Start date:September
Institutional code: O10
UCAS code:LL30
Duration:3 years full time
Course type:Full Time. The first year is full time with an option of part time is subsequent years.
Fees per year 2024/25 entry :£7500 Full-time
Fees per year 2025/26 entry:£8000 Full Time (Foundation Degree); £5760 Full Time (Foundation Year)
Additional costs per year:The programme contains numerous opportunities to attend non-compulsory trips both national and international, which will incur additional cost.
Delivery Method:Face-to-face via Lectures, Seminars and Tutorials
FdA Criminology and Criminal Justice validated by University of Central Lancashire
Interested in studying criminology, but lack the formal qualifications to apply for a degree? Looking to return to education?
The Criminology and Criminal Justice Foundation degree with foundation year is a great option to get you on the pathway to degree study. The foundation year will support you to develop the academic, research and presentation skills needed to continue onto our FdA in Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Along the way, you will gain exciting insights into key areas of criminology including; explaining criminality, human trafficking, understanding morality and crime, and exploring causation. You will also benefit from small group sessions and one to one support from a skilled teaching team. The criminology community at UCO is thriving and offers students an excellent opportunity to attend varied trips during their study (such as overnight prison stays, court visits and international visits).
*Depending on the number of students, it is not always possible to deliver all the optional modules*
Employability skills are embedded throughout the course, alongside regular guest speakers and conference events.
Students have the option of undertaking a work placement module in year 3 of their study.
Specific job titles include;
The course is delivered at the UCO campus and benefits from small class sizes.
Students will also have access to:
Admission to the Foundation Year will be 32 UCAS points.
The University Campus considers each application on its own merits and does consider alternative experience and qualifications for entry onto degree programmes. The Foundation Year offers students the opportunity to develop academic skills and areas of professional knowledge to support the transition to the FdA Criminology and Criminal Justice for those applicants who may not meet the full degree entry requirements.
The Foundation year is also a time to achieve Maths GCSE at grade C or above and English GCSE grade C or above whilst studying if either or both have not yet been achieved.
Transition to the FdA Criminology and Criminal Justice will rely on a PASS and guidance will be offered to each student to ensure transition to a course is available that meets each student needs and aspirations.