Level 6 Criminology and Psychology

Course Leaders and Contact Details:

Criminology: Faye Vanstone (f.vanstone@bathspa.ac.uk)

Psychology: Jennifer Kinloch (j.kinloch@bathspa.ac.uk)

Important rule for Combined Honours students:

You must take AT LEAST 40 credits from each subject at level 6. You are free to split your remaining 40 credits at each level between your two subjects in anyway you like.

These 40 credits can come from both Compulsory and Optional modules.

COMPULSORY MODULES

A Compulsory Module is a module offered by your Subject that you MUST take.

Criminology:

You must take 20 credits from any of the following modules:

Semester 1

Criminology:

CRI6100-20 Punishment and Penology in Global Context*

CRI6106-20 Victims and Victimisation*

Semester 2:

Criminology:

CRI6102-20 Narratives of Crime*

CRI6105-20 Terrorism Studies*

*You must select 20 credits to meet the Compulsory Module rule but you are also permitted to take more of these modules if you wish. Therefore they are listed again in the Optional Module section below.

AND

Psychology

Semester 1:

You must take 40 credits as follows:

PSY6011-20 Dissertation 1 - Design and pre-registration (BPS)

PSY6010-20 Contemporary Application of Psychological Science (BPS)

Semester 2:

You must take 20 credits as follows:

PSY6012-20 Dissertation: Research Report (BPS)

OPTIONAL MODULES

Optional Modules are offered by your Subject and you are free to pick any of the Optional Modules listed to make up your credit totals.

Semester 1:

You must select 0-20 credits from the following modules:

Criminology:

CCO6002-20 Cyber Security

CRI6002-40/1 Criminology Dissertation (Part 1, Semester 1, worth 20 out of the 40 credits total) * (Please note that you must have passed the pre-requisite module SOC5001-20 Social Science Research Methods before taking the Criminology Dissertation)

CRI6100-20: Punishment & Penology in Global Context

CRI6106-20 Victims and Victimisation

EDU6106-20 Young People, Identities and Subcultures

SOC6100-20 Gender in Society: Critical Perspectives

SOC6104-20 Ethnicity and Society

Psychology:

No Optional Modules

Semester 2:

You must select 20-40 credits from the following modules:

Criminology:

CRI6002-40/2 Criminology Dissertation (Part 2, Semester 2, worth 20 out of the 40 credits total)* (Please note that you must have passed the pre-requisite module SOC5001-20 Social Science Research Methods before taking the Criminology Dissertation)

CRI6102-20 Narratives of Crime

CRI6105-20 Terrorism Studies

SOC6101-20 Community Engagement

SOC6105-20 Media, Sociality and Everyday Life

SOC6106-20 Culture, Risk and Environmental Justice

Psychology:

No Optional Modules

*CRI6002-40/1 and CRI6002-40/2 are linked together. If selecting, students MUST pick both modules together, one cannot be picked without the other.

OPEN MODULES

An Open Module is a module offered to all students by a Subject that is not your own. You can pick ONE 20 credit Open Module per academic year in order to broaden your study. This Open Module is selected instead of one 20 credit Optional Module.

Semester 1:

OMO6102-20 Plants and People (Open Module Version)

Semester 2:

OMO6100-20 Successful Freelancing (Open Module Version)

OMO6101-20 Leadership and Management (Open Module Version)