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Programme structure: Criminology with Quantitative Research Methods (MSci) for 2023/24 entry cohort

This integrated Masters programme has been designated as type II: Specialised or Advanced Masters in accordance with the QAA Degree Characteristics Statement. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Criminology) SPOL30064 40 Mandatory TB-4
Critical Studies of Harm, Violence, and Oppression SPOL30086 20 Mandatory TB-1
Please select two units (40 credits) from the list below:
Gender based Violence SPOL30029 20 Optional TB-1
Sex Power and Consumption SPOL30073 20 Optional TB-2
Violence, Migration and Borders SPOL30088 20 Optional TB-2
Leisure, Pleasure and Harm SPOL30063 20 Optional TB-2
Digital Technologies, Harm and Criminal Justice SPOL30078 20 Optional TB-2
Global Illicit Drug Markets SPOL30080 20 Optional TB-2
Children and Social Harm SPOL30079 20 Optional TB-1
and the remaining unit (20 credits) from the list above or below:
Disability in Society SPOL30075 20 Optional TB-2
Children and Young People in the Law A SPOL30057 20 Optional TB-1
Climate Emergency SPOL30074 20 Optional TB-2
Childhoods in a Global Context SPOL30089 20 Optional TB-2
Child Nutrition, Activity and Health SPOL30034 20 Optional TB-1
Criminology with Quantitative Research Methods (BSc)   120    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

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