Criminology and Criminal Justice with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

**Foundation Year**<br/>Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, youll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that youd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.<br/><br/>**International Students**<br/>For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/<br/><br/>**Criminology and Criminal Justice**<br/>Keele is proud to have pioneered the teaching of undergraduate Criminology in the UK. Delivered by research-active criminologists who work closely with a range of criminal justice agencies, this programme will help to prepare you for a career within areas such as policing, probation, prisons, criminal justice and youth justice. With opportunities to engage directly with agency representatives, you will build an advanced awareness of the challenges associated with crime, applying your knowledge to real-world scenarios, demonstrating key analytical skills and an evidence-based understanding of this complex, developing field.<br/><br/>**Why choose this course?**<br/>- Keele pioneered the teaching of undergraduate Criminology in the UK<br/><br/><br/>- Global Top 300 for Social Sciences (Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, 2022)<br/><br/><br/>- Focus on the application of knowledge to real-world challenges and issues in Criminal Justice<br/><br/><br/>- Opportunity to take a placement year or international year, and to engage with external partner agencies as part of your studies<br/><br/><br/>- No. 1 in the UK. Britains best university, as ranked by students (Student Crowd University Awards, 2022)<br/><br/><br/>Keele’s BA in Criminology and Criminal Justice combines a theoretical understanding of crime with the practical application to criminal justice systems. You will explore courts and prisons, policing and probation and the wider range of agencies and institutions that aim to tackle crime, its causes and impacts. You will delve into the study of crime by identifying what is considered a crime, how crime is defined by the law and public opinion, and how the criminal justice system operates within society. This will enable you to build advanced skills, in preparation for an exciting career in the criminal justice field.<br/><br/>As a Criminology and Criminal Justice student at Keele, you will gain experience that allows you to apply your knowledge and skills to real-world scenarios relating to crime and social justice.<br/><br/>**About Keele**<br/>Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.<br/><br/>We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.<br/><br/>Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.