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BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology

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What is BA Sociology and Criminology?

BA Sociology and Criminology is a three-year degree, or four years with an optional placement or study abroad year.

Combining the specialist study of criminology with a broad sociological perspective, you’ll explore crime, criminal justice, and criminal behaviour within wider social contexts. You’ll examine how crime is shaped by social structures, identities, inequalities, and cultural change, developing a deeper understanding of both society and the criminal justice system.

Why this course

There can be no crime without society. This course combines the study of criminology and sociology, enabling you to understand crime, criminals, and criminal justice through a broader examination of social life and social change.

Guided by expert academics specialising in areas such as terrorism, prisons, drug misuse, and crime in the media, you’ll explore how criminal activity intersects with age, gender, power, identity, and inequality.

You’ll investigate contemporary social issues while developing an understanding of how institutions, communities, and cultures influence both crime and responses to crime. This interdisciplinary approach equips you to analyse some of the most important social challenges facing societies today.

Throughout your degree, you’ll develop critical thinking, research, and analytical skills that can be applied across a wide range of careers and professional settings.

The Department of Sociology and Criminology is ranked 2nd in the UK for research power in sociology (Research Excellence Framework 2021, Times Higher Education analysis).

Who should apply

Students interested in understanding crime and criminal justice within wider social contexts

Those curious about the relationship between inequality, identity, power, and criminal behaviour

Learners who enjoy exploring contemporary social issues through critical analysis and research

Future practitioners, policymakers, researchers, or analysts seeking expertise in both sociology and criminology

What you’ll learn

Crime and society: Examine crime, victimisation, punishment, and criminal justice through sociological and criminological perspectives

Social divisions and inequality: Explore class, work, commercial culture, and the social factors that shape opportunity and disadvantage

Culture, identity, and subjectivity: Investigate how identities and social experiences influence behaviour and social outcomes

Public policy and social issues: Study policy responses to health, crime, ageing, and environmental challenges

Visual criminology and the history of crime: Explore representations of crime and the historical development of criminal justice systems

Your learning experience

Research-led teaching: Learn from academics whose expertise spans criminology, sociology, criminal justice, and social policy

Specialist expertise: Explore topics taught by researchers working on terrorism, prisons, drug misuse, crime in the media, and social inequalities

Interdisciplinary learning: Combine sociological and criminological perspectives to understand complex social issues

Independent dissertation: Undertake a supervised research project on a topic that inspires you and connects with current debates

Supportive academic community: Study within a large, welcoming department recognised for its research excellence

Careers and outcomes

A BA Sociology and Criminology degree can prepare you for careers in:

Criminal justice and public safety: Policing, probation, prisons, youth justice, and community safety organisations

Public policy and government: Policy development, social research, and public sector analysis

Research and consultancy: Roles in think tanks, research organisations, charities, and consultancy firms

Community and third-sector organisations: Supporting social justice, rehabilitation, human rights, and community development initiatives

Further study and professional training: Progressing into postgraduate study in criminology, sociology, social policy, law, or related disciplines

Why we're great.

We pioneered sociologically informed approaches to criminology — Essex is where it all started

You acquire a range of skills valued by employers including research, interpreting data and debating.

We’re ranked 73rd globally and top 15 in the UK for sociology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024

Your education extends beyond the university campus. We support you in expanding your education through offering the opportunity to spend a year or a term studying abroad at one of our partner universities. The four-year version of our degree allows you to spend the third year abroad or employed on a placement abroad, while otherwise remaining identical to the three-year course.

Studying abroad allows you to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised.

If you spend a full year abroad you'll only pay 15% of your usual tuition fee to Essex for that year. You won't pay any tuition fees to your host university

Placement year

You can also undertake a placement year in which you gain relevant work experience within an external business, giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market and providing you with key contacts within the industry. You will be responsible for finding your placement, but with support and guidance provided by both your department and our Employability and Careers Centre.

Training social scientists of the future

Through our Q-Step Affiliate Status, we offer you the opportunity to follow a specialised pathway that embeds quantitative methods in your degree. Successful completion of specified modules entitles you to receive the qualifier ‘(Applied Quantitative Methods)' at the end of your degree title, for example BA Sociology (Applied Quantitative Methods) and this will appear on your transcript. You can also receive student bursaries to go on work placements, helping you stand out when applying for jobs.

