Program Overview

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MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice

The MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice is a postgraduate degree that equips students with an advanced understanding of crime and criminal justice. The course is offered on both a full-time (one-year) and part-time (two-year) basis.

Course Structure

The course is comprised of compulsory courses, option subjects, and a dissertation. Full-time students will be expected to spend around 40 hours studying each week during term, and to undertake some further study during vacations.

Compulsory Study

Compulsory courses include:

• Criminological Theories and Criminal Justice
• Research Design and Data Collection
• Academic Skills for Criminologists

Options

Option modules run for seven weeks in each term and may include:

• Crime and the Family
• Criminal Justice, Migration and Citizenship
• Criminology and the Car
• Death Penalty
• Politics of Crime Control
• Prisons
• Psychology, Law and Criminal Justice
• Public and Private Policing
• Qualitative Methods
• Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists
• Race and Gender
• Risk, Security and Criminal Justice
• Sentencing
• Theorising Punishment
• Transitional Justice
• Youth Justice

Entry Requirements

To be eligible for the course, applicants should hold or be predicted to achieve:

• A first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours, usually a minimum weighted average of 67%
• A degree in a relevant subject area, such as law, sociology, politics, economics, social policy, psychology, or history
• Extensive employment experience within the broad field of criminal justice may be regarded as compensating for a lack of an undergraduate degree to the required standard

English Language Proficiency

This course requires proficiency in English at the University's higher level. If the first language is not English, evidence of English language proficiency may be required.

Funding and Costs

The course fees for the academic year are:

• ú21,440 for Home students (full-time)
• ú34,130 for Overseas students (full-time)
• ú10,720 for Home students (part-time)
• ú17,065 for Overseas students (part-time)

College Preference

Students enrolled on this course will belong to both a department/faculty and a college. The following colleges accept students for full-time study on this course:

• Balliol College
• Blackfriars
• Campion Hall
• Christ Church
• Corpus Christi College
• Exeter College
• Green Templeton College
• Hertford College
• Keble College
• Lady Margaret Hall
• Linacre College
• Lincoln College
• Oriel College
• Pembroke College
• Regent's Park College
• Reuben College
• St Anne's College
• St Antony's College
• St Catherine's College
• St Cross College
• St Hilda's College
• Somerville College
• Wadham College
• Wolfson College
• Worcester College
• Wycliffe Hall

How to Apply

To apply for the course, students should submit an application form, which includes questions that collect information that would usually be included in a CV/rÚsumÚ. Students should also provide:

• Three references, preferably academic
• Official transcript(s)
• A personal statement (minimum 800 words, maximum 1,000 words)
• Two essays (maximum 2,000 words each)

Visa Eligibility for Part-Time Study

The University is unable to sponsor student visas for part-time study on this course. Part-time students may be able to attend on a visitor visa for short blocks of time only.