- UCAS course code
- M901
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Early clearing information
This course is available through clearing for home and international applicants
If you already have your exam results, meet the entry requirements, and are not holding an offer from a university or college, then you may be able to apply to this course.
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Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Criminology
Duration: 3 or 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: M901 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Industrial experience
Scholarships available
Field trips
- Typical A-level offer: AAB
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBB
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 35 points overall with 6,6,5 at HL
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Scholarships and bursaries, including the Manchester Bursary , are available to eligible home/EU students.
Some undergraduate UK students will receive bursaries of up to £2,000 per year, in addition to the government package of maintenance grants.
You can get information and advice on student finance to help you manage your money.
Course unit details:
Foundations of Criminological Scholarship
| Unit code | CRIM10441 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 0 |
| Unit level | Level 1 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This module is designed to give all first-year students studying criminology a number of essential transferable skills and subject specific skills that they can then build on throughout their undergraduate career and beyond.
Indicative weekly topics: (1) Orientation; (2) Locating books & articles; (3) Statistics & media; (4) Essay writing 1- structure; (5) Essay writing 2 - referencing; (6) Presentation skills; (7) Essay writing 3 - assessment & feedback; (8) Exams & revision; (9) Criminological research & politics; (10) Criminological research & ethics.
Aims
This course unit aims to: (1) develop students’ skills in producing written evidenced argument, using university-level, academic standard writing; (2) develop students’ abilities to communicate ideas and to present arguments verbally; (3) give students a formal space within the curriculum in which to reflect on the requirements for University level learning, researching, reading and writing.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to: (1) produce evidenced, well-constructed, logical criminological arguments in both written work and in group work discussions; (2) critically reflect upon their own work and other people’s arguments; (3) develop university-level essay writing technique, with appropriate spelling, grammar and punctuation; (4) master effective revision and exam techniques; (4) display presentation skills; (5) use key e-learning resources (including bibliographic databases, e-journals and books) and assess the quality of web sources.
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching and learning across course units consists of: (1) preparatory work to be completed prior to teaching sessions, including readings, pre-recorded subject material and online activities; (2) a weekly whole-class lecture or workshop; (3) a tutorial; and (4) one-to-one support via subject specific office hours.
Knowledge and understanding
- Understand what University study involves and the various expectations (e.g. work and attendance, assessment criteria, etc).
- Know the roles of different staff members (e.g. academic advisors, teaching staff, teaching support office, etc)
- Understand what a critical academic argument involves
- Know how to select reliable and relevant academic sources of information
Intellectual skills
- Critically reflect upon their own work and other people’s arguments.
- Be able to produce evidenced, well-constructed, logical criminological arguments in both written work and in group work discussions.
Practical skills
- Locate, use, cite and reference using the Harvard system academic literature, legal sources and official data sources appropriately within written work.
- Have a familiarity with the various e-learning resources (including bibliographic databases, e-journals and books and assess the quality of web sources).
- Demonstrate a University level essay writing technique, with appropriate spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- Utilize effective revision and exam techniques
- Use active reading and note-taking methods learned
- Demonstrate good presentation skills
- Work effectively in a team
- Demonstrate critical thinking and writing skills
- Show an awareness of the services supplied by the University’s Careers Service and ways to enhance employability during the first year
- Effectively use the library and its services.
Employability skills
- Other
- (i) analyse, critique and (re-)formulate a problem or issue; (ii) rapidly and thoroughly review/rate argument and evidence from targeted bibliographic searches; (iii) plan, structure and present arguments in a variety of written formats and to a strict word limit, (iv) express ideas verbally and organise work effectively in small teams for a variety of written and oral tasks; (v) obtain, manipulate and (re-)present different forms of data; (vi) manage time effectively; (vii) reflect on and improve performance through feedback.
Assessment methods
This unit is non credit bearing and therefore there is no formal assessment for this unit.
Feedback methods
Formative feedback (both individual and collective) will be given on (1) on tasks and contribution in class, and (2) the formative essay. Detailed summative feedback will be given on the final submitted essay and group presentation via Blackboard (Grademark).
Recommended reading
Finch, E., and Fafinski, F. (2019) Criminology Skills (3rd edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 20 |
| Tutorials | 10 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 70 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Olga Sanchez de Ribera | Unit coordinator |
| Emily Turner | Unit coordinator |
| Jon Shute | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
Compulsory for BA Criminology students.
Across their course units each semester, full-time students are expected to devote a ‘working week’ of around 30-35 hours to study. Accordingly each course unit demands around 10-11 hours of study per week consisting of (i) 2-3 timetabled teacher-led hours, (ii) 7-8 independent study hours devoted to preparation, required and further reading, and note taking.
Information
Restricted to BA (Criminology) students ONLY for which this subject is compulsory.
This course is available to incoming study abroad students university wide.
Pre-requisites: None.
Timetable
See Law School timetable