The degree's Q-Step Centre-affiliated Quantitative Methods pathway is particularly suitable if you wish to develop strong data literacy and quantitative methods skills.

Objectives

The BSc Criminology & Sociology (Hons) course from City University London will develop your appreciation of the complex interplay between local and global forces and their relationship to social processes, with particular reference to life in the 21st century metropolis of London.

The course will enable you to develop the methodological expertise to analyse social data and the analytical capability to identify and engage with crime and social policy debates.

This innovative degree is designed and delivered by academics whose research is recognised as world-leading in the field. Research informs its content and you will develop skills to conduct your own research into crime and society, accompanied by a range of other transferable skills.

Placements

You have the opportunity to undertake a work placement between the second and third years.

You are encouraged to take advantage of the excellent internship opportunities that City's central London location provides.

Students have secured placements with a range of organisations, large and small, international and local, often situated within minutes of the institution, working in the following areas:

  • Media and communications
  • Crime and justice
  • Human rights
  • Migration and refugee support
  • Mental health.

If you opt onto a Q-Step pathway, you will complete a workplace Data Placement in Year 2 and have the opportunity to undertake an international placement between Year 2 and Year 3.

Career prospects

This course will enable you to develop the methodological expertise to analyse social data and the analytical capability to identify and engage with crime and social policy debates.

The degree's affiliation with the Q-Step Centre ensures that graduates possess strong data literacy and quantitative methods skills, which are highly sought after in sectors concerned with criminal justice and crime reduction, including the police, prisons, offender management, youth justice and community safety and sectors as diverse as government, education, market research organisations, the not-for-profit sector, the financial sector and the news media.