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Programme Specification
Criminology: (2020-21)
This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if s/he takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
Awarding Institution University of Southampton Teaching Institution University of Southampton Mode of Study Duration in years
Full-time 3 Accreditation details None Final award Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) Name of Award Criminology: Interim Exit awards Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE)
FHEQ level of final award Level 6 UCAS code Programme Code
L
QAA Subject Benchmark or other external reference
Criminology 2007
Programme Lead Paul Bridgen Pathway Lead
Programme Overview
Brief outline of the programme
The breadth and flexibility of criminology makes Criminology one of the most popular and stimulating social science degrees. You will study criminal behaviour, victimisation, the socio-legal context and societal reaction to crime, the criminal justice system, crime, media and popular culture, punishment and the future of social control. This degree offers you the opportunity to explore a diverse and exciting range of issues and topics within this multi-faceted discipline.
Crime, security and criminal justice are central concerns in contemporary societies, attracting political and media attention. This degree provides you with the skills to analyse and research the changing nature of crime and the workings of the criminal justice system. We emphasise the importance of using your criminological knowledge to engage with important policy issues and developments.
Throughout your degree you are encouraged to develop your 'criminological imagination' by studying a range of criminological perspectives and researching the effects of crime and the social reactions to it. Crime is central to the media and popular culture and representations of crime and its control can affect the way the public perceives deviance. Crime is also at the core of political debates - from anti-social behaviour through to global terrorism and cyber-threats. Criminology at Southampton enables you to analyse and research beyond sensationalist news media headlines about the fear of crime and criminality.
We emphasise employability and practical applicability throughout the degree. A range of specialist options from other disciplines enables you to create a tailor made degree that is geared towards a variety of professional careers.
Your contact hours will vary depending on your module/option choices. Full information about contact hours is provided in individual module profiles.
Learning and teaching These are the learning and teaching activities designed to help you develop your knowledge and understanding, subject-specific intellectual skills and transferable skills:
- Lectures.
- Seminars designed to facilitate group discussions of issues, concepts and theories associated with social sciences.
- Small group discussions based around case study material.
- Practical workshops which provide hands-on experience of using a range of methods of collecting and analysing data and enable you to assess these methods based on your own and others’ use of them.
- Statistical workshops which enable you to understand statistical techniques and the use of statistics in the social sciences through practical examples.
- Computer workshops which give you practical experience of how to process, store and analyse data using appropriate software.
- Research skills workshops which facilitate discussion, peer review and support, and self-reflection on the appropriateness of your own research (dissertation) proposal and intended methodological and theoretical approaches.
- Dissertation workshops designed to promote discussion, peer review and support, and reflection on your dissertation at different stages in the research process.
- Dissertation tutorials, i.e. one-to-one discussion with your dissertation supervisor on issues connected with your research.
- Individual or small group presentations.
- Independent study.
Assessment Please find below the assessment methods designed to test your achievement of the different learning outcomes:
- Essays.
- Review papers (in which you are required to critically review one chapter-long article of relevance to the Module using a range of additional sources).
- Formal, unseen end of Module examinations.
- Statistical exercises (to assess your understanding of statistical concepts and practical techniques).
Tailoring your degree (Minor subject)
The structure of your degree programme allows you to exercise choice in each year of study. You can exercise this choice in a number of ways.
- You can use these modules to deepen your knowledge of your main subject.
- You can combine additional modules from your main subject with modules from other disciplines or choose from a selection of interdisciplinary modules.
- You can choose modules that build into a minor pathway, the title of which will be mentioned in your degree transcript. Details of the minors available and the modules that are included can be found at www.southampton.ac.uk/cip.
- Group research projects (which assess your ability to work with others in the production of a shared output).
- Case study review (in which you are asked to interpret or critically comment on the material contained in the case study).
- Dissertation proposal (which will assess your ability to formulate an appropriate research question, identify appropriate method(s) of data collection and present a short literature review of selected sources likely to be relevant to the research topic).
