BScPsychology with Criminology
| Study location | United Kingdom, Nottingham |
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| Type | Bachelor courses, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 3 years |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BSc |
| Course code | C8M2 |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. |
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| Language requirements | English IELTS 6.5.; |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) should be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. |
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Overview
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Programme structure
What will I study?
In the first two years of your degree, you will complete an introduction to psychology, core modules in biological, social, developmental, and cognitive psychology, as well as undertaking training in research methods and statistics.
In criminology, you will complete additional modules covering criminal behaviour, crime and society, the criminal justice system, issues in contemporary policing and penology.
In your final year, students sit further core modules in psychology, covering individual differences and historical and conceptual issues, and can tailor their studies (often with a view to future employment opportunities) by choosing from a range of optional psychology and criminology modules. Final year students also complete an research project in psychology, focused on a topic of their choosing under the supervision of a research active member of staff.
Year One core modules include:
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
Understanding Crime and Society
Research Methods in Psychology
Statistics (One)
Explaining Criminal Behaviour.
Year Two core modules include:
Cognitive and Biological Psychology
Social and Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Research Methods and Statistics
Penology
Issues in Contemporary Policing.
Year Three core modules include:
Psychology Research Project
Professional Practice in Psychology
Advanced Psychology – choose between the following:
Advanced Cognitive and Biological Psychology
Advanced Social and Developmental Psychology.
Optional modules
Choose from a selection that currently include the following:
Criminological Psychology
Gender, Identity and Body Image
The Psychology of Sex
Trauma in Children and Adolescents: The Impact on Health and the Role of Resilience
Young People, Crime and Justice
Sex Crimes
Drugs, Crime and Violence
Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
Hi-tech Crime
Work-Based Psychology Practice
Health Psychology
Psychopathology
Cyberpsychology
Cultural Criminology.
Career opportunities
Your career development
With the British Psychological Society’s GBC secured, you will be eligible on graduation to undertake further postgraduate (Masters of Doctoral) training in psychology, possibly as a professional psychologist (in forensic, clinical, educational, occupational, counselling, and sport psychology), to pursue an academic and / or research career in various areas of psychology or criminology (by working as a research assistant, for example, or by studying for a Masters or PhD), or to pursue criminology relevant careers in the probation, police or prison services. You may need to complete further training for some of these roles.
The job titles below give an indication of the careers our recent Psychology graduates are pursuing:*
assistant psychologist
charity worker
children’s residential support worker
communications officer in Police Force
data analyst
digital marketing assistant
disability sport coordinator
learning and development coordinator
mental health support worker
nursing assistant
psychology A-level teacher
recruitment executive
researcher
support worker
teaching assistant
teenage pregnancy and sexual health project officer
trainee psychological wellbeing practitioner
young people care worker.
*Information taken from the Nottingham Trent University Graduate Destinations Database 2008 – 2013.
Other graduates exploit the transferable skills they have learned during their course to pursue a range of careers outside of psychology or criminology. Psychology related qualifications tend to be very popular with all employers because they demand an ability to communicate effectively in both spoken and written forms (through verbal presentation and the writing of essays and reports), an ability to solve real world problems and well-developed numerical skills. This all means you will be very well placed to capitalise on other graduate employment opportunities in areas as diverse as marketing, journalism, human resources, policing and teaching.