BSC Criminology and Sociology [ML93]
Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start
Campus Aberystwyth
Single Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020
Duration 3 years
Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards Excellence Scholarship;
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 (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Thinking Sociologically
Year 1 Core (60 Credits)
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Sociological Theory
Genders and Sexualities
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Quantitative Research Skills
Year 2 Options
Choose 20 credits from the following modules. (Students can choose to study a maximum of 20 credits from appropriate modules offered elsewhere in the University with the permission of the relevant scheme co-ordinators.)
Year 2 Options
Choose 40 credits from the following modules.
Systemau Cyfreithiol a Chyfiawnder Troseddol
Yr Heddlu, Plismona a'r Gymdeithas
Lleoliad Gwaith Cyfiawnder Troseddol
Troseddau & Chyfiawnder Ieuenctid
Legal and Criminal Justice Systems
Community Justice
Police, Policing and Society
Criminal Justice Placement
Youth Crime and Justice
Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
Drugs and Crime
Final Year Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Everyday Social Worlds
Final Year Options
Choose 40 credits from the following modules. (Students can choose to study a maximum of 20 credits from appropriate modules offered elsewhere in the University with the permission of the relevant scheme co-ordinators.)
Final Year Options
Students must choose 40 credits of optional modules in the final year. (Please note some optional modules are alternate year).
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
Trosedd & Chyfiawnder Ieuenctid
Sgiliau Cyflogadwyedd Ar Waith
Community Justice
Criminology: Professional Placement
Police, Policing and Society
Problem Solving Consultancy in Criminology
Law & Criminology Dissertation
Youth Crime and Justice
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
Trosedd a Chosb o Safbwynt Hanesyddol
Datrys Problemau ac Ymgynghori mewn Troseddeg
Traethawd Estynedig y Gyfraith a Throseddeg
Troseddeg Feirniadol a Radical
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
Critical and Radical Criminology
Climate Change and Environmental Law
Psychopathology
Law & Criminology,Aberystwyth University, Hugh Owen Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DY
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