Course Content
Year 1
Core modules include
- Essential Skills for Criminal Justice Studies (Level 4; 40 credits)
- Criminal Justice and the Legal System (Level 4; 40 credits)
Year 2
Core modules include
- Fundamentals of Policing and Investigation (Level 4; 40 credits)
- Policing and Society (Level 5; 40 credits)
You'll then select one module from the list below
- Introduction to Investigation (Level 4; 20 credits)
- Introduction to Criminal Law and Legal Studies (Level 4; 20 credits)
As well as one module from the list below
- Frameworks of Investigation (Level 5; 20 credits)
- Policing and Society (Level 5; 20 credits)
Year 3
Core modules include
- Investigation: Psychology and Law (Level 5; 20 credits)
You'll select two optional modules from the list below (Level 5; 20 credits each)
- Anti-Fraud Strategies
- Business Continuity and Crisis Management
- Fundamentals of Forensic Investigation
- Global, State and Corporate Security
- Issues in Criminal Justice
- Penology
- Research Methods
- The Fraud Problem
- Youth Crime, Youth Justice
Year 4 (MPhys)
Core modules include
- Major Crime Investigation - Success and Failure (Level 6; 20 credits)
- Critical Issues in Public Protection Policing (Level 6; 20 credits)
You'll select two optional modules from the list below (Level 5; 20 credits each)
- Counter Terrorism and UK National Security
- Internet Risk and Security
- Organised Crime
- Victimology - Victimisation and the Criminal Justice System
Year 5
Core modules include
- Dissertation (Level 6; 40 credits)