- Dissertation (which assesses your ability to undertake independent, in-depth study of an area of criminology).
Special Features of the programme
The School of Social Sciences has several established links to Universities around the world as part of the ERASMUS exchange programme. This allows for a specific semester to be spent at a partner University engaging in study of a similar nature to that presented at Southampton.
The Criminology programme at Southampton is also the home of the Institute of Criminal Justice Research. This is a forum for conducting and disseminating cutting edge criminological research. Students are encouraged to
Teaching and Learning Methods
You will experience a range of teaching and learning methods: traditional lectures; seminars where students are required to interact and demonstrate their understanding of the topic; self-directed study based upon reading books, chapters and academic journal articles; presentations to foster confidence in a skill that is central to many careers and group work to help you to work as part of a team.
Assessment Methods
You will be assessed by a range of assessment methods that are related to the learning outcomes. Exams are designed to elicit creative responses to unseen questions. You will be required to demonstrate that you have read widely around the topics in the module and to make links to ideas, theories and research from other modules as appropriate. Essays are designed to allow a deeper and more carefully planned response to questions. In-class tests under controlled conditions are designed to provide quick feedback to students in order to allow you to see where you may need to focus more attention. You are required to be critically engaged throughout the degree programme.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
On successful completion of this programme you will be able to:
B1. Obtain, summarise and synthesise material from a range of appropriate sources; B2. Assess the merits of competing explanations and interpretations of social questions, issues and phenomena, using appropriate conceptual and theoretical perspectives and relevant evidence; B3. Produce reasoned arguments; justifying conclusions by reference to appropriate theoretical frameworks and supporting evidence; B4. Understand and formulate informed questions; B5. Report and explain research findings in criminology, assessing the theoretical and methodological frameworks used to produce these; B6. Select and use appropriate research methodologies to investigate issues in criminology; B7. Analyse the ethical implications of your own research and that of others; B8. Present scholarly work using appropriate formats and conventions.
Teaching and Learning Methods
The study of social sciences requires you to conduct research and engage with the academic literature and you will be taught how to do this. Qualitative research is taught not only theoretically, but through practical tasks that students have to undertake. This will include interviewing, survey design and observations. Quantitative research requires an understanding of the statistical methods and tests that can be used to understand social questions. You will engage in computer workshops to learn the techniques needed for this form of research.
Assessment Methods
Research skills are assessed in a variety of ways, from reflective journals to help you to understand the depth of experience that is required for some forms of qualitative research, to designing and implementing surveys to create statistical data that you will then input into software packages designed to find links and correlations.
Transferable and Generic Skills
On successful completion of this programme you will be able to:
C1. Communicate ideas and arguments in a variety of written formats; C2. Communicate ideas and arguments orally and in the context of formal presentations; C3. Use statistical techniques and associated software packages to analyse and evaluate evidence; C4. Identify, select and draw upon a range of sources of printed, electronic and other materials as a means to the development and presentation of arguments and evidence; C5. Work with others in the investigation of problems, and in the presentation of arguments and evidence.
Teaching and Learning Methods
The teaching methods that you will encounter are designed to give you the information and skills that will enable you to develop into an independent scholar. Such skills are essential for high-level employment where you are required to solve problems and undertake tasks independently, or to lead or participate in a team to achieve a goal.
Assessment Methods
The assessment methods are designed to help you develop the skills and confidence necessary to become an independent, creative and original thinker.
Programme Structure
The programme structure table is below:
Information about pre and co-requisites is included in individual module profiles.
Where optional modules have been specified, the following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.
Pathway
Part 1 (Year 1) Typical programme content Throughout your degree you are encouraged to develop your 'criminological imagination' by studying a range of criminological perspectives and researching the effects of crime and the social reactions to it. Crime is central to the media and popular culture and representations of crime and its control can affect the way the public perceives deviance. Crime is also at the core of political debates - from anti-social behaviour through to global terrorism and cyber-threats. Criminology at Southampton enables you to analyse and research beyond sensationalist news media headlines about the fear of crime and criminality.
