Criminal Justice with Professional Placement Year
Kingston University
UCAS Code: M292 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Other A Level combinations possible to achieve 112 - 128 points. Minimum of 2 A Levels, can be combined with other Level 3 qualifications eg. AS levels/Extended Project to achieve 112 – 128 points.
Can be considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications e.g. A2's in different subjects.
Access to HE Diploma
112 UCAS points from an Access course in a related subject. Applicants under 21 years will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H3,H3,H3,H3,H4-H2,H2,H3,H3,H3
Typically from a minimum 5 Higher Level subjects
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 128 tariff points
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Grade combinations below DMM may be considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Pearson BTEC Diploma (QCF)
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Grade combinations below DMM may be considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
Scottish Higher
B,B,C,C,C-B,B,B,B,C
Scottish Highers (only)
T Level
Grade combinations below this may be considered if / when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
UCAS Tariff
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About this course
**Reasons to choose Kingston**
- Through a work placement or volunteering internship option you will be able to apply and practice your skills and gain valuable experience for your future career.
- You will learn about the criminal justice system, debate the application of justice, and consider miscarriages of justice in a case study approach.
- You will learn from fieldwork and practitioners to root your studies in real world contexts.
**About this course**
This course will enable you study a wide range of criminal justice topics, considering the causes of crime, its consequences for individuals and society, and responses to crime.
You will explore how the criminal justice system works, including policing, imprisonment and rehabilitation strategies.
Notions of justice in a global context will be considered, alongside an examination of justice and miscarriages of justice through case studies. You will hear from practitioners who work in the criminal justice system and have opportunities to conduct field work in areas of criminal justice in order to root your classroom learning in real world situations.
**Sandwich Year**
This course has a sandwich year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this sandwich year you will take a placement within a relevant setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.
**Future Skills**
Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.
As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.
At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.
**Career opportunities**
You will be well placed for careers in the criminal justice system, charities, and the private sector.
There are many employers located in London. For example, the Police (six police services), the Prison Service (14 prisons) and Probation Service, 32 local authorities (community safety, trading standards, youth justice work), the Crown Prosecution Service, College of Policing, Security Service, the Police Foundation, Liberty, Amnesty International, the National Health Service (fraud), Amnesty International, private sector (e.g. G4S and Securitas) and Charities (e.g. Appeal, Victim Support, NACRO).
These organisations offer a range of roles, using practical skills (interviews, managing cases), analysis work (exploring data and crime trends), research (writing proposals and collecting research data), and management (managing security contracts, managing offenders).
You may also have the opportunity to apply for a postgraduate course required to become a probation officer, a conversion course/SQE to pursue a law career or a postgraduate qualification to pursue a research career in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, among other research opportunities.
Modules
Example modules:
- Crime, Law and Justice
- Criminal Justice: Policing, Prisons and Probation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
**For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.**
Assessment methods
Assessment typically comprises exams (e.g. test or exam), practical (e.g. presentations, performance) and coursework (e.g. essays, reports, self-assessment, portfolios, dissertation).
The Uni
Kingston University
Department of Criminology and Sociology
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