BSc (Hons) Professional Policing with Foundation Year

A four-year route that begins with a foundation year to build academic skills and subject knowledge, then continues into the full Professional Policing degree. Covers modern policing, crime science and problem solving, criminal investigation, critical incidents and transnational security, with work-based experience; aligned to Police Constable entry requirements. Careers: Police constable (subject to police recruitment), investigation, intelligence, community safety and security roles.

Foundation Year: Interdisciplinary Communication Skills; Exploring Justice; Foundations of Crime and Forensic Investigation; The Big Picture; Student Success Modules

Year 1: Succeeding in Your Criminal Justice Specialism; The Criminal Justice System; Policing in a Modern Society; Crime Science and Problem Solving; Student Success Modules

Year 2: Criminal Investigation: Process and Decision Making; Transnational Security: Global Responses; Policing in Practice; Critical Incidents in Policing

Year 3: Research in Practice; Work-Based Experience: From Theory to Practice; Miscarriages of Justice; Dissertation in Policing; Contemporary Issues in Policing