Criminology with Journalism BSc (Hons)

The BSc Criminology with Journalism brings together our established expertise in both social sciences and journalism to provide you with an exciting range of academic modules and topics while also allowing you to develop a variety of skills valued by employers. Explore the impact of journalism on the problem of crime and our criminal justice policy. Learn how produce engaging multimedia content with an investigative focus on deviance and justice.

Career opportunities

Students take part in voluntary work in the police service, the prison service, legal advice, victim support, domestic violence and child abuse agencies, youth offending and youth mentoring schemes. Many prefer to work for the police or criminal justice services, where there are countless opportunities to help the community with plenty of room for specialisation.

A humanities degree also has the real advantage of opening up careers in a number of professions such as teaching, social work, administration and higher level education. Other graduates have forged exciting careers in research, public relations, advertising, retail, management and media-related work.