Course Overview

The criminology department at Brunel recognises and emphasises the importance of theory that is based on evidence and encourages you to engage in critical evaluation of concepts of crime and deviance. This critical approach nurtures lively debate, and we encourage you to develop independent opinions based on a wide range of theoretical and methodological perspectives, employing both quantitative and qualitative data in considering the processes of criminalisation and victimisation over space and time.

As critical criminologists, you will be encouraged to engage in debates about race, gender, migration, social harms, green criminology and a wide variety of other current topics. Whilst being furnished with the necessary research training in both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis to engage with and challenge debates as they evolve.

The programme sets out from a broad multi-disciplinary Social Sciences content at FHEQ Level 4 where you will be studying alongside sociology students in some modules as well as on criminology-specific modules and then to a more focussed disciplinary content at FHEQ Level 5, and more specific thematic content at FHEQ Level 6, where students are encouraged to personalize their studies through their choice of a range of advanced optional modular blocks.

General Eligibility

• GCE A-level BBC.

• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DMM.

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma DM with an A-level at grade B.

• BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma Merit with A-levels grade BB.

• International Baccalaureate Diploma 29 points. GCSE English equivalent Standard Level 5 or Higher Level 4 and Mathematics Standard Level 4 or Higher Level 4

• Obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points in the Access to HE Diploma.

• T levels: Merit overall

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)

  Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)

  BrunELT: 63% (min 55% in all areas)

  TOEFL: 90 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)