Criminology and Sociology BA (Hons)

at University of Sussex

Year 1 at Sussex

Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Autumn teaching

• 21st Century Sociology
• Critical Reading and Writing for Criminologists
• Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I
• Thinking Like a Criminologist

Spring teaching

• Criminology in Theory and Perspective
• Making the Familiar Strange
• Themes and Perspectives in Sociology II
• Understanding the Criminal Justice System

Year 2 at Sussex

Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Autumn teaching

• Doing Social Research: working with quantitative data

Spring teaching

• Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data

Study abroad or Placement

• Study abroad (optional)
  Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.
• Placement (optional)
  To help you gain experience and increase your employability, you can apply for an optional placement as part of your course. You’ll be responsible for applying for and securing your placement. Our dedicated careers team can provide you with information and advice. If you’re successful in obtaining a placement, this will form part of your course.

Year 3 at Sussex

Options

You choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which
are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.

While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.

Autumn teaching

• Crimes against Humanity (Aut)
• Criminology Research Proposal
• Critical Perspectives on Terrorism
• Death of Socialism?
• Identity and Interaction
• Sexualities / Intimacies / Intersections
• Sociology of Fun (Aut)
• Sociology Research Proposal
• Surveillance, Technology and Control
• Transcendence, Devotion and Desire

Spring teaching

• Alternative Societies (Spr)
• Carceral Technologies
• Crimes of Violence
• Criminology Project
• Human Rights, Security and Decoloniality
• Medicine and the Body
• Migration, Identity, and Home
• Neurocriminology
• Postcolonial Europe?
• Sexualities / Intimacies / Intersections
• Sociology Project
• The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment (Spr)

A-level

Typical offer    
ABB-BBB

Contextual offer    

• BBC-BCC
• Not everyone has the same support to get to higher education – we help you reach your potential. When we receive applications through UCAS, we consider all factors and will sometimes make contextual offers as part of our Access and Participation Plan

GCSEs    
You should have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.

Extended Project Qualification    
We take the EPQ into account when considering your application and it can be useful in the summer when your results are released if you have narrowly missed the conditions of your offer.  We do not routinely include the EPQ in the conditions of your offer but we sometimes offer alternative conditions that include the EPQ. 

• Home students: £9,250 per year
• Channel Islands and Isle of Man students: £9,250 per year
• International students: £18,500 per year

Note that your fees may be subject to an increase on an annual basis as the Government reviews the fee levels.

With a Criminology and Sociology BA, you get the perfect training and knowledge for graduate careers in policing, welfare, social services, the prison service or youth justice.

You’ll gain skills in communication, critical thinking and data analysis. This means you can go into research and policy-related roles both in the UK and abroad.

To help you apply for graduate schemes and jobs in the public, private and voluntary sectors, you can attend specialist career workshops and sessions at Sussex throughout your degree.