Criminology (Taught) | Graduate diploma / certificate | Humanities & Culture | On Campus | 9 months | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom

The course aims to develop an advanced and critical understanding of Criminology in the globalised world. Specifically, it aims to provide a high-quality study of key aspects of the 4 cornerstones of Criminology: crime and deviance; victimisation; responses to crime and deviance; and representation of crime and deviance. The course will equip students with an advanced and critical understanding of the inter-disciplinary nature of Criminology, by drawing from different approaches, theories, and concepts in relation to crime, victimisation, responses to crime, and representation of crime, within the local, regional, national, and international contexts. The course will also produce graduates with competence in employing diverse research methodologies and techniques in studying Criminological topics effectively and ethically. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills in evaluating evidence; appreciating the complexity and diversity of the ways in which crime is constituted, represented and dealt with. Furthermore, they will also further develop their ability in assessing the merits of competing theories relevant to Criminology, making ethical judgments and reasoned arguments, as well as reflecting critically and constructively on their own learning and life. The course will enhance students' transferrable and lifelong learning skills and personal development, through engagement with diverse 'practice' contexts, in order to enhance their employability and career aspirations in diverse occupations, and contribution to society at large. The course recognises the socio-cultural and geopolitical significance of globalisation, and its impact on the construction, representation, and responses to crime and deviance. Therefore, the course also emphasises the synergy between academic study and practice, aiming to produce graduates who are critical, reflexive, and highly employable. This is especially evident in the module Criminology in practice, which has an internsh