Psychology with Criminology

Psychology with criminology brings together the scientific study of mind and behaviour with a critical examination of crime, deviance, and the criminal justice system. Psychology forms the major component of this degree, developing your understanding of how people think, feel, learn, and act, grounded in a scientific tradition that requires facility with research design and quantitative analysis. Criminology adds an applied social dimension, examining crime as a social phenomenon and asking questions about why people offend, how criminal justice systems respond, and whether those responses achieve justice.

At Birmingham City University, this three-year full-time BPS-accredited BSc places psychology at seventy per cent of the curriculum and criminology at thirty per cent, giving you a strong grounding in both fields with the primary emphasis on psychological science. The British Psychological Society accreditation means that graduates of this degree hold the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership, which is the first step towards professional qualification as a chartered psychologist. The programme includes a sandwich year and work placement, giving you professional experience in psychology or criminology-related settings before you complete your degree.

Graduates from psychology with criminology programmes move into careers across the criminal justice, health, and social sectors. Roles in probation, the prison service, police, youth justice, social work, victim support, mental health services, and community organisations are all common destinations. For those who wish to pursue a career as a chartered psychologist, postgraduate training in an applied psychology specialism, such as forensic, clinical, or occupational psychology, is the standard route, and the BPS accreditation of this degree provides the academic gateway to those programmes.

Other graduates move into human resources, research, education, and a wide range of roles where psychological understanding is an advantage.