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Law with
Criminology LLB
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www.stmarys.ac.uk/undergraduate/
law-with-criminology
Entry requirements
Minimum of 112 points of which 80 must include at
least two B grades. Grade C or above in GCSE
English and Maths is also required. Please refer to
the website for further details.
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Single Honours
Degree Programme
Law with Criminology LLB
This programme is a Single Honours
degree tailored for students who are
interested in careers in the criminal justice
system and/or are interested in a career in
law. Taught in a friendly, stimulating
environment, Law with Criminology will
provide you with a sound understanding
of the key conceptual issues involved in
the study of law, society, crime and
criminal justice.
Description
Law affects almost every area of our day-to-day
lives and is the means by which governments
effect change all over the world. Criminology is a
diverse, exciting and growing subject which seeks
to explain crime, criminalisation, victimisation and
the sociology of criminal justice agencies from
police to prison.
This is a qualifying law degree where students will
study the core ‘foundations of legal knowledge’
required by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and
Bar Standards Board in order to pass the
academic stage of training and progress on to the
vocational stage. The ‘foundations of legal
knowledge’ comprise Public Law, Criminal Law,
Tort Law, Contract Law, Land Law, EU Law, and
Equity and Trusts.
Criminology examines ‘crime’ and ‘deviance’, and
the processes through which the criminal justice
system responds to these phenomena. The
Criminology modules on offer as part of this degree
enable students to explore why crime exists, how
crime and deviance is socially constructed, which
societies have the most crime and how societies
deal with crime. No society is crime free. Crime and
society are intertwined.
You will develop the analytical and reasoning skills
essential for formulating legal arguments as well as
to develop a thorough understanding of
criminology and key issues within this discipline.
Single Honours
Degree Programme
Programme structure and content
Level 4
During the first year of the programme, you will
be introduced to law and its interaction with
society and to some of the ‘foundations of legal
knowledge.’ You will consider key aspects of
the English and EU legal systems and how laws
are made and disputes resolved, the operation
of the respective court systems. The level
includes an introduction to the scope of
criminology, in particular the study of criminal
justice, crime and deviance.
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Level 6
In your final year you will study subjects in
greater depth and will study the final
‘foundations of legal knowledge’ subject,
Equity and Trusts. As a Single Honours student
you will also carry out a supervised research
project on a topic of your choice. At Level 6 you
have more choice of options to develop your
particular interests in law and criminology. In
Criminology: New Perspectives, emerging new
areas like green, public or ‘queer’ criminologies
are examined.
You will also develop a practical knowledge and
understanding of the skills required to achieve
success on the programme.
Core modules:
º Criminology: New Perspectives
º Equity and Trusts
º Law Research Project
Core modules:
º Sources of Law and Academic Legal Skills
º Legal Process and the Introduction to the
Practice of Law
º Criminal Law
º Human Rights Law
º Contract Law
º Investigating Criminal Justice
º Work placement module
º International Criminal Law
º Criminal Justice: Practice and Policy
º Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
º Counter Radicalisation and Terrorism
Option modules:
Level 5
In the second year you will build on the
knowledge and skills of the first year and
continue to study the ‘foundations of legal
knowledge’ and develop key legal analysis
skills. Criminology modules at this level will
consider sociological understandings of a
globalised society and the impact this has on
forms of crime and the criminal justice
processes established to police these crimes.
Core modules:
º Law of Tort
º Law of European Union
º Public Law
º Land Law
º Criminal Justice
º Criminalising Social Problems
º Crime and the Media
Teaching and learning
The programme makes use of a range of traditional
and innovative teaching methods including
lectures, seminars and workshops as well as online
discussion forums, podcasts and audience
response systems. The teaching team has a
significant amount of experience teaching in higher
education as well as in the practice of law. The
team includes barristers, solicitors and a New York
Attorney.
The teaching staff on the programme have
expertise in modern slavery and human trafficking,
terrorism and counter radicalisation, green
criminology, sports criminology, and drugs,
alcohol, homelessness and crime.
Assessment methods
You will be assessed on an individual basis in a
variety of ways throughout your degree.
Assessments include essays, case studies,
reports, presentations, in-class tests,
examinations, skills portfolios, reflective
e-portfolios, resource-based assessments and
simulated exercises including client interviews and
negotiations.
Work placements
The programme offers students the opportunity of
a one semester long work placement. Placements
undertaken by Law students in the past have
included working in an in-house legal department
of a large multi-national company, in solicitors
firms, at a Magistrates’ Court and at the Citizen’s
Advice Bureau.
Career opportunities
Although many Law LLB graduates will go onto
their vocational training in order to practise law as a
barrister, solicitor, legal executive, others become
paralegals. Almost half of graduates use their Law
degree to enter careers in the private and public
sector, public services, commerce and
government.
Generally, a Law LLB degree is highly valued by
employers in all sectors as you will have a range of
highly transferable skills as well as a detailed and
analytical knowledge of law. Law with Criminology
graduates have a wide variety of career options
including those in the criminal justice system.
Career paths of graduates include:
º Policy and administration
º Postgraduate programmes
º Research and teaching
º Government departments
º Campaign groups working for social and
criminal justice
º Investigating justice and victim support
º Policing
º Prisons
º Probation
º Community, health and social work