BA Sociology with Criminology

This program explores how societies are structured and the forces that connect or divide people. You will examine crime and criminality through a critical sociological lens, considering modern power structures. You'll be taught by researchers active in areas like urban crime, control, security, and globalisation's impact on crime. The course emphasizes social inequality and justice, analysing the links between 'race', gender, class, and nationality with crime and control. You will gain an international perspective on crime and policing, and have the opportunity to undertake a work placement. Learning is delivered through lectures, seminars, and workshops, supplemented by independent study. Assessment methods include coursework, exams, group work, and projects. The curriculum covers the sociology of crime, media representation of crime, governmental responses, the development of the modern state, social control, global crime phenomena, and research methods. You will engage with contemporary issues and theories in sociology and criminology, with a focus on critical analysis and real-world application.

Curriculum

The program is structured over three years, building foundational knowledge in sociology and criminology in the first year, expanding to a global context in the second, and culminating in a dissertation and advanced modules in the final year.

1. Year 1
   • Modern Knowledge, Modern Power
   • Methods for Worldmaking 1B
   • Crime, Control and the State
   • Culture and Society
   • Academic Skills for the Social Sciences/Humanities
2. Year 2
   • Methods of Worldmaking 2A
   • Crimes Against Humanity
   • Criminal Justice in Context
   • Philosophy and Methodology of Social Science
   • The Goldsmiths Elective
3. Year 3
   • Dissertation
   • Confronting the Climate Crisis
   • Identity and Contemporary Social Theory