Course Overview
This interdisciplinary and practical course provides you with the opportunity to develop an advanced level understanding of the inter-relationship between law, justice and punishment.
Over the course of the programme you will be given the chance to develop social and cultural knowledge and research skills that are relevant to an increasingly global job market.
- You will have the opportunity to understand real word debates about criminal justice, crime control and security, policing, penality and offender management.
- A key feature of this programme is its emphasis on developing practice-relevant skills in relation to enhanced subject knowledge.
- There is a strong emphasis on understanding criminal justice as a social complex where the personal, local, national and global collide.
What you'll study
The course comprises a suite of interconnected modules that explore a range of contemporary issues in the context of theories and research concerning law, crime and criminal justice.
How you'll learn
The course aspires to create a flexible and personalised learning journey which will take advantage of opportunities for hybrid delivery. Teaching and learning methods will include campus based and online lectures, seminars, workshops and one to one supervision on student projects.
There will also be opportunities for experiential learning and for group and collaborative work as well as self-directed study and supervised research. Digital technologies will be used to innovate course delivery such as using immersive learning technologies and virtual teaching spaces.
This course can be offered on a part-time basis. Whilst we would like to give you all the information about our part-time offering here, it is tailored for each course each year depending on the number of part-time applicants. Therefore, the part-time teaching arrangements vary. Request further information about part-time study.
Teaching contact hours
The number of full-time contact hours may vary from semester to semester, however, on average, it is likely to be around 10 contact hours per week in the first semester.
Additionally, you will be expected to undertake significant self-directed study of approximately 35 hours each week, depending on the demands of individual modules.
The contact hours may be made up of a combination of face-to-face teaching, individual and group tutorials, and online classes and tutorials.
As an innovative and enterprising institution, the university may seek to utilise emerging technologies within the student experience. For all courses (whether on-campus, blended, or distance learning), the university may deliver certain contact hours and assessments via online technologies and methods.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are prepared for courses due to start in or after the 2022/2023 academic year to be delivered in a variety of forms. The form of delivery will be determined in accordance with Government and Public Health guidance. Whether on campus or online, our key priority is staff and student safety.
Assessment
The course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module.
Assessment methods include:
- Group work
- Presentations
- Reports
- Projects
- Coursework
- Individual Assignments
- Roadmaps
The Coventry University Group assessment strategy aims to ensure that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.
Careers and opportunities
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge and critical understanding of established and current interdisciplinary debates in criminal justice
- Situate criminal justice problems and questions within diverse social, cultural and political contexts at local, national, transnational and global levels
- Apply criminological knowledge in an original and systematic manner, evincing a practical understanding of advanced research methodologies
- Systematically analyse complex criminological and penological problems and expound them effectively in robust, reflective, evidence-based research and scholarship
- Proactively select appropriate strategies to communicate findings and outcomes of research and study verbally, visually, digitally and discursively to specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Apply transferable skills of initiative, ethical responsibility, autonomy and self-efficacy to a range of employment and practice environments.
The course is intended for students who are looking to progress from undergraduate study in this subject (or a related discipline in humanities, social or political sciences) and for practitioners working in criminal justice and associated sectors seeking opportunities for career and professional development. This MA also readies you for the wider world of work in a culturally diverse global marketplace; highly transferable and timely skills enable graduates to capitalize on a job market increasingly defined by flexibility.
We’re committed to preparing you for your future career and giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market. The university's dedicated careers and employability support,?Talent Team, provide a wide range of support services to help you plan and prepare for your career.
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