If you complete a placement year you'll only pay 20% of your usual tuition fee to Essex for that year.

Our expert staff

You are taught by a team of award-winning internationally renowned scholars widely regarded as leading experts in their fields.

Our academics believe in doing research that matters and makes a difference; whether it's the battle between big data and human rights or the policing of sex workers, we embed our innovative and sometimes controversial research into your course.

As well as publishing core texts and bestselling books, our academics often appear on TV and radio. Recent examples include Professor Mike Roper on The Psychology of War for the BBC World Service and Professor Pam Cox in her BBC TWO series Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter. Others engage with politics and policy making, such as those running our specialist centres for Migration Studies and Criminology.

Criminology at Essex is taught by an outstanding team including: Professor Eamonn Carrabine (editor of the British Journal of Criminology), Professor Pamela Cox (a consultant for the Victims' Commissioner), Professor Pete Fussey (an advisor to the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner), Dr Kat Hadjimatheou (an advisor to the Home Office on domestic abuse), Prof Anna Sergi (an advisor to Interpol on organised crime) and Dr Sobie Kaker (member of Karachi Urban Lab).

Core staff on this programme include:

Dr Tara Mahfoud

Trained in sociology and anthropology, Dr Tara Mahfoud's research explores the cultural, social and political contexts and implications of developments in the neurosciences. She has worked with scientists to develop responsible research and innovation practices, and her research has been used to inform international policy on neurotechnology.

Dr Carlos Gigoux

Dr Carlos Gigoux is the Deputy Director of our Centre for Migration Studies. He participates in the Essex Migrant Agency Forum that brings together organizations that supports Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Migrants in the East of England. He is a member the Sanctuary University Network and has also advised parliamentary bodies on refugee and asylum policy, most recently the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

Specialist facilities

Our Centre for Criminology hosts expert speakers and practitioners

A unique Student Study Centre where you can get help with your studies, access examples of previous students' work, and attend workshops on research skills

The common room is open all day Monday-Friday, has a hot drinks vending machine, water cooler and microwave as well as a small number of lockers available

Links with the Institute of Social and Economic Research, which conducts large-scale survey projects and has its own library, and the UK Data Archive, which stores national research data like the British Crime Survey

Our students' Sociology Society, a forum for the exchange of ideas, arranging talks by visiting speakers, introducing you to various career pathways, and organising debates

Your future

As an Essex criminology graduate, you can use the skills and knowledge gained from your degree to pursue a range of fulfilling careers. Careers linked to criminology are varied. Our courses provide an excellent training for work within the criminal justice system, for example as community safety officers, risk assessors, court managers, researchers, paralegals, police officers, probation officers and youth workers.

In recent years our graduates have gone on to work in a range of high-profile organisations including:

The Institute of Public Finance

Guardian Professional

United Synergy Healthcare Research

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Home Office

Media Analysts

We also work with the University's Student Development Team to help you find out about further work experience, internships, placements, and voluntary opportunities.

Course structure

Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field. The following modules are based on the current course structure and may change in response to new curriculum developments and innovation.

We understand that deciding where and what to study is a very important decision for you. We'll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities as described on our website and in line with your contract with us. However, if we need to make material changes, for example due to significant disruption, we'll let our applicants and students know as soon as possible.

Components and modules explained

Components

Components are the blocks of study that make up your course. A component may have a set module which you must study, or a number of modules from which you can choose.

Each component has a status and carries a certain number of credits towards your qualification.

What this means

You must take the set module for this component and you must pass. No failure can be permitted.

Core with Options

You can choose which module to study from the available options for this component but you must pass. No failure can be permitted.

Compulsory

You must take the set module for this component. There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the qualification if you fail.

Compulsory with Options

You can choose which module to study from the available options for this component. There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the qualification if you fail.

Optional

The modules that are available for you to choose for each component will depend on several factors, including which modules you have chosen for other components, which modules you have completed in previous years of your course, and which term the module is taught in.