Programme details The structure of the programme and the modules currently offered are set out below. Of the modules shown
Code Module Title ECTS Type CRIM2001 Perspectives in Criminology 2021- 22 7.5 Compulsory STAT2009 Research Methods in The Social Sciences 2021-
7.5 Compulsory
Part II (Year 2) Compulsory Semester 2 You must take the following:-
Code Module Title ECTS Type CRIM2004 Criminological Psychology 2021-22 7.5 Compulsory SOCI2020 Qualitative Research: Foundations, Principles and Skills 2021-
7.5 Compulsory
Part II (Year 2) Optional Semester 1 You must select 15 ECTS/30 CATS from Semester 1 and Semester 2 from the following:-
Code Module Title ECTS Type SOCI2017 Class Structure and Social Inequality 2021-
7.5 Optional
CRIM2002 Crime and Criminal Justice: Historical Perspectives 2021-
7.5 Optional
ANTH2002 Culture, Communication and Cognition 2021-
7.5 Optional
SOCI2031 Social Theory 2021-22 7.5 Optional
Part II (Year 2) Optional Semester 2
Code Module Title ECTS Type SOCI2035 Children and Society 2021-22 7.5 Optional ANTH2001 Cosmology, Ritual and Belief 2021-22 7.5 Optional CRIM2008 Criminological Psychology 2021-22 7.5 Optional SOCI2003 Gender & Society 2021-22 7.5 Optional SOCI2036 Globalisation, Inequalities & Power 2021-
7.5 Optional
Part III (Year 3)
Part III (Year 3) Compulsory Semester 1 You must take the following:-
Code Module Title ECTS Type CRIM3002 Issues in Law Enforcement and Social Control 2022-
7.5 Compulsory
Part III (Year 3) Core
Code Module Title ECTS Type SOCI3033 Dissertation 2022- 23 15 Core
Part III (Year 3) Optional Semester 1 You must select 15 ECTS/30 CATS in Semester 1 and 22.5 ECTS/45 CATS in Semester 2 from the following:-
Code Module Title ECTS Type SOCI3083 Class Structure and Social Inequality 2022-
7.5 Optional
SOCI3001 Comparative Sociology 2022-23 7.5 Optional SOCI3002 Comparing Welfare States - Evolution, Politics & Impact 2022-
7.5 Optional
CRIM3001 Penology 2022-23 7.5 Optional
ANTH3002 Sexuality and Intimacy 2022- 23 7.5 Optional
Part III (Year 3) Optional Semester 2
Code Module Title ECTS Type SOCI3086 Children and Society 2022-23 7.5 Optional CRIM3014 The Deserving and Undeserving: Victims and Scroungers in Criminology and Social Policy 2022-
7.5 Optional
CRIM3008 7.5 Optional CRIM3007 Violent and Sexual Offenders 2022-23 7.5 Optional
Progression Requirements The programme follows the University's regulations for Progression, Determination and Classification of Results : Undergraduate and Integrated Masters Programmes or Progression, Determination and Classification of Results: Postgraduate Master's Programmes. Any exemptions or variations to the University regulations, approved by AQSC are located in section VI of the University Calendar.
Support for student learning
There are facilities and services to support your learning some of which are accessible to students across the University and some of which will be geared more particularly to students in your particular Faculty or discipline area.
The University provides:
- library resources, including e-books, on-line journals and databases, which are comprehensive and up-to- date; together with assistance from Library staff to enable you to make the best use of these resources
- high speed access to online electronic learning resources on the Internet from dedicated PC Workstations onsite and from your own devices; laptops, smartphones and tablet PCs via the Eduroam wireless network. There is a wide range of application software available from the Student Public Workstations.
