Criminology
Level: Professional Development – QLS Level 3
By successfully completing this course, you will:
- Gain skills and knowledge in Criminology to expand an existing practice, as a foundation qualification towards further studies, or for personal interest
- Be awarded the BSY Professional Certificate of Merit
- Receive the Certificate of Achievement at QLS Level 3*
- Be eligible to become a member of AHCP (Association of Complementary Practitioners)
You can study this course from the comfort of your own home; in your own time and at your own pace; with helpful support and encouragement from our friendly tutors.
Course overview
‘A criminologist’ is one whose professional training, occupational role and reward are concentrated towards a scientific approach, study and analysis of the phenomena of crime and criminal behaviour’. – Wolfgang 1963.
Why do people study crime and criminal behaviour? There are a variety of answers built around the anxiety and fear responses to crime, the desire to predict and control crime, the hope of preventing crime and the simple desire to learn more about crime and what it can tell us about the society we live in.
Syllabus
Practical training
No practical training is required to complete this course.
Prerequisites
You do not need to have any additional qualifications before studying this course.
Level
On successful completion of this course, you have received training designed as either a foundation qualification leading to further studies to attain a practitioner level, or professional development to gain additional skills and knowledge to expand the practice of the existing therapist. It has also been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme and graduates will receive the QLS Certificate of Achievement as above. This course has been designed by BSY to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes.
Certification
On successful completion students will receive dual awards: Award 1- The BSY Professional Certificate of Merit in Criminology.
Upon enrolment you receive your first course lessons.
You can study in your own time, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. If you have any questions, or would like feedback or encouragement about your course or your studies then you can contact our friendly tutors by phone, email or post.
At the end of each lesson are a set of questions. Completing these can aid your learning and help you master each step before moving on to the next. Your next lesson will then arrive for you to continue when it suits you. This allows us to continually assess understanding and competence of the subject.
Having progressed through each lesson you can take your final examination at home, and at a date and time that suits you. Then, on successful completion you will be awarded your BSY certificate.
*Registration fee included.
