BSc (Hons) Policing and Intelligence with Foundation Year
Program start date | Application deadline |
2025-09-15 | - |
Program Overview
BSc (Hons) Policing and Intelligence with Foundation Year
Overview
The course has been designed to give each student various options for their future career in law enforcement. There are two themes running throughout the degree; policing and intelligence.
This award is about ‘policing’ and ‘intelligence’ but not just the operational side to policing. Your programme of study will address a wide array of occupations beyond the police force which require graduates with an in depth knowledge of intelligence and analysis, forensic investigative skills, digital policing, knowledge of criminal law, knowledge of intelligence relating to various aspects of terrorism and counter terrorism, appreciation of mental health, cyber security and wider understanding of the social context in which policing is conducted.
The professionally focused nature of this programme is designed not only to provide knowledge and skills sufficient to gain employment in policing and other security and law enforcement areas, but to also establish a firm foundation upon which to build a career.
This course has been developed in conjunction with Schools across the University, with contributions from the Schools of Law, Historical and Political Studies, Health and Wellbeing; Applied Science and the Business School.
Subject specific skills, such as knowledge of police procedure and evidence, mental health issues, intelligence and analysis, police ethics and management and leadership will be covered and will be complemented by the type of transferable key skills that are highly valued by employers in the graduate job market, including the ability to present and develop a cohesive argument, IT skills, research and problem-solving skills, communication skills and working as part of a team.
What happens on the course?
The course has been designed to give each student various options for their future career in law enforcement, allowing them to choose modules which have been developed by academics across the University. For example, criminology is the study of how crime is defined, why some people commit crime, what happens when they do, and the prevention and deterrence of criminal behaviour. The theories and practices of police investigation are central to this.
During the course, students will study criminological theories and gain an understanding of how to conduct inquiries to ascertain if an offence has been committed, to identify who is responsible, and to gather admissible evidence. In addition to these policing areas, optional modules have been included to allow students to follow specific ‘pathways’. Two specific routes are the ‘forensics’ pathway and a ‘cyber’ pathway; students will be able to choose option modules at all three levels of their degree that will enable them to specialise in these fields.
The ‘forensics’ pathway will be particularly beneficial to future police officers and civilian investigators since an understanding of the methods and weaknesses of forensic science can assist with case preparation and inter-agency working (Devlin and Dodd, 2017).
Separately, the ‘cyber’ pathway is designed to reflect the growing need for digital data and cyber security specialists within the policing organisation as technology continues to evolve rapidly (Marshall, 2016; Burton, 2018). There is an increasing need for graduates with computer science and data analysis skills (ibid), which the pathway will help to provide.
We are currently reviewing our foundation course to enhance student learning and success. Course details may be subject to updates. Please keep an eye on our pages for updates.
Course Modules
Year 1
- Contemporary Social Issues
- Module: 3GK015
- Credits: 20
- Period: 1
- Type: Core
- Preparing for Success at University
- Module: 3GK012
- Credits: 40
- Period: 1
- Type: Core
- Project-Based Learning
- Module: 3GK013
- Credits: 40
- Period: 1
- Type: Core
- Wolverhampton and its People
- Module: 3GK014
- Credits: 20
- Period: 1
- Type: Core
Year 2
- Human Rights in Criminal Justice
- Module: 4CJ005
- Credits: 20
- Period: 2
- Type: Core
- Police Procedure and Evidence
- Module: 4PL022
- Credits: 20
- Period: 2
- Type: Core
- The Idea and Purpose of Professional Policing
- Module: 4PL021
- Credits: 20
- Period: 2
- Type: Core
- Working in the Criminal Justice System
- Module: 4CJ002
- Credits: 20
- Period: 2
- Type: Core
- Fundamentals of Forensic Science
- Module: 4FS008
- Credits: 20
- Period: 2
- Type: Optional
- Introductory Programming And Problem Solving
- Module: 4CS001
- Credits: 20
- Period: 2
- Type: Optional
- Server Management and Virtualisation
- Module: 4CS012
- Credits: 20
- Period: 2
- Type: Optional
- Thinking About Crime
- Module: 4CJ003
- Credits: 20
- Period: 2
- Type: Optional
- Victimology
- Module: 4CJ006
- Credits: 20
- Period: 2
- Type: Optional
Year 3
- Criminal Investigation
- Module: 5PL013
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Core
- Environmental Crime
- Module: 5CJ011
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Core
- Framing the Criminological World