Modules are the individual units of study for your course. Each module has its own set of learning outcomes and assessment criteria and also carries a certain number of credits.

In most cases you will study one module per component, but in some cases you may need to study more than one module. For example, a 30-credit component may comprise of either one 30-credit module, or two 15-credit modules, depending on the options available.

Modules may be taught at different times of the year and by a different department or school to the one your course is primarily based in. You can find this information from the module code. For example, the module code HR100-4-FY means:

The department or school the module will be taught by.

In this example, the module would be taught by the Department of History.

The module number.

The UK academic level of the module.

A standard undergraduate course will comprise of level 4, 5 and 6 modules - increasing as you progress through the course.

A standard postgraduate taught course will comprise of level 7 modules.

A postgraduate research degree is a level 8 qualification.

The term the module will be taught in.

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SP: Spring term

SU: Summer term

FY: Full year

AP: Autumn and Spring terms

PS: Spring and Summer terms

AS: Autumn and Summer terms

Placement Year

Final Year

COMPONENT 01: CORE

The Sociological Imagination

(30 CREDITS)

How can sociology help you understand the world in which you live? What are some of the major features and trends in present-day societies? Using sociological tools, you analyse key features of different societies, such as stratification, poverty, racism, consumption, multinational corporations, religion, and the gender division of labour in low-income countries.

This module has been designed to enable students to integrate their subject knowledge with an understanding of sustainable development, acquiring the skills and competencies essential for addressing the urgent sustainability challenges of the 21st century.

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COMPONENT 02: CORE

Introduction to Crime, Law and Society

What are different forms of crime? What is the role of criminal justice? And how effective are penal sanctions? We provide a critical introduction to the problem of, and responses to, crime. You examine the history of criminological ideas, Britain’s criminal justice system, and current debates on crime and control.

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COMPONENT 03: CORE

Researching Social Life

(15 CREDITS)

What research methods do sociologists use? And what are the methodologies underpinning them? Wish to learn how to critically evaluate social research? And receive training in collecting quantitative and qualitative data? We study the principles of social science investigation and how to carry out original research.

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COMPONENT 04: COMPULSORY

Unlocking Your Academic Potential

This module is designed to help students develop core academic skills including understanding of study and coursework requirements in sociology and criminology; effective study habits; inquiring and reflective habit of mind; critical thinking, problem solving, competence in learning technologies and effective written communication. The work undertaken for this enabling module will equip the students to thrive during and beyond their first year of study at the University of Essex. Students will be guided to identify and analyse features of effective academic discourse, will engage in supported independent information research; encouraged through course tasks in reflective review, learn how to read critically and write with clarity and precision. They will develop an awareness of how their key academic skills can be transferred to professional contexts, thus enhancing future employability capabilities.

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COMPONENT 05: OPTIONAL

Option(s) from list

COMPONENT 01: COMPULSORY

Power and Agency in a Global World

Want to study sociological classics? Wish to read and interpret original texts by Marx, Durkheim and Weber? Then study a selection of the contemporary writers who followed? We look at classic and modern thinkers, carrying their ideas into new contexts and inverting approaches to social understanding.

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COMPONENT 02: COMPULSORY

Race, Class and Gender

What are the problems with class analysis? And how can you understand citizenship rights? Are they useful for analysing inclusion and exclusion, how do they relate to gender, and where does migration fit into the picture? Build your understanding of race, class and gender by learning more about how these concepts relate to social inequality, rights and identity.

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COMPONENT 03: COMPULSORY

New Directions in Criminology

You will examine key theories and trends in criminological thought, including the historical development of criminology and some of the more recent critiques. The themes of causation, criminalisation, correction and control run throughout the theoretical perspectives and are considered alongside some specific examples of criminal activity and organisation. Examples range from the individually-experienced through the structural inequalities relevant to understanding gender, ethnicity and crime and include the global dimensions.

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COMPONENT 04: COMPULSORY WITH OPTIONS

Option from list

COMPONENT 06: OPTIONAL

COMPONENT 07: COMPULSORY

Career Development and Making a Difference

(0 CREDITS)

This is a co-curricular module carrying zero credits but is compulsory. Upon the completion of the module, each Sociology student will have developed an understanding of their skills, interests, and goals and how these can be implemented to address the societal challenges of the future.

