CRIMINOLOGY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW Criminology
Examine crime, social harm and the policies addressing pressing social issues in a school that is in the UK top ten for research.*
Why study Criminology at Bristol? Criminology is taught in the School for Policy Studies, which is among the UK’s ten most highly rated schools for research on social policy and social work.* The school’s undergraduate teaching is outstanding, with several courses ranked first in The Guardian subject league tables 2018.** Our teaching is research-led; most of your lecturers will be researching the topics that they teach and this makes our courses exciting and current.
There is a wide choice of units available, covering topics including gender-based violence, drugs policy, youth crime and justice. Teaching typically includes lectures, seminars and workshops, in addition to meetings with personal tutors and dissertation advisers. Assessment involves a combination of exams and essays. The school offers strong pastoral support for students, and personal tutors meet with you regularly to discuss your academic progress, skills and career. We are a friendly department and welcome students from a wide range of backgrounds and with different experiences.
Our graduates typically enter vocational careers such as law, prison service or social work; apply their skills to non-vocational contexts like business, human resources or finance; or continue with further study.
For more information about our courses visit
bristol.ac.uk/ug19-criminology.
*Times Higher Education analysis of the REF 2014 results placed the School for Policy Studies tenth in the UK for social work and social policy.
**BSc Social Policy (classified as Social Policy & Administration) and BSc Childhood Studies (classified as Social Work) placed first in The Guardian 2018 university league tables.
bristol.ac.uk/social-policy
BSc Criminology A-levels ABB (BBC†
) IB 32 (29† )
Criminology is a multidisciplinary subject comprising elements of sociology, law, social and public policy, history, psychology and philosophy.
BSc Criminology at the University of Bristol is an exciting course that provides an opportunity to study criminology within a broader framework of policy studies. The course will give you an understanding of crime and related social harms, and the opportunity to analyse public policy interventions that contribute towards a safer and harm-free society.
By drawing on zemiological (social harm) perspectives, the course examines conventionally defined crimes, along with other activities or behaviours that may not be criminalised but that still cause extensive harm to individuals and society.
BSc Criminology with Study Abroad A-levels ABB (BBC†
) IB 32 (29† )
This course is identical to the three-year BSc Criminology, but your third year will be spent overseas at one of our partner institutions. You will be able to take units related to criminology or units from the broader social sciences, arts and humanities. For example, students at Linköping University in Sweden have studied a unit on Swedish and the Swedes; at City University in Hong Kong students have had the option of taking a unit in Mandarin. For your final year, you will join the third year of the BSc Criminology course back in Bristol.
Single Honours BSc Criminology 3 years
BSc Criminology with Study Abroad 4 years
M900 M901 BSc Social Policy with Criminology p136
Academic entry requirements The University recognises a wide range of UK and international qualifications for admission; for further details please see p48
Typical standard offer for BSc Criminology A-levels ABB
IB Diploma 32 points overall with 16 at Higher Level Typical contextual offer†
for BSc
Criminology A-levels BBC
IB Diploma 29 points overall with 14 at Higher Level Other requirements
GCSE Standard numeracy requirement (C in GCSE Mathematics or equivalent) and Standard literacy requirement (C in GCSE English or equivalent)
English language profile B (see p48) †
Contextual offer; see p46
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