Criminology and Cybercrime, BSc (Hons)

University of Portsmouth, the United Kingdom

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
BSc (Hons)	Full-time, Sandwich	3 - 4 years	September	find out	find out

About Criminology and Cybercrime, BSc (Hons) - at University of Portsmouth

Overview

Join the global mission to stop criminals exploiting the internet. On the UK’s first BSc (Hons) course in Criminology and Cybercrime, you'll explore the future of policing and how criminal organisations operate online. You'll learn to make a difference, not by fighting tech with tech, but by understanding the human aspects of cybercrime.

Cyber is always evolving, so this course does too. You can choose from wide range of innovative and topical modules – from cybersecurity, online terrorism and digital forensics, to cyberdeviance and cyberpsychology.

Course highlights

Learn from cybercrime, criminology, probation and policing experts whose expertise is requested by organisations around the world
Tailor the course to meet your interests, by studying modules that match your career aspirations
Explore up-to-the-minute topics based on our criminology team’s research, including hacktivism and incel subculture
Investigate issues as varied as cyber fraud, cyberbullying and online piracy, to discover how they affect people, organisations and government
Work with practitioners providing professional cybersecurity advice in our award-winning Cybercrime Awareness Clinic
Have the opportunity to do a criminology work placement year after your second or third year on this Connected Degree - we're the only UK university to offer flexible sandwich placements for undergraduates
Practise digital investigative techniques and develop transferable skills in analysis, research and new technologies
Study alongside operational police units and learn directly from operational policing staff
Meet visiting criminology and cybercrime professionals who work in areas of cyber like the dark web and penetration testing
Choose to learn a foreign language for free as part of your degree, from a selection of Arabic, British Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin or Spanish

Careers and opportunities

Employers around the globe are very interested in graduates with cybercrime expertise. In our increasingly digital world, the demand is likely to grow.

Once you graduate this course in criminology and cybercrime, you'll be well prepared for a wide range of roles, especially those focused on the human side of cybercrime.

You'll graduate ready for opportunities in the police force, policy making organisations and new technology. Specialist areas for you in the public and private sector include:

specialised cybercrime units
crime prevention
criminological research
intelligence analysis
digital investigations
security consultancy
the prison system

You could also progress to postgraduate study in criminology or cybercrime.

You could have a career in digital investigation, crime prevention, and security consultancy. With skills that are in high demand, potential roles could include:

policy researcher
civil service
vulnerability assessor
incident responder
security profiler
cybersecurity consultant
law enforcement

Notes about fees for this course

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-fees-and-student-finance

Entry requirements

112-120 points from 3 A levels, or equivalent.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.

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