requirements of your offer in more detail, and answer any queries. Please contact Glyn James, Recruitment Manager for the School of Law: 01792 602069 / glyn.james@swansea.ac.uk

How You're Taught

Teaching block one (TB1) runs from September until January and during this block, for this year, the teaching for this course will be delivered via a mix of live and interactive on-line sessions and pre-recorded material, with academic support being offered both on-line and on campus. We have developed a new programme of interactive skills and employability sessions for you to complement your credit-bearing studies. You will also be meeting with teaching teams on-line on a weekly basis for sessions designed to help you get to grips with material covered in the modules.

On-campus Live

  • Academic support drop-in sessions
  • Academic mentor meetings
  • (Subject to distancing requirements and staff availability)

Online Live

  • Weekly large-group sessions with module teams (e.g. to review material/address questions/go through practice questions and so on)
  • Small-group seminars
  • Workshops
  • Academic skills programme
  • Academic mentor meetings

On-campus Self-directed

  • Guided reading
  • Lecture preparation
  • Seminar preparation
  • Quizzes
  • Self-test questions

Online Self-directed

  • Lecture recordings
  • Blogs
  • Vlogs
  • Quizzes
  • Self-test questions

Find out about how you will be taught with our Learning and Teaching Definitions document. 

This course offers some modules taught through the medium of Welsh or bilingually for students who consider themselves to be fluent Welsh speakers. For more details on the provision available see the Welsh Provision expander below.

Welsh Provision

There are opportunities for Welsh speakers to study this subject through the medium of Welsh and our dedicated academy, Academi Hywel Teifi, is here to support you throughout your time at Swansea University. We offer you:

  • An interview through the medium of Welsh when applying for a place.
  • The option to receive your personal correspondence in Welsh, English or bilingually - we will then communicate with you in your language of choice.
  • Access to generous Welsh-language study scholarships or bursaries.
  • Access to modules taught wholly or partly in Welsh.
  • The option to write and submit your coursework or exams through the medium of Welsh (even if you have chosen to study in English), and your work will be marked in Welsh.
  • A Welsh-speaking academic tutor.
  • One-to-one support to improve your academic Welsh language skills.
  • An opportunity to gain an additional free qualification that serves as evidence of your Welsh language ability for future employers.

To see further details about the level of provision delivered in Welsh on this particular degree scheme, please see the Welsh-language course page for further information.

Since 2011, there has been a 40% increase in the number of students studying through the medium of Welsh at Swansea University and our TEF* data over the last two years shows that Welsh-medium students are high achievers in regards to employability (*Swansea University TEF return 2017 and 2018).

Meet Your Lecturers

Our Criminology & Social Policy degree will give you the opportunity to learn from industry experts with a wealth of academic and practical experiences. Together, the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law and College of Human and Health Sciences offer an exceptional student experience and a progressive curriculum, which will help you to understand how crime can affect individuals and society.

You can find out more about our academic expertise on:

The School of Law’s staff pages.
The College of Human and Health Sciences’ staff pages.

Tuition Fees

Start Date UK EU International
September 2020 £ 9,000 £ 9,000 £ 14,150
September 2021 £ 9,000 £ 14,550 £ 14,550

Fees for full time Undergraduate UK students may be increased in subsequent years of study by an inflationary amount determined by Welsh Government.

Fees for full time Undergraduate EU/International students will increase by 3% for each subsequent year of study.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

EU Transitional Bursary available for September 2021.

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.

To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.

Additional Costs

Access to your own digital device/the appropriate IT kit will be essential during your time studying at Swansea University. Access to wifi in your accommodation will also be essential to allow you to fully engage with your programme. See our dedicated webpages for further guidance on suitable devices to purchase, and for a full guide on getting your device set up.

You may face additional costs while at university, including (but not limited to):

  • Travel to and from campus
  • Printing, photocopying, binding, stationery and equipment costs (e.g. USB sticks)
  • Purchase of books or texts
  • Gowns for graduation ceremonies

Careers and Employability

Swansea Employability Academy (SEA) will support you at each stage of your career journey helping you build a bright future.

Our career support services include:

  • Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
  • Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified Careers Advisers
  • Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
  • Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
  • Advice and guidance on postgraduate study and funding
  • Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.

We also provide help and advice for Swansea University Alumni up to two years after you graduate.

EMPLOYABILITY AT THE SCHOOL OF LAW AND THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN AND HEALTH SCIENCES

The School of Law and College of Human and Health Sciences both take a proactive approach to enhancing graduate employability, with dedicated Employability and Placements Officers. Together, they offer a range of local, national and international work placements, professional courses and the advice and support to help you develop the skills to achieve your ambitions.

Find out more about your opportunities on:

The School of Law’s employability webpage.
The College of Human and Health Sciences’ employability webpage.

Academic Support

As well as subject specific support by college teaching staff and your personal academic mentor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops and one-to-one support in areas such as:

  • Academic writing
  • Maths and statistics
  • Critical thinking
  • Time management
  • Digital skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Note taking
  • Revision, memory and exam techniques
  • English language skills (if English is not your first language).

In addition, if you have a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), disability, mental health or medical condition, the Centre for Academic Success have Specialist Tutors to support your learning, working alongside the Disability Office and Wellbeing Service to support all your needs and requirements whilst studying at Swansea University.

Academic Support at the School of Law and College of Human and Health Sciences

Each student is assigned an academic mentor to help with:

  • Academic guidance
  • Personal development planning
  • Guidance on finding help with personal issues (which affect your wellbeing, attendance, and progress through University)

There are student representatives in each year of our law programme as well as a School representative for undergraduate students. The school also has a dedicated Student Information Office who will be able to offer academic assistance throughout your studies.

Study Abroad and Global Opportunities

Enrolment on a programme with a semester/year abroad does not guarantee you a semester/year abroad placement. Spaces are limited and subject to a competitive selection process. In the event you do not secure a semester/year abroad placement, you will be transferred to the standard variant of your degree scheme without a semester or year abroad. To learn more about study abroad, visit our Go Global webpages.

International summer programmes are open to students from all colleges. Programmes typically range from 2 to 6 weeks, across destinations such as China, Zambia, South Korea, Japan, Canada and across Europe. For more information about programmes and eligibility visit our Summer Abroad webpages.

How to Apply

Apply now – UK, EU and international students.

For further guidance please visit our how to apply pages.

EU students - visa and immigration information is available and will be regularly updated on our information for EU students page.

Additional Information

Student Societies

Meet your fellow students and take part in a variety of social opportunities by joining the Swansea Criminology Society, which is run for students, by students.

Contact Details
For further details on our undergraduate criminology programmes, please contact:

Ms Jess Hammett (Recruitment Officer) 
Tel: +44 (0)1792 606341
Email: Jess

Mr Sam Hanks (Head of Undergraduate Criminology Admissions) 
Email: Sam

General Enquiries: 
Tel: +44 (0)1792 295831
Email: Study

For EU/International Enquiries: 
Tel: +44 (0)1792 602600
Email: International 

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