LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology

Develop your employability by achieving a Qualifying Law Degree wand acquiring knowledge of criminal behaviour and its origins. In this combined course, you’ll develop a solid grounding in both legal and criminological principles, including subject-specific abilities, intellectual skills, practical professional skills and general transferable skills.

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This 100% online LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology is perfect is you wish to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD) while also developing knowledge of criminal behaviour and its origins.

The criminology modules make this programme truly unique, allowing you to develop social science skills and knowledge. Topics such as crime and society, justice and punishment, and criminal investigation will introduce sociological, legal and economic theories that complement the legal knowledge gained.

Developed and taught by subject experts, this course enhances your career development and improves your employability. You’ll be prepared for job roles in a wide variety of industries as you'll acquire a solid grounding in both legal and criminological principles. You’ll also cover all the subject-specific abilities, intellectual skills, practical professional skills and general transferable skills outlined by the QAA subject benchmarks.

The LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology is made up of the following modules and upon completion, is equal to a total of 360 credits. Here are some modules covered within the course:

• Legal Skills and Context
• Criminal Law
• Public Law
• Wills and the Administration of Estates
• Crime and Society
• Dealing with Offending Behaviour
• Justice and Punishment
• Legal Professions and Services

A shorter 16-month CertHE is also available at 120 credits.

Whether you’re working in HR, the civil service, accountancy, criminal justice, legal services, or the police, probation or prison services, you’ll be able to use your new-found skills to forward your own working practice.

At University of Essex Online, we believe everyone should be able to access education. That’s why we take both academic and work-based experience into account when deciding if a student is eligible for a course. All our potential students are assessed individually by a dedicated Admissions team who’ll determine whether they’re right for either our academic, open or work experience entry route onto our courses.

This degree contains the seven foundations of legal knowledge required by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to practise law, including Contract Law, Criminal Law, Land Law, Equity and Trust, Public Law, EU Law and Law of Contract and Tort.