Applied Diploma in Criminology – Level 3

Required qualifications

• 4x GCSEs at Grades A-C / 4-9 including English or maths, OR
• Level 2 qualification in a related subject
• Good standard of English and maths
• Mature learners with other qualifications and/or experience are also welcomed

You should have a strong interest in working in the public services and demonstrate a commitment to succeed.

What skills will I develop?

A range of units will be covered across the programme with each unit having an applied purpose that acts as a key focus point of the main topic. The applied purpose will relate to authentic case studies and encourage you to consider how to use and apply specific learning to impacts on yourself, other individuals, employers, society and the environment.

You will develop the following skills across the programme:

• Independent learning and development
• The ability to solve problems
• The skills of project based research, development and presentation
• The fundamental ability to work alongside other professionals, in a professional environment
• The ability to apply learning in vocational contexts

You will look at a range of topics, such as; criminal behaviour and the theories surrounding such behaviours, the criminal justice model, types of crime and public perception of crime, process of criminal investigations and much more!

Careers

There are currently more than 500 opportunities for careers within criminology within the West Midlands with an average salary of £29,938.

Criminology offers a wide range of career opportunities such as probation officer, criminal psychologist, criminal profiler or jury consultant.

On completion of the L3 qualification you will gain between 16 – 56 UCAS points to support you in gaining entry to higher education, to further support your application you could look to study a further L3 diploma within our uniformed public services diploma to develop your knowledge within the area/industry and boost your UCAS points. You could also explore apprenticeships opportunities.

Work experience

All courses within the college require learners to complete work experience to further develop their skills, to support them in their chosen career. A minimum of 40 hours must be completed across the year in a placement agreed with your tutor.

English and maths

All learners who have not achieved a grade 4 in English and maths will be required to attend these lessons as part of their weekly timetable to support them in retaking their GCSE.

If you have achieved above these grades, although you will not attend formal lessons, English and maths skills are still developed in your Public Services lessons. These will be used to support you with written skills to help with assignment writing and also speaking and listening to support in the varied assessment methods used on the course, including discussions and presentations. Maths skills are also developed to support learners with map reading and analysis data including crime statistics.

Other important information

Learners will have the opportunity to participate in a number of trips whilst on the course. Costings will be shared by tutors per trip.