View Career Development and Making a Difference on our Module Directory

(120 CREDITS)

Students will undertake their placement at a host organisation. The student is responsible for securing the placement, with support from the University.

The module enables you to undertake a full placement year with an external Placement Provider. During the placement, you will be supervised by an academic member of staff to complete a number of assessments which will enable you to utilise and develop the links between the knowledge and skills developed in your academic course and the work-based skills developed in carrying out your placement role.

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Rethinking Modernity

How do you understand contemporary society? What role do key topics like modernity, post-modernity, feminism and capitalism play? And what do contemporary theorists like Foucault and Bourdieu say? Learn why philosophical knowledge is vital for sociological understanding, while deepening your own awareness of the subject.

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Globalisation and Crime

What effect does globalisation have on crime and justice? How do we deal with global crime issues, like terrorism or illegal migration? Can we prevent large-scale crime, such as genocide? Study the changing nature of criminology, looking at contemporary developments, alongside the problem of balancing human rights with human security.

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COMPONENT 03: COMPULSORY WITH OPTIONS

Capstone option from list

COMPONENT 04: OPTIONAL

Sociology option(s) from list

COMPONENT 05: COMPULSORY

Placement

On a placement year you gain relevant work experience within an external business or organisation, giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market and providing you with key contacts within the industry. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.

Year abroad

On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree. Our Programme Specification gives more detail about modules on your year abroad.

Teaching

Undergraduate students in the Department of Sociology and Criminology typically attend a one-hour lecture and a one-hour class for each module per week. There are some variations in place depending on the module.

Teaching is arranged to allow a lot of freedom in how you organise your learning experience, with a focus on discussion and problem-solving

Lab sessions to improve technical research skills

Assessment

Assessed through a combination of written coursework and end-of-year examinations

Weighting is 50% coursework and 50% examinations

Complete a supervised dissertation on the topic that most inspires you

UK entry requirements

112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 2 full A-levels.

IB: 29 points in the IB Diploma or 112 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of 2 Higher Level subjects.

We accept A-levels, AAQs, BTECs, Access to HE Diploma, T-levels and most other qualifications that hold UCAS tariff points. Acceptability of some non A-level qualifications (such as BTECs) may depend on the subject studied and units taken.

You can calculate your UCAS tariff points on the UCAS website.

Whilst International A-levels and BTECs aren't on the UCAS tariff calculator, we assign them the same tariff points as their UK counterparts.

Don't meet the entry requirements?

We know everyone's journey is different. If your achieved or predicted grades don’t match our entry requirements, you have a non-traditional educational background, or you're returning to study as a mature student, we'd still encourage you to apply. We review every application individually and may be able to offer you a place on this course, or an alternative route such as a foundation year.

Find out more about applying, personal statements, references, visas, deferred entry, extenuating circumstances, and support for mature students on our undergraduate application information page.

Contextual Offers:

We are committed to ensuring that all students with the merit and potential to benefit from an Essex education are supported to do so. We make Contextual Offers to applicants from underrepresented groups residing in the UK. Our Contextual Offers policy outlines the full eligibility criteria.

96 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 2 full A-levels.

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English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English

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Details of English language requirements and the tests we accept for applicants who require a Student visa (excluding Nationals of Majority English Speaking Countries) can be found here

If we accept the English component of an international qualification it will be included in the academic levels listed above for the relevant countries.

Pre-sessional English courses

If you do not meet our IELTS requirements then you may be able to complete a pre-sessional English pathway that enables you to start your course without retaking IELTS.

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If you’re an international student, but do not meet the academic requirements for direct admission to this degree, you could prepare and gain entry through a pathway course. Find out more about opportunities available to you at the University of Essex International College

Home/UK fee

£10,050 per year

International fee

£22,575 per year

Fees will increase for each academic year of study.

If your course has the option to include a placement year or study abroad, and you choose to do so, you will pay the following:

20% of your standard tuition fee for that year

Full year abroad

15% of your standard tuition fee for that year

Single term abroad

Standard tuition fee

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