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Programme structure: Criminology with Study Abroad (BSc) - what's running in 2018/19

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Social Research Methods SOAD20004 20 Mandatory TB-2
Key Thinkers in Criminology SPOL20036 20 Mandatory TB-1
Plus at least three units from the following:
Youth, Sexualities and Gendered Violence SPOL22023 20 Optional TB-1
Youth Justice SPOL20022 20 Optional TB-2
Punishment in Society SPOL20052 20 Optional TB-1
Drugs and Society SPOL21011 20 Optional TB-1
Gender Based Violence SPOL20021 20 Optional TB-1
Globalisation, Crime, Harm and Justice SPOL20025 20 Optional TB-2
Harms of the Powerful SPOL20034 20 Optional TB-2
Work and Work Placements: Criminology SPOL20041 20 Optional TB-4
Remaining credit points to be taken from the following:
Migration Policy in the UK and European Union SPOL20030 20 Optional TB-2
Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Policy SPOL20019 20 Optional TB-2
Societal Change and the Transformation of Work SPOL22030 20 Optional TB-2
Youth Policy and Social Welfare SPOL22022 20 Optional TB-2
Public Management EFIM20019 20 Optional TB-1
Family Support SOWK20002 20 Optional TB-2
Child and Adolescent Psychology SPOL20032 20 Optional TB-1
Play and Creativity SPOL22021 20 Optional TB-2
The State of Welfare SPOL20027 20 Optional TB-2
Cities and communities in the urban age SPOL20038 20 Optional TB-2
Social Policy and the European Union SPOL20051 20 Optional TB-2
Personal Welfare Services SPOL20053 20 Optional TB-1
Diploma of Higher Education   120    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

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Exit awards

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  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions of the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
For further information and a definition of must pass units and conditional progression please see the Glossary of Terms.

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