A-Level Programme - Diploma in Criminology

The WJEC Level 3 Applied Diploma Criminology (offered alongside our A-Level programme) will help you gain an understanding of criminology and the study of crime.

On our A-Level programme, you will study three or four subjects. Please apply for three or four subjects and use our course selector here to check what options you can do!

What will I study?

• Different types of crime, influences on perceptions of crime and why some crimes are unreported

• Why people commit crime

• The criminal justice system and what happens from the moment a crime has been identified to the final verdict. This includes the understanding and skills needed to examine information in order to review the justice of verdicts in criminal cases.

• Awareness of criminality, criminological theories and the processes of bringing an accused to court in order to evaluate the effectiveness of social control to deliver criminal justice policy.

The course will consist of traditional teaching where students will be encouraged to listen, read and access information, developing a critical awareness of criminology and the ability to analyse and evaluate crime and social policy.

The course will be made up of four modules, with two being assessed by examinations taken in Year 1 and two in Year 2.

Year 1
* Unit 1: Changing Awareness of Crime
* Unit 2: Criminological Theories

Year 2
* Unit 3: Crime Scene to Courtroom
* Unit 4: Crime and Punishment

You will need:

• 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English and maths and, for this specific subject;

• GCSE grade 5 or above in English language