Introduction:

What you’ll study

In the first two years of your degree, you’ll complete an introduction to psychology and core modules in biological, social, developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as undertaking training in research methods and statistics.

In criminology, you’ll complete additional modules covering criminal behaviour, crime and society, the criminal justice system, issues in contemporary policing, and penology.

In your final year, you’ll sit a further core module in psychology, and can tailor your studies (often with a view to future employment opportunities) by choosing from a range of optional psychology and criminology modules. In your final year, you’ll also complete a research project in psychology, focused on a topic of your choosing under the supervision of a research-active member of staff.

You can also take part in the innovative Professional Practice in Psychology module, a unique feature of psychology at NTU. Taking on the role of a consultant psychologist, you will work on real-life problem scenarios supplied by external organisations, and provide evidence-based solutions to these organisations.

Four-year placement course

You also have the option of choosing to complete a four-year course that includes a year-long work placement in between Year Two and Year Three. You must apply with the UCAS code C8M3 to be considered for the four-year sandwich or placement course.

Careers and employability

Our Psychology with Criminology course is designed so that you can develop all the knowledge and skills that you’ll need for your future career.

The course will develop your transferable skills, including:

• numerical skills (including statistical analysis)
• analytical skills and critical thinking
• communication skills
• presentation skills
• problem-solving skills.

Highly sought after by employers, these skills will put you in a strong position within the graduate market.

We’re building successful graduates

The job titles below give an indication of the careers our recent Psychology and Criminology graduates are following:*

• Assistant Psychologist
• Mental Health Support Worker
• Coroners Officer
• Psychological Case Coordinator
• Therapeutic Support Worker
• Healthcare Assistant
• Police Investigative Officer
• Fraud Analyst
• Offender Support Worker
• Researcher
• Youth Worker
• Police Communication Operator
• Residential Care Worker
• Police Officer
• Psychological Treatment Coordinator
• Family Services Worker
• Assistant Teacher
• Patient Services
• Recovery Worker
• Business Development Executive
• Database Administrator
• Learning Support Assistant
• Marketing Executive
• Pastoral Assistant
• Recruitment Consultant

Excellent work experience opportunities

You’ll get the opportunity to participate in our Professional Practice in Psychology module. This provides you with the opportunity to experience life as a consultant psychologist, to provide psychological solutions to real-world problem scenarios supplied by external organisations, and to present their solutions to these organisations.

If you have applied for the four-year sandwich course (CM83), you will complete a year-long work placement.

Entry requirements

Three years full-time

You will need one of the following:

• A-levels – BBB; or
• BTEC Extended Diploma – DDM; or
• 120 UCAS Tariff points from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications; and
• GCSEs – English and Maths grade C / 4.

Four-year placement

You will need one of the following:

• A-levels – ABB; or
• BTEC Extended Diploma – DDM; or
• 128 UCAS Tariff points from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications; and
• GCSEs – English and Maths grade C / 4.

We also consider equivalent qualifications and combinations.

Three-year and four-year route

You will need GCSE English Language and Maths grade C or above.

It is preferable that students do not have more than one A-level in a performance, artistic or creative subject. However, all applications will be considered on an individual basis. Performance, artistic or creative subjects include the following:

• Art and Design
• Dance
• Design and Technology – Food Technology
• Design and Technology – Product Design
• Design and Technology – Systems and Control
• Drama
• Theatre Studies
• Fine Art
• Graphic Design
• Leisure Studies
• Performance Studies
• Performing Arts
• Photography
• Textiles
• Three Dimensional Design or similar
• Applied Art and Design
• Applied Art and Design (Double Award)
• Applied Leisure Studies
• Applied Leisure Studies (Double Award).

Psychology is about understanding behaviour in all its forms. Primarily, you will have an interest in psychology (why people behave in the way they do) and a related interest in criminology (crime and crime prevention). Psychology at Nottingham Trent University is treated as both a biological and social science, and it is preferable that you have some understanding of the broad nature of the discipline. Ideally, you will be interested in learning about how to carry out research and analyse data.

All applications are considered on a case-by-case basis and we are happy to accept applications from mature students, students with access qualifications, and many other types of standard and non-standard qualifications for which we can calculate UCAS points. Non-standard applicants may be interviewed.

Please note that a Disclosure and Barring Service check (formerly known as a Criminal Records Bureau disclosure) will be necessary before working with young people or vulnerable populations, but it is not required for admission onto the BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology.

Fees and funding

International fees for 2022 entry onto a full-time undergraduate course are:

• £15,600, or
• £16,200 (for courses in the Nottingham School of Art & Design and Nottingham Business School).

Tuition fees are payable for each year that you are at University. Tuition fees for the second and subsequent years of your undergraduate course may increase in line with inflation and as specified by the UK government.

If you choose to do a work placement as part of the undergraduate course the fee for the work placement will be £1,385.

Late Applications

If you missed the UCAS January deadline, it’s not too late to apply to join us in September 2022.

Applying to university after the January deadline isn’t anything to worry about – we accept applications for most of our undergraduate courses until Thursday 30 June 2022.