- Module: 5CJ002
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Core
- Police Information and Intelligence
- Module: 5PL017
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Core
- Advanced Criminal Law
- Module: 5LW004
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Optional
- Crime Scene Investigation
- Module: 5FS001
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Optional
- Crime Scene Practice
- Module: 5FS006
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Optional
- Criminal Law
- Module: 5LW002
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Optional
- Data Mining
- Module: 5CI021
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Optional
- Ethical Hacking
- Module: 5CS035
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Optional
- Research methods
- Module: 5SL009
- Credits: 20
- Period: 3
- Type: Optional
Year 4
- Counter Terrorism
- Module: 6PL018
- Credits: 20
- Period: 4
- Type: Core
- Dissertation
- Module: 6PL023
- Credits: 40
- Period: 4
- Type: Core
- Police Accountability and Standards of Professional Behaviour
- Module: 6PL020
- Credits: 20
- Period: 4
- Type: Core
- Contemporary Issues in Criminology
- Module: 6CJ005
- Credits: 20
- Period: 4
- Type: Optional
- Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Module: 6CS031
- Credits: 20
- Period: 4
- Type: Optional
- Rehabilitation of Offenders and Desistance
- Module: 6CJ015
- Credits: 20
- Period: 4
- Type: Optional
- Risk and Cybersecurity Management
- Module: 6CS032
- Credits: 20
- Period: 4
- Type: Optional
- Serious and Organised Crime
- Module: 6CJ011
- Credits: 20
- Period: 4
- Type: Optional
- The Expert Witness
- Module: 6FS009
- Credits: 20
- Period: 4
- Type: Optional
- Youth Crime and Youth Justice
- Module: 6CJ014
- Credits: 20
- Period: 4
- Type: Optional
Additional Information
Why Wolverhampton?
The University has been delivering policing degrees for over a decade. The research-led teaching ensures that you will be learning about the very latest debates in policy and practice.
What skills will you gain?
At the end of this course you, the student, will be able to demonstrate:
- Knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to graduate specifically to employment within policing or intelligence and related areas
- Critical awareness of social, political and cultural diversity in the context of policing, intelligence and the wider criminal justice area
- Understanding of the key concepts and theoretical approaches that have developed and are developing in relation to crime, responses to crime, policing and intelligence.
- Ability to undertake research and communicate the findings of research appropriately.
- Application of theory to real world practice of policing, intelligence and related areas.
- The ability to act independently managing their own learning and critically reflect upon their own learning.
Course Fees and Finance
Location | Mode | Fee | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Home | Full-time | £9250 per year | |
Home | Part-time | £4625 per year# | |
International | Full-time | £14950 per year |
Entry Requirements
Prepare for Foundation Pathway: We will consider applicants who have not achieved 48 UCAS points (equivalence) from prior level 3 qualifications, if you have a keen interest in this subject area or hold relevant experience. You will be required to attend and pass a compulsory Prepare For Foundation assessment day where you will take part in a variety of activities which will assess your suitability for the course. If you would like more advise and guidance about this admissions pathway, please contact the Gateway team to discuss and support you in making an application to us.
Funding
Tuition Fees Loan (Home Fee Status): Most students will be able to apply for a loans to pay for these subject to eligibility. To find out more information please refer to the government Student Finance website.
Changes for EU students: The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as having Overseas Fee status. More information about the change is available at UKCISA:
EU citizens living in the UK with 'settled' status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, will still be classified as Home students, providing they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information about EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
Self-funding: If you don’t want to take out a loan to pay your fees or if you aren’t eligible to receive a loan, you might want to take advantage of the University’s scheme to pay by instalments: See How to pay.
For more information please contact the Gateway.
Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees: If your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.
We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.
Financial Hardship: Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund. for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.
Bursaries and Scholarships: In addition the University also offers a range of Bursaries and Scholarships packages
You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.
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