- computer accounts which will connect you to a number of learning technologies for example, the Blackboard virtual learning environment (which facilitates online learning and access to specific learning resources)
- standard ICT tools such as Email, secure filestore and calendars.
- access to key information through the MySouthampton Student Mobile Portal which delivers timetables, Module information, Locations, Tutor details, Library account, bus timetables etc. while you are on the move.
- IT support through a comprehensive website, telephone and online ticketed support and a dedicated helpdesk in the Hartley Library.
- Enabling Services offering support services and resources via a triage model to access crisis management, mental health support and counselling. Support includes daily Drop In at Highfield campus at 13.00 – 15.00 (Monday, Wednesday and Friday out of term-time) or via on-line chat on weekdays from 14.00 – 16.00. Arrangements can also be made for meetings via Skype.
- assessment and support (including specialist IT support) facilities if you have a disability, long term health problem or Specific Learning Difficulty (e.g. dyslexia)
- the Student Services Centre (SSC) to assist you with a range of general enquiries including financial matters, accommodation, exams, graduation, student visas, ID cards
- Career and Employability services, advising on job search, applications, interviews, paid work, volunteering and internship opportunities and getting the most out of your extra-curricular activities alongside your degree programme when writing your CV.
- Other support that includes health services (GPs), chaplaincy (for all faiths) and 'out of hours' support for students in Halls and in the local community (18.00-08.00).
- A Centre for Language Study, providing assistance in the development of English language and study skills for non-native speakers.
The Students' Union provides
- an academic student representation system, consisting of Course Representatives, Academic Presidents, Faculty Officers and the Vice-President Education; SUSU provides training and support for all these representatives, whose role is to represent students' views to the University.
- opportunities for extracurricular activities and volunteering
- an Advice Centre offering free and confidential advice including support if you need to make an academic appeal
- Support for student peer-to-peer groups, such as Nightline.
to discuss their own performance in assessment should contact their Personal Academic Tutor in the first instance.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if they take full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided. More detailed information can be found in the programme handbook.
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Students are responsible for meeting the cost of essential textbooks, and of producing such essays, assignments, laboratory reports and dissertations as are required to fulfil the academic requirements for each programme of study. In addition to this, students registered for this programme also have to pay for:
Additional Costs Type Details Approved Calculators Candidates may use calculators in the examination room only as specified by the University and as permitted by the rubric of individual examination papers. The University approved model is Casio FX-570 This may be purchased from any source and no longer needs to carry the University logo. Optional Visits (e.g. museums, galleries)
Some modules may include optional visits (museums, conferences, prisons [Criminology]). You will normally be expected to cover any costs such as travel and admission, unless otherwise specified in the module profile. Placements (including Study Abroad Programmes)
Social Sciences partners with academic departments in a number of other countries to provide study abroad opportunities. Please contact the International Office for information about the expected costs of participating. Printing and Photocopying Costs
In some cases, coursework such as essays; projects; dissertations will be submitted online. However, in some cases students will be asked to provide a printed copy. A list of the University printing costs can be found here: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/isolutions/students/printing-for- students.page Stationery You will be expected to provide your own day-to-day stationery items, e.g. pens, pencils, notebooks, etc.). Any specialist stationery items will be specified under the Additional Costs tab of the relevant module profile. Textbooks Where a module specifies core texts these should generally be available on the reserve list in the library. However due to demand, students may prefer to buy their own copies. These can be purchased from any source.
Some modules suggest reading texts as optional background reading. The library may hold copies of such texts, or alternatively you may wish to purchase your own copies. Although not essential reading, you may benefit from the additional reading materials for the module.
In some cases you'll be able to choose modules (which may have different costs associated with that module) which will change the overall cost of a programme to you. Details of such costs will be listed in the Module Profile. Please also ensure you read the section on additional costs in the University's Fees, Charges and Expenses Regulations in the University Calendar available at www.calendar.soton.ac.uk.
