Sociology and Criminology with Foundation Year

About this course

Sociology and criminology together provide an unusually complete framework for understanding social life and the ways in which society responds to deviance and harm. Sociology examines the structures, institutions, and cultural forces that shape how people live, how inequalities are produced, and how social change happens. Criminology investigates crime as a social and political phenomenon, asking who commits crimes, who experiences them, how the criminal justice system operates, and whether it achieves what it claims to. Studied together, these disciplines are in constant conversation, each enriching the other. At Birkbeck College in London, this four-year full-time degree includes a foundation year, which provides a supported introduction to both disciplines for students who want to build their academic foundation before the main programme begins. Birkbeck's distinctive character as a

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 40% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 5% of graduatescards →

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