Bachelor of Arts - Journalism and Criminology (Including Placement Year) (P551)

The BA Journalism and Criminology will enable students to study contemporary society and crime, alongside building their journalistic skills, to analyze and share information and understand it through a social perspective. They explore a wide spectrum of topics ranging from the impact of computer games on crime to terrorism. This will be intertwined with the practical journalism component of this course; where students develop their skills in using multi-media channels such as radio, television and online media and deepen their knowledge of journalism on an international scale.

The course gives students flexibility to choose the areas of the subject that interests them. Topics which they can choose to study include:

• Law and Society • Production skills • How does globalization affect crime? • International Journalism

During their final year, students will have the opportunity to bring all aspects of the course together in a final multimedia project on a subject linked to the criminology element of their studies.

As students at one of the UK’s leading social science institutions, they are uniquely placed to acquire a deep understanding of the world they report on. They will join the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies and the Department of Sociology which is rated top 10 in the UK for research quality (REF 2014) an ranked among the top 50 departments in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2020).