BSC Criminology [M900]
Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start
Campus Aberystwyth
Single Honours scheme - available from 2014/2015
Duration 3 years
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Core (100 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 1 Options
Choose 1 x 20 credit optional module. Students may take 20 credits as elective modules outside of the Department (subject to the approval of both departments.)
Criminology in Action
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Quantitative Research Skills
Year 2 Options
Students must take 80 credits of optional modules at Level 2. (Please note that some optional modules are alternate year.) Students may take 20 credits (of the 80) as elective modules outside of the Department (subject to the approval of both departments). Appropriate co-requisite and/or pre-requisite modules must have been studied.
Yr Heddlu, Plismona a'r Gymdeithas
Lleoliad Gwaith Cyfiawnder Troseddol
Community Justice
Police, Policing and Society
Criminal Justice Placement
Human Rights
Family and Child Law
Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
Drugs and Crime
Trosedd yn y Gymru Gyfoes
Dioddefoleg
Cyfraith Fentro Byd-Eang
Lleoliad Gwaith Cyfiawnder Troseddol
Trosedd a Chosb o Safbwynt Hanesyddol
Victimology
Criminal Justice Placement
Crime & Punishment in Historical Perspective
Medicine Ethics and the Law
Climate Change and Environmental Law
Psychopathology
Final Year Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Final Year Options
Students must take 100 credits of optional modules in the final year. (Please note that some optional modules are alternate year). Students may take 20 credits as elective modules outside of the Department (subject to the approval of both departments). Appropriate co-requisite and/or pre-requisite modules must have been studied.
Employability Skills in Practice
Lleoliad Proffesiynol Troseddeg
Yr Heddlu, Plismona a'r Gymdeithas
Datrys Problemau ac Ymgynghori mewn Troseddeg
Traethawd Estynedig y Gyfraith a Throseddeg
Sgiliau Cyflogadwyedd Ar Waith
Community Justice
Criminology: Professional Placement
Police, Policing and Society
Problem Solving Consultancy in Criminology
Law & Criminology Dissertation
Human Rights
Family and Child Law
Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
Drugs and Crime
Employability Skills in Practice
Trosedd yn y Gymru Gyfoes
Dioddefoleg
Lleoliad Proffesiynol Troseddeg
Cyfraith Fentro Byd-Eang
Trosedd a Chosb o Safbwynt Hanesyddol
Datrys Problemau ac Ymgynghori mewn Troseddeg
Traethawd Estynedig y Gyfraith a Throseddeg
Sgiliau Cyflogadwyedd Ar Waith
Criminology: Professional Placement
Victimology
Crime & Punishment in Historical Perspective
Problem Solving Consultancy in Criminology
Law & Criminology Dissertation
Medicine Ethics and the Law
Climate Change and Environmental Law
Psychopathology
Law & Criminology,Aberystwyth University, Hugh Owen Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DY
Telephone Department: +44 01970 622712 Admissions: +44 (0)1970 622021
Email: law@aber.ac.uk