Program Overview

Criminology with Counselling with Foundation Year

Overview

The Foundation Year programme will help you develop an understanding of the key subjects in social sciences so that you can continue to successfully study your degree in Criminology with Counselling or a related subject.

Course Details

• Attendance: Full-time
• Course: Four year
• Next enrolment: September 2025

Introduction

The Foundation Year programme is part of a four-year pathway which will prepare you to study your chosen social sciences course. There will also be a limited number of places on our BSc Social Work programme for suitable students of this foundation year.

What You Will Study

• Foundation Year:
  • Introduction to Counselling
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Social Care Practice
  • Understanding Criminology
  • Understanding Social Policy
  • University Life
• Year One:
  • Contemporary Challenges in Crime and Society
  • Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Approaches
  • Criminal Justice and Human Rights
  • Social Justice in Action
  • Therapy, Ethics and Human Rights
  • Understanding Criminology
• Year Two:
  • Intermediate Counselling Skills - 1
  • Intermediate Counselling Skills - 2
  • Research Problems and Methods: Making it count
  • Research Problems and Methods: Qualitatively better
  • Theoretical Criminology
  • Optional modules:
    • Critical Perspectives on Policing
    • Critical Victimology
    • Violence in Society
• Year Three:
  • Dissertation
  • Work: Practice and Reflection
  • Criminology optional modules (semester one):
    • Critical Approaches to (Counter) Terrorism
    • Crime, Society and Racialisation
    • Migration and Socio-Legal Dynamics
    • Probation and Rehabilitation
  • Criminology optional modules (semester two):
    • Critical Perspectives on Policing
    • Critical Victimology
    • Environmental Justice
    • Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
    • Human Rights, Genocide and Resistance
    • Internet, Risk and Security
    • Prisons and Punishment
    • The Criminal Justice Process
    • Violence in Society
  • Counselling optional modules (semester two):
    • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Skills
    • Expressive Therapies

Teaching and Assessment

• A wide range of teaching methods are used according to the nature of the module.
• Assessment methods include:
  • Group presentation and Individual reflective essay
  • Personal learning statement essay
  • Written exam
  • Essays x 2
  • 5-minute presentation
  • Portfolio project
  • Reflective portfolio

School of Health and Society

The School of Health and Society is a forward-thinking, dynamic school with a commitment to lifelong learning and real world impact.

Employment and Stats

You will be equipped with transferable skills in areas such as research, ICT, critical thinking and advanced problem solving, which will provide you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in a diverse range of professions.

Requirements

• Applicant profile: You would have a keen interest in changing society with perhaps some experience of the social sciences from school or college.
• English Language Requirements: An IELTS score of 6.0, with no element below 5.5, is proof of this.
• Standard entry requirements:
  • GCSE English Language and Mathematics at grade C/ grade 4 or above.
  • UCAS Tariff points: 80
  • A level: 80 UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of two A2 subjects.
  • BTEC National Diploma: MMP (BTEC Extended Diploma), DM (BTEC Diploma) - equivalent to 80 UCAS Tariff points.
  • Scottish Highers: 80 UCAS Tariff points.
  • Irish Leaving Certificate: 80 UCAS Tariff points.
  • European Baccalaureate: Pass in Diploma of at least 60% - equivalent to 80 UCAS Tariff points.
  • Access to HE: 80 UCAS Tariff points. Sociology and Social Sciences preferred.
• Alternative entry requirements: The Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) is used as per the university’s Admissions and Retention Policy.

Tuition Fees

• Type of study: Full-time home
• Year: 2025/26
• Fees: £5,760 for Foundation Year and £9,535 for subsequent years.
• Year: 2026/27
• Fees: £5,760 for Foundation Year and £9,535 for subsequent years.

Additional Costs

You should also consider further costs which may include books, stationery, printing, binding and general subsistence on trips and visits.