Entry requirements
A level
Desirable A level subjects Preference for at least one humanities subject such as History, Religious Studies, Geography, Sociology, Politics, Government and Politics, Philosophy or Psychology. Alternative A level offer ABB plus one of the following: grade A in an EPQ grade B in the Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate grade M1 in Cambridge Pre-U Global Perspectives grade B in a Core Mathematics qualification grade B in AS level Mathematics or Statistics
Access to HE Diploma
Typical offer: Pass the Access to HE Diploma, with at least 33 credits achieved at Distinction and 6 credits achieved at Merit or above. This must include at least 9 credits achieved at Distinction in an essay-based subject.
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
Cambridge Pre-U alternative offer D3, M1, M1 plus one of the following: grade A in an EPQ grade B in the Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge grade M1 in Cambridge Pre-U Global Perspectives grade B in a Core Mathematics qualification
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
35 points overall and 6, 6, 5 in three Higher Level subjects.
Pearson BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF)
D*DD in the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF). We prefer the above qualifications to be in a relevant subject area and are unable to consider qualifications in Public Services.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DDD in a BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (RQF) We prefer the above qualifications to be in a relevant subject area and are unable to consider qualifications in Public Services.
Scottish Advanced Higher
AB in two Advanced Highers. We make offers based on Advanced Highers. You will typically be expected to have completed five Scottish Highers and your grades in these will be considered as part of your application. We prefer applicants who have achieved at least AAABB in their Highers.
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About this course
**Explore issues facing us in the 21st century relating to crime and criminal justice. Develop research and data handling skills relevant to a range of careers.**
Criminology gives you a deep insight into the theories of crime, justice and punishment, by drawing on multiple perspectives and disciplines.
With a strong global focus, you’ll explore crime and related topics from around the world, looking at everything from human rights and terrorism, to social justice, contemporary social problems, and the globalisation of crime.
You’ll gain knowledge of how criminal justice agencies work and interact, how criminal justice policy is created, and how policing, courts and prisons present new and pressing challenges for today’s world.
As well as a strong theoretical grounding, the course equips you with solid practical skills in critical enquiry, research and data generation. Studying at Bath means you’ll get to work with a leading team of criminal justice researchers and criminologists, with significant global expertise. There’s also the chance to hone your skills further by doing a placement year in a relevant setting.
This course will particularly appeal if you’re strong on critical thinking. The skills and broad-based understanding you go away with will set you up well for diverse careers, whether you decide to go into the criminal justice sector, a third sector organisation or another field.
**Teaching**
You’ll learn from academics with expertise across the social sciences. Their international collaborations and research activities feed into undergraduate teaching and contribute to your learning experience.
Our researchers have specialisms in:
children and families
health
international development
justice and rights
migration
policy design and analysis
poverty
violence and crime
**Careers**
Those who study our social sciences degrees have excellent career options. Our graduates have worked as social and policy researchers, civil servants, international consultants, journalists, accountants and in a variety of government, charity sector and business-related roles.
Our recent graduates have gone on to work for:
Amazon
Guide Dogs
Parliamentary Research Service
Goldman Sachs
BBC Worldwide
The Uni
University of Bath
Social and Policy Sciences
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What do graduate employment figures really tell you?We have quite a lot of sociology graduates, although numbers fell last year. But graduates still do pretty well. Most sociology graduates go straight into work when they complete their degrees, and a lot of graduates go into jobs in social professions such as recruitment, education, community and youth work, and housing. An important option for a sociology graduate is social work - and we're short of people willing to take this challenging but rewarding career. Sociology is a flexible degree and you can find graduates from the subject in pretty much every reasonable job — obviously, you don't find many doctors or engineers, but you do find them in finance, the media, healthcare, marketing and even IT. Sociology graduates taking further study often branch out into other qualifications, like teaching, law, psychology, HR and even maths, so don’t think a sociology degree restricts you to just one set of options.
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