Whether it be greed, passion, jealousy, or desperation, there can be any number of reasons why a person would commit a crime. This means the route to discovering the truth is often incredibly complex, interesting, and in many cases, highly unexpected.
If you often find yourself enthralled in a crime book or the latest criminal docu-series, you can turn your innate investigative skills into a highly rewarding and important career. From Police Officers to Criminologists and Crime Scene Investigators, there is a vast number of jobs that rely on the understanding of deviant behaviour.
This Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology) can help you get on track to fighting and preventing crime, by equipping you with the ideal foundation knowledge ahead of a criminology-related degree. Not only will you begin to understand the cause of a crime, you will also consider the social impact of it and the prevention methods that are in place to stop it from happening again.
Just some of the many interesting units you will explore include:
All of this, and the fact the qualification is a nationally recognised equivalent to A Levels, will help you get on your way to a crime-related degree programme within a year.
Stonebridge Associated Colleges is a leading UK distance learning provider, helping learners all over the UK achieve their life and career goals through convenient online education. This Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology) provides a nationally recognised Level 3 qualification that is regulated by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
Being an entirely online course, you can study it at home in your free time. You have 12 months to complete the learning materials, but the majority of our learners finish within 9 months due to the flexible nature of the study programme.
This helps you achieve your goal of reaching university quickly. What’s more, our Individual Learning Plan will help you stay on track throughout your studies, as you’ll have an outline of the submission deadlines for your assignments.
*Please note, as each university sets its own entry requirements, you will need to check your chosen institution accepts this qualification before you enrol.
On successful completion of the Open College Network West Midlands Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology), you will receive a QAA-recognised Access to HE Diploma at Level 3 (QAA ref: 40013431).
Anyone wishing to continue their education with an Access to Higher Education Diploma, it is necessary they have a GCSE Grade A-C in maths and English (or Functional Skills Level 2 or new GCSE Grade 4-9) with a desire to continue a related degree at university. If you do not hold these qualifications then you must be working towards them whilst completing your Access to HE Diploma.
Our Access to Higher Education Diplomas fulfil entry criteria for a broad range of university degrees and can be used in conjunction with the standard UCAS application process. In short, Access to HE Diplomas have a track record of helping learners get to the university and degree of their choice. Learners must bear in mind each university has its own set of admission criteria and places are subject to demand. Varying admission criteria can include but are not limited to the following:
Learners must undertake their own research to ensure their Diploma gives them the best possible chance of gaining entry to their university of choice. It is not possible for Stonebridge Associated Colleges to accept any liability if any Access to Higher Education Diploma student fails to secure an offer from a higher education institution.
Open College Network West Midlands are a national Awarding Organisation, regulated by Ofqual, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and Qualifications Wales, to develop and award nationally recognised qualifications.
Open College Network West Midlands work in partnership with employers, training providers, colleges, universities, schools and voluntary and community organisations to offer vocational credit-based qualifications, Access to Higher Education Diplomas and quality assured Customised Accreditation that enables learners gain employment or to progress into further learning and Higher Education. They also Quality Endorse organisations internal training and skills delivery.
Anyone wishing to enrol on this online criminology course can view the entry requirements below:
GCSEs
You don’t need any prior qualifications to enrol on this online criminology course, However, you will need a GCSE in Maths and English (or equivalent) at grade C/4 or above by the time you apply to university.
This is because these qualifications are typically included in the entry requirements list for university degrees. Should you not have them, you can simply work towards them while completing your Access to HE Diploma, as many of our other learners do successfully.
University Entry Criteria
Each university sets its own admission criteria, so it is your responsibility to check with your desired institution if your Access to HE Diploma and other qualifications will be accepted.
In many cases, to get started on criminology university courses, you will need:
Stonebridge Associated Colleges will not be held accountable if completing this Access to HE Diploma doesn’t secure you a position with a higher education institution.
*Please note, this online criminology course is for UK residents only.
*You will have access to the course for 12 months. Should you need longer to complete it you can purchase extensions through your learning platform.
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You will be tested through a range of end-of-unit assignments which are designed to give you the opportunity to check up on your knowledge and advance. After each assignment, your tutor will offer feedback to help you not only progress further but also improve your skills. This Access to HE Diploma is a Level 3 Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) regulated qualification.
To successfully achieve your qualification, you will need a total of 60 credits. Of these, 45 will come from graded units of academic content, while the following 15 will be drawn from ungraded units concerning study skills.
Whether it be greed, passion, jealousy, or desperation, there can be any number of reasons why a person would commit a crime. This means the route to discovering the truth is often incredibly complex, interesting, and in many cases, highly unexpected.
If you often find yourself enthralled in a crime book or the latest criminal docu-series, you can turn your innate investigative skills into a highly rewarding and important career. From Police Officers to Criminologists and Crime Scene Investigators, there is a vast number of jobs that rely on the understanding of deviant behaviour.
This Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology) can help you get on track to fighting and preventing crime, by equipping you with the ideal foundation knowledge ahead of a criminology-related degree. Not only will you begin to understand the cause of a crime, you will also consider the social impact of it and the prevention methods that are in place to stop it from happening again.
Just some of the many interesting units you will explore include:
All of this, and the fact the qualification is a nationally recognised equivalent to A Levels, will help you get on your way to a crime-related degree programme within a year.
Stonebridge Associated Colleges is a leading UK distance learning provider, helping learners all over the UK achieve their life and career goals through convenient online education. This Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology) provides a nationally recognised Level 3 qualification that is regulated by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
Being an entirely online course, you can study it at home in your free time. You have 12 months to complete the learning materials, but the majority of our learners finish within 9 months due to the flexible nature of the study programme.
This helps you achieve your goal of reaching university quickly. What’s more, our Individual Learning Plan will help you stay on track throughout your studies, as you’ll have an outline of the submission deadlines for your assignments.
*Please note, as each university sets its own entry requirements, you will need to check your chosen institution accepts this qualification before you enrol.
On successful completion of the Open College Network West Midlands Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology), you will receive a QAA-recognised Access to HE Diploma at Level 3 (QAA ref: 40013431).
Anyone wishing to continue their education with an Access to Higher Education Diploma, it is necessary they have a GCSE Grade A-C in maths and English (or Functional Skills Level 2 or new GCSE Grade 4-9) with a desire to continue a related degree at university. If you do not hold these qualifications