Professional Policing BA (Hons)

The **BA (Hons) Processional Policing** degree is modular in structure, studied over a three-year period full time. The undergraduate degree offers a stimulating and challenging learning experience that allows you to develop an informed and practical understanding of professional policing. The course has a blend of theory and practice rooted in the principles and core requirements of policing.The course provides a learning environment that supports you with the independent exploration of ideas, help you to draw upon your own experience as a learner and, as potential police officers, to develop a passion for policing. You will have opportunities to develop skills in problem-solving, effective communication, negotiation and leadership. The course seeks to equip you for postgraduate study, professional training and graduate employment in the commercial sector as well as the public and third sector. Successful graduates from this course will be eligible to apply to the Police Service. This course does not however guarantee entry or acceptance into the Police Service.The course will cover a range of areas across your three years of study and an indicative list is provided below:- Understanding the Police Constable Role - Vulnerability and Risk- Problem Solving- Decision-making and Discretion- Maintaining Professional Standards- Research Methods and Skills- Evidence-based Policing (including work-related learning)- Digital Policing- Criminal Justice Systems- Criminology and Crime Prevention- Counter Terrorism - Policing Communities- Information and IntelligenceSuccessful graduates from this course will be eligible to apply to the police service. This course does not however guarantee entry or acceptance into the police service.Every police service in England and Wales sets its own recruitment process and selection policy and entry requirements vary from service to service. You are advised to check your eligibility against the police service website, as this may assist you in deciding whether to undertake the **BA (Hons) Professional Policing** course.We hope that you will leave having developed transferable skills that are highly valued by employers in a variety of work situations beyond the police service. This course will run from September 2021 subject to successful validation.