Why study this course with us?

• We strive to provide you with a welcoming, open and supportive environment for you to undertake your study. As the BA Combined degree is free from professional regulations, you are able to have much greater freedom in the modules you study in you second and third years. It may therefore be possible to tailor your studies to compliment your other subject.
• Efforts are made to enhance your experience by developing and using links with the local legal professions. We are assisted in this to a certain extent, as Chester has been a legal centre since the Middle Ages.
• Through the wide ranging backgrounds and expertise of the Law and Criminology course at the University of Chester, and in ensuing a rich interdisciplinary approach, we work to expand your criminological and victimological imagination. We encourage you to engage in independent learning and thought, and we equip you with the skills needed to find, retrieve and analyse an array of materials.
• Across the Department we have an emphasis on being student centred.Ê This includes students being assigned a Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) and highlighted drop in times for you to visit lecturers.

Job prospects

Criminology graduates will possess a vast range of skills and expertise that are highly applicable to roles in public, private and charitable sectors. Graduate of criminology often work in areas such as: criminal justice agencies; third-sector organisations that work with vulnerable individuals and groups; policy and analyst roles for public service agencies and private companies; and further study such as postgraduate taught programmes or doctoral study.