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Careers and Graduate Opportunities
Transferable Skills
The Department of Criminology aims to provide you with a whole host of skills that will give you a head-start in today’s competitive job market, and works closely with the University’s Student Support and Development Service to alert students to relevant opportunities.
"The knowledge and experience gained from completing the BA Criminology course made me want to apply it in a relevant occupation. There is no doubt that I would not have got the position of a Drug Treatment Worker for the National Probation Service had I not had this qualification."
Sarah Brockie, BA Criminology graduate
Students who graduate from the BA Criminology course will have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of crime and its consequences, both theoretical and applied. Your capacity for imaginative, rigorous and critical thinking will be developed throughout the degree programme. Subject specific skills, such as knowledge of the social processes of crime and the criminal justice system, and the ability to understand and use different types of evidence, will be complemented by the type of transferable key skills that are highly valued by employers in the graduate job market:
- the ability to present and develop a cohesive argument
- IT skills
- research and problem-solving skills
- communication skills
- working as part of a team
Career Prospects
A degree in criminology offers routes into a wide range of criminal justice and criminology related careers. Possible career options include:
- The police service (officers and analysts)
- The prison, probation and youth offending services
- Community and voluntary organisations (such as NACRO, drugs projects, youth work)
- Government agencies (whether at the Home Office, Department of Justice or at local government level)
- Academic research
Further Study
The Department of Criminology has developed a strong reputation for the quality and breadth of its postgraduate teaching and continues to offer a range of campus-based and distance learning Masters programmes in the fields of criminology, policing and security, as well as an MPhil and PhD programme. This provides our undergraduate students with the option of pursuing their studies of criminology at a higher level on completion of their degree without having to leave the familiar surroundings of their first-choice university.
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