Criminal Justice Degree Online

Course overview
Direct application to The University of Northampton or apply online through UKPASS

Course summary: The aims for this course reflect the increasing interest in issues relating to crime and criminal justice.

Attendance: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.

Course run by: School of Social Sciences

Entry requirements: Applicants should possess a first or second class Honours degree from a British university or its equivalent overseas. Students are encouraged to discuss the course with tutors prior to application. Applicants whose native language is not English must provide evidence of their English language capabilities at a university approved level. Applicants who fail to reach this standard may be required to complete an agreed English language tuition programme prior to being accepted on the MSc

Location: Park Campus

Assessment: Assessment is entirely based on coursework, including a 20,000 word dissertation.

Fees and bursaries: For up-to-date fees and bursary information for this course please visit www.northampton.ac.uk/fees
Course aims

Crime is an issue of local, national and international relevance. The prevention and control of crime features prominently on the political agenda and the media’s obsession with crime stimulates public interest and anxiety. In seeking solutions to the ‘crime problem’, the government has emphasised the need for evidence-based and multi-disciplinary interventions. Such interventions would necessarily involve government departments and criminal justice agencies. For example, the National Offenders Management Service (NOMS) has been established to enable the prison and probation services to co-ordinate their respective roles, and there are proposals to develop a national policing agency to address serious organised crime. Furthermore, the significance of international law enforcement agencies such as INTERPOL and EUROPOL is increasingly recognised as a vital resource in countering the rapid growth in transnational and global crime and the threat of terrorism.

A persistent feature of contemporary crime control strategy is the need for more professional development opportunities for criminal justice practitioners who routinely deal with all aspects of the ‘crime problem’. These include the police, courts, prisons, probation, social services and many voluntary sector organisations. Moreover, the emphasis on evidence-based ‘what works?’ policies necessitates a critical debate around ‘best practice’ and a need to promote strategic thinking on crime prevention and control and on the criminal justice process.
Special course features
Strong staff expertise
Enthusiastic teaching team providing a supportive atmosphere for research
Course content

The MSc Criminology award consists of seven new modules (including Criminological Theory, Methodologies and Ethics in Criminology, Researching Victims and Offenders, Criminology and Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Criminology, the Criminal Justice Agency Placement and the Criminology Dissertation) plus 12 existing modules from within the PGMS framework.

All MSc Criminology modules build upon the research and teaching expertise of individual tutors, and cover a wide range of themes in contemporary criminology and criminal justice. A key aim is to develop a sensitivity and awareness of the development of criminal justice policy in the context of the perceived increase in crime and in the fear of crime. Students will be encouraged to discuss in depth a range of criminological issues employing the rigorous analytical approaches adopted by criminological scholars.

An example of the way the degree is structured:
Module options

Modules that can be taken as options for semesters one and two typically include:
Criminology and Gender
Race, Ethnicity and Criminal Justice
International Criminology
National Security, Terrorism and the Rule of Law
Forensic Mental Health Care
Substance Use and Mis-use and Health
Semester One

The compulsory modules are:
Criminological Theory
Methodologies and Ethics in Criminology
Semester Two

The compulsory modules are:
Researching Victims and Offenders
Criminal Justice Agency Placement
Semester Three
Dissertation
Typical modules include
Criminological Theory
Criminological Research
Practical Placement

Everywhere in today’s world we face issues of crime and the criminal justice system. Our system of criminal justice is a set of interrelated organizations, agencies, and programs that hold, treat, and punish those persons known to have committed a crime.

Welcome to the University of South Carolina Lancaster’s Department of Criminal Justice World Wide Web home page. Our criminal justice curriculum offers students an opportunity to study issues of law enforcement, courts, corrections, education, juvenile services, and planning and research. Not only is our program designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview and systematic background in criminal justice, but in the final stages of the student’s criminal justice education at USCL, our criminal justice students will possess a common language, a fundamental knowledge base, and a mutual understanding of criminal justice problems.

Courses

LCRJ 172 / CRJU 211 American Police System

LCRJ 271 Criminal Investigation

LCRJ 272 Criminal Law and Court Procedure

LCRJ 281 Seminar: Criminal Justice

LCRJ 282 Practicum: Criminal Justice

Curriculum

Associate in Science in Criminal Justice

USC College of Criminal Justice Record of Undergraduate Studies

Current students
Visual Information Processing (VIP) - (Grades, Registration Appointment Time, Course Registration)

Faculty

W. Ralph Garris

John E. Rutledge

Everywhere in today’s world we face issues of crime and the criminal justice system. Our system of criminal justice is a set of interrelated organizations, agencies, and programs that hold, treat, and punish those persons known to have committed a crime.

Welcome to the University of South Carolina Lancaster’s Department of Criminal Justice World Wide Web home page. Our criminal justice curriculum offers students an opportunity to study issues of law enforcement, courts, corrections, education, juvenile services, and planning and research. Not only is our program designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview and systematic background in criminal justice, but in the final stages of the student’s criminal justice education at USCL, our criminal justice students will possess a common language, a fundamental knowledge base, and a mutual understanding of criminal justice problems.

Courses

LCRJ 172 / CRJU 211 American Police System

LCRJ 271 Criminal Investigation

LCRJ 272 Criminal Law and Court Procedure

LCRJ 281 Seminar: Criminal Justice

LCRJ 282 Practicum: Criminal Justice

Curriculum

Associate in Science in Criminal Justice

USC College of Criminal Justice Record of Undergraduate Studies

Current students
Visual Information Processing (VIP) - (Grades, Registration Appointment Time, Course Registration)

General admission requirements

You must meet the general admission requirements for Mount Royal programs. Although the Admissions and Recruitment Office will determine which admission category, or standing, you will be in, you can check out the admission category definitions.

Program-specific admission requirements

In addition to meeting the general admission requirements, admission into the Bachelor of Arts — Criminal Justice requires the following academic course equivalencies and minimum grades.

High School and Mature
English Language Arts 30-1 — 60%
Mathematics 30 (Pure or Applied) — 50%
A minimum of 50% in one of the following Grade 12 courses:
Social Studies 30-1 or 30-2
30-level language other than English
Biology 30
Chemistry 30
Physics 30
Science 30

Post Secondary Standing
English Language Arts 30-1 — 60%
Mathematics 30 (Pure or Applied) — 50%

Although conditional admission may be granted before final/official transcripts are available, confirmation of the achievement of specified minimum grades will take place after all final/official transcripts have been received.

Practicum

In order to graduate with the Bachelor of Arts — Criminal Justice degree, you should expect to complete a practicum course that may involve experiential learning in a justice-related agency. In some cases, agencies may require you to provide proof of a criminal record check prior to commencing the course. All costs related to the criminal record check are the responsibility of the student.

Money Matters

Of course, costs are influenced by your circumstances — living at home, living in Residence etc. — but here are the basics:

Tuition & Fees
The cost of tuition and fees will be posted before the official program launch in Fall 2008.

Books & Supplies
First year: $1,500
Second year: $1,500
Third year: $1,500
Fourth year: $1,500

This information is based on the prescribed full-time course load. Actual tuition fee assessments and costs may vary. These numbers have been calculated for your basic budgeting purposes for the 2008/09 school year only and will change in the future.

Money is at the heart of the matter for most students, so managing your budget is vital. Fees for UK and EU full-time undergrauates on degree, HND and Foundation courses are £3,145 for the 2008/2009 academic year. Click here for further information regarding tuition fees.

Fees for international (non-EU) students are different. For details of our international tuition fees, click here.

Work placements are around £1,000 a year. We’ll use some of the additional income received from tuition fees to improve student support and facilities.
Student Loans for Fees

Eligible students won’t have to pay fees before studying. You’ll repay them after you have left university and earning more than £15,000 a year. The government will write off all student loan balances left unpaid 25 years after they have left their course. There is an age restriction on eligibility, currently 50 at the start of the course.
Postgraduate Student Fees

Postgraduate taught and research fees set out are the price of each stage of the awards, and guaranteed for that stage only, provided there is no break in study.

Students starting a new full-time course after successfully completing a designated course with us within the last year will receive a 10% discount on fees. Students taking a new course after a one year break in study will receive a 5% discount. Fees are normally payable in advance and subject to increase each year.
Part-time Students

Part-time students will only be charged fees for the volume of study in any one academic year. Modules are priced at £300 to £400 a module, and once you’ve decided how many to take in a year you’ll only be asked to pay for these.

Financial help is available from your Local Education Authority (LEA) or the university, including a non-repayable grant for fees to help with course costs. There is also a non-repayable course grant to help met the cost of books, travel and course expenditure. Both are available to students from lower income households who are studying the equivalent of at least 50% or a full-time course. You need to apply to your LEA and application forms can be downloaded from www.dfes.gov.uk/studentsupport/formsandguides.
General Information

Professional courses are not eligible for LEA funding, nor are most postgraduate courses except PGCEs. If you’re eligible, the LEA will calculate the amount you will need to contribute towards fees.
Other Charges

Some courses incur additional costs for materials, special facilities or field trips. Details can be found in scheme handbooks, course guides or information leaflets available during registration. Students taking modules with additional charges will be required to pay for them. To find out how much our courses are, visit our courses pages.
Credit Accumulation Transfer Scheme

If you have credit for prior learning, you may be quoted a reduction in fees. It’s important you have written confirmation of these before you register, so we can calculate the correct amount you need to pay.
Liability and debt

Even if you are sponsored, you’re responsible for any outstanding fees or amounts at all times. No student with an outstanding debt can go to the next stage of study, receive an award, be considered for further qualifications, or be given a reference from the university.
Changes in circumstances

If you wish to break your programme of study, you’ll need to inform your course leader and Academic Registry (Student Records), so we can try and arrange to maintain your student status.