Program Overview

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Overview

Become a law graduate with criminology expertise. Investigate the issues and challenges which crime poses to our society and discover how law and criminology work together to solve these challenges.

Course Details

Course Structure

In your foundation year, you will study a Foundation in Law, building confidence and essential academic skills. In the first year of your degree, we’ll introduce you to the basics of law and criminology. Through the Legal Method module you'll dive into the world of English law. You will learn to find and understand legal information and gain skills in legal thought and argumentation. The module Theories of Crime will have you dig into the key concepts and theories of crime.

In the second year of your degree, you’ll move on to more advanced study of law and criminology. Optional modules explore how criminal justice may discriminate against different communities in society, the relationship between crime and capitalism, and crime in a globalised world.

There are further opportunities to specialise in your third year. You’ll have the chance on your Dissertation module to research an area of law at a deeper level. Other modules, like Carnival of Pleasures, will have you exploring why some people enjoy breaking the law and the feelings they experience from doing this.

Learning and Teaching

Throughout the course, you’ll learn in different ways. You’ll be supported at every level of the course, with close access to lecturers, small seminar groups and tutorials.

You will learn through a variety of teaching and learning methods including:

• lectures, seminars and workshops
• supervised independent learning
• court visits
• working with a wide range of practical resources.

During your studies, you’ll gain a range of personal and professional skills. These skills will be a springboard for your future career development in a number of industries.

Assessment

We use a range of assessment techniques. In some modules, you’ll be assessed through formal exams. In other modules, you may be assessed through coursework, in-class exercises or other means.

Professional Accreditation

After you complete your LLB, you can go straight to the vocational stage of training. If you want to be a barrister, you’ll be ready to progress to the Bar course. You’ll also have a strong foundation of law knowledge from which you can move on to prepare for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

Study Modules

Teaching for this course takes place face to face. Including your foundation year your academic supervisor will be from the School of Law. In your foundation year and continuing into your degree years, you can expect around fourteen hours of contact time per week. In addition to this, you should also anticipate a workload of 1200 hours per year. Teaching usually takes place Monday to Friday, between 9.00am and 6.00pm.

Contact hours involve activities such as lectures, seminars, practicals, assessments, and academic advising sessions. These hours differ by year of study and typically increase significantly during placements or other types of work-based learning.

Foundation Year

• Introduction to Law
• Principles of Criminal Law and Reading Cases
• Research Skills
• Study Skills
• Criminal Advocacy Application
• Introduction to Constitutional Law and Essay Writing
• Principles of Contract Law and Problem Solving
• Research Project

Year 1

• Contract Law
• Criminal Law
• Legal Method
• Public Law
• Theories of Crime

Year 2

• Digital Crime and Criminology
• European Union Law
• Land Law
• Tort Law
• Public Criminology
• Criminology Work Based Learning
• Crime and Intersectionality
• Crime, Capitalism and Markets
• Globalisation and Crime
• Researching Crime: Methods, Approaches and Ethics
• Green Criminology

Optional Year Abroad

• Year Abroad

Year 3

• Equity and Trusts
• The Prison and Imprisonment
• Carnival of Pleasures
• Computer Law and Artificial Intelligence
• Dealing with Drugs: Control and Intoxication
• Equality Law
• International Human Rights Law
• Law Dissertation
• Law in Action
• Medical Law
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum
• Parents, Children and the State

Work Experience/ International Study Exchange

• Work Experience
• International Study Exchange

Careers

After completing the course, you’ll be ready to take the next steps towards a rewarding career. A law degree can lead to a variety of careers. You could take the Bar Course and become a barrister, or start your preparation for the Solicitors’ Qualifying Exam.

Not all of our graduates go into the legal profession, for example, graduates have also joined the Civil Service, and one is now a senior policy adviser in the Home Office. You’ll also be prepared for practitioner careers in criminology - in areas like prison services, policing and local government.

Whatever your plans, you’ll have developed a range of skills which will make you a valuable employee.

To gain further specialist legal knowledge and carve your own career path, you could undertake one of our postgraduate LLM Master of Law pathways.

Entry Requirements

Wherever possible we make our conditional offers using the UCAS Tariff. The combination of A-level grades listed here would be just one way of achieving the UCAS Tariff points for this course.

Standard Offer

• UCAS Tariff Points: 48
• A Level: DD
• IB Points: 24
• BTEC: PPP or MP

Contextual Offer

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Further Offer Details

Wherever possible we make our conditional offers using the UCAS Tariff. This combination of A-level grades would be just one way of achieving the UCAS Tariff points for this course.

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

Specific Entry Requirements

Please also see the University's general entry requirements.

English Language Requirements

Please see the University's standard English language requirements.

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.

Tuition Fees

2025/26

• Home (UK) full time: £5,760 (Foundation); £9,535 (Degree)
• Home (UK) part time: £720 per single module (Foundation); £1,190 per single module (Degree)
• International full time: £16,750

2026/27

• Home (UK) full time: £5,760 (Foundation); £9,535 (Degree)
• Home (UK) part time: £720 per single module (Foundation); £1,190 per single module (Degree)
• International full time: £17,250

Questions About Fees?

Contact Student Finance on: +44 (0)

Additional Costs

Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course are detailed below.

Optional Costs

• It’s your responsibility to cover print / binding costs where coursework submission is required. Please note that a lot of the coursework is now submitted online. From £30
• You may choose to purchase books to support your studies. Many books on our reading lists are available via the Library, or can be purchased secondhand. £20-60 per book
• Accommodation fees in Brookes Letting (most do not include bills) £94-265 per week
• Accommodation fees in university halls (bills included, excluding laundry costs) £122-180 per week
• Graduation costs include tickets, gowning and photography. Gowns are not compulsory but typically students do hire robes, starting at £41. Typically £0-200
• Students are responsible for their own travel to and from university for classes. For the 2025/26 academic year, the University is introducing an alternative subsidised travel offer for all students with further information on our Travel webpages. From £10

Funding Your Studies

Financial Support and Scholarships

Featured funding opportunities available for this course.

• Oxford Brookes Bursary for Continuing Students
• Undergraduate maintenance loans for part-time UK students
• Undergraduate maintenance loans for full-time UK students
• Undergraduate tuition fee loans for UK students
• Oxford Brookes Bursary for New Students

All Financial Support and Scholarships

View all funding opportunities for this course.