Psychology with Criminology

On this course, you'll evaluate many of society's current issues and learn how psychology and criminology can raise questions and find answers. you'll gain a deeper insight into the human mind and behaviour, develop an understanding of how we behave, think and interact, and study how we respond to crime, criminal behaviour and victimisation. you'll find out why individuals offend, how their crimes affect society and how the criminal justice system operates. throughout the degree, you'll develop skills valued by employers, such as teamwork, communication, time and task management skills, statistical analysis of data, problem-solving and the ability to critically evaluate evidence.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

You'll be ideally placed to pursue careers in crime prevention, criminal and youth justice, community development, local government, security, social research and the police. after graduation, our students obtain employment in a wide variety of settings. they range from health and social occupations, such as care assistants and assistant psychologists, to commercial, professional and managerial jobs, such as events and media organiser, sales executive, recruitment. graduates have also entered clinical courses, teacher training, counselling courses and other postgraduate training. psychology with criminology students have gone on to study kingston's bps accredited forensic psychology msc.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Kingston University London has partnerships with the following companies: