About This Course
The degree allows you to combine a Modern Language (Chinese, French, German, Italian or Spanish, from beginners or advanced level) and Criminology & Criminal Justice. You will develop written and oral skills and will learn about cultural aspects. This course will also impart strong knowledge in theories and evidence relating to crime, criminals and victims, and examine the way in which the criminal justice system works.
All language modules include written skills (e.g. translation and essay writing) and oral skills taught by a native speaker.
The optional modules available in modern languages allow you to gain insight into the cinema, literature, history, and culture of the country whose language you are studying. Your Criminology and Criminal Justice modules will focus on a range of social and political issues that sit well alongside the types of subjects you will learn about within modern languages.
There are also extra-curricular activities that will both boost your subject knowledge and allow you to get to know your fellow students.
Why choose Bangor University for this course?
- Our links with criminal justice agencies (locally, nationally and internationally).
- Innovative courses are innovative that reflect the topicality of the subject area.
- Flexible degree structure to tailor the course to your interests.
- Top 10 for German, French and Spanish (Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020).
- The fantastic opportunity to broaden your horizons during a year abroad.
Course Content
For the Modern Languages element, you will have 3-4 hours of language classes per week plus classes in your Modern Languages optional modules. Tuition is mainly in small groups and there are few formal lectures. Assessment involves coursework and written and oral examinations
Your classes for Criminology and Criminal Justice will involve a mixture of lectures and seminars, and the assessment will involve a variety of assessment methods, including written assignments, essays, and examinations.
You will also complete a dissertation as part of your degree, and you will normally have approximately 10-12 hours of classes per week.
Facilities
General University Facilities
Library and Archive Services
Our four libraries provide a range of attractive study environments including collaborative work areas, meeting rooms and silent study spaces.
We have an extensive collection of books and journals and many of the journals are available online in full-text format.
We house one of the largest university-based archives not only in Wales, but also the UK. Allied to the Archives is the Special Collections of rare printed books.
Learning Resources
There is a range of learning resources available, supported by experienced staff, to help you in your studies.
The University’s IT Services provides computing, media and reprographics facilities and services including:
- Over 1,150 computers for students, with some PC rooms open 24 hours a day
- Blackboard, a commercial Virtual Learning Environment, that makes learning materials available on-line.
Careers
Studying a course such as Modern Languages and Criminology and Criminal Justice provides you with a range of skills that are relevant to a wide variety of careers. Students with expertise in these fields often go into jobs in fields such as teaching, translating, policing and the prison sector. In addition, they also embark upon successful careers in the public sector, voluntary sector and, business. In other words, you will gain a range of skills that are valued highly by employers from a wide variety of different sectors.
EXPLORE MORE IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Criminology goes hand-in-hand with Criminal Justice. You can study both of these subjects on our degree courses. You will gain both the subject knowledge and research skills needed to understand and contribute to wider knowledge of crime and criminal justice. The range of optional modules on offer allows you to focus on topics that suit your interests and career ambitions.
Additional Course Options
This course is available with a Placement Year option where you will study for 1 additional year. The Placement Year is undertaken at the end of the second year and students are away for the whole of the academic year.
The Placement Year provides you with a fantastic opportunity to broaden your horizons and develop valuable skills and contacts through working with a self-sourced organisation relevant to your degree subject. The minimum period in placement (at one or more locations) is seven calendar months; more usually you would spend 10-12 months with a placement provider. You would normally start sometime in the period June to September of your second year and finish between June and September the following year. Placements can be UK-based or overseas and you will work with staff to plan and finalise the placement arrangements.
You will be expected to find and arrange a suitable placement to complement your degree and will be fully supported throughout by a dedicated member of staff at your academic School and the University’s Skills and Employability Services.
You will have the opportunity to fully consider this option when you have started your course at Bangor and can make an application for a transfer onto this pathway at the appropriate time. If you have any questions in the meantime, please get in touch.
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