Program Overview

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Criminology and Anthropology (joint honours)

BA (Hons) or BSc (Hons)

International

Optional International Year Abroad. Study or work-based learning

Key facts

UCAS code

L3L6

Start dates

September 2025 / September 2026

Location

Headington

Course length

Full time: 3 years

Part time: up to 6 years

School(s)

School of Law and Social Sciences

School of Education, Humanities and Languages

UCAS Tariff Points

104

Overview

Our joint honours course allows you to pursue your own areas of interest within Criminology and Anthropology whilst also providing you with a solid foundation in the discipline which will serve as a springboard for your future career development. The programme is carefully designed to enable you to gradually develop your knowledge and skills to become effective and independent learners.

Criminology is a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary subject concerned with analysing the nature, occurrence and explanations of crime, criminal behaviour and societal responses to these phenomena. When you study Anthropology, you’ll explore what makes us human, what drives our diversity and how we’re connected to our environment.

Links between research and undergraduate teaching are an important and distinctive feature of the programme, and the combined research experience and competencies of staff have shaped its design, content and delivery.

We are Top 20 in the UK: Criminology and Anthropology is ranked 16th in the Guardian Anthropology and Archaeology subject league ranking 2025.

How to apply

Standard offer

UCAS Tariff Points: 104

A Level: BCC

IB Points: 29

BTEC: DMM

Contextual offer

What is a contextual offer?

UCAS Tariff Points: 96

A Level: CCC

IB Points: 28

BTEC: MMM

Further offer details

Applications are also welcomed for consideration from applicants with European qualifications, international qualifications or recognised foundation courses. For advice on eligibility please contact Admissions.

If you don’t achieve the required tariff points you can apply to join a foundation course.

Entry requirements

Specific entry requirements

Please also see the University's general entry requirements.

English language requirements

Please see the University's standard English language requirements.

International qualifications and equivalences

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Pathways courses for international and EU students

If you do not meet the entry requirements for this degree, or if you would like more preparation before you start, you can take an international foundation course. Once you enrol, you will have a guaranteed pathway to this degree if you pass your foundation course with the required grades.

If you only need to meet the language requirements, you can take our pre-sessional English course. You will develop key language and study skills for academic success and you will not need to take an external language test to progress to your degree.

Terms and conditions of enrolment

When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.

Credit transfer

Many of our courses consider applications for entry part-way through the course for students who have credit from previous learning or relevant professional experience.

Find out more about transferring to Brookes. If you'd like to talk through your options, please contact our Admissions team.

Application process

Full time Home (UK) applicants

Apply through UCAS

Part time Home (UK) applicants

Apply direct to the University

International applicants

Apply direct to the University

Full time international applicants can also apply through UCAS

Tuition fees

2025 / 26

Home (UK) full time: £9,535

Home (UK) part time: £1,190 per single module

International full time: £16,750

2026 / 27

Home (UK) full time: £9,535

Home (UK) part time: £1,910 per single module

International full time: £17,250

Learning and assessment

First year

We’ll ask some big questions like: What is crime? Why do some people commit crime, but not others? You’ll also explore what it means to be human. You’ll compare gender in different societies, ancient human communities and learn about our endangered primate cousins.

Second year

Core modules help you learn to question the status quo - how might capitalism encourage crime? Where and why are there inequalities in the criminal justice system? You’ll be able to focus on areas such as human origins and archaeology, international development, environment and conservation. You’ll examine global challenges like environmental hazards and disasters.

Final year

You'll have the freedom to focus on what you care about most, and you can explore these interests in a dissertation. Optional modules can include topics like the pleasures of crime, visual criminology, queer criminology, drugs, or policing. You might examine the illegal wildlife trade, or investigate habitat loss.

Learning and teaching

You’ll learn in a supportive and stimulating environment. You’ll be part of a close-knit programme where you’ll know everyone and get lots of support from both teaching staff and fellow students. Participation and discussion are important features of the course that promote individual creativity and effective collaborative learning.

Most modules combine lectures and seminar-style discussion based on weekly readings. You'll have the chance to discuss and challenge a wide variety of critical views and perspectives in your seminars.

Assessment

Assessment methods used on this course include:

• Blogs
• Video diaries
• Presentations
• Essays
• Literature reviews
• Position papers
• Short presentations
• Group work

The assessments are designed to help you develop your confidence in using a wide range of skills, preparing you well for your future career.

After you graduate

Career prospects

As you study, you’ll develop highly transferable skills and competencies in the areas that employers care about.

These include:

• Critical thinking
• Creative problem solving
• Written, spoken and visual communication, in a variety of media and styles
• Intercultural and interpersonal understanding
• Research and analysis
• Working independently and collaboratively.

You’ll graduate able to analyse issues, express your ideas, inform and influence others, and respond to challenges – critical skills for the 21st century workplace.

Our graduates go on to work in diverse areas like:

• NGOs and charities
• Social work
• Publishing
• Public relations
• Marketing
• Teaching
• Media and journalism
• The civil service.

Many pursue postgraduate study, often here at Oxford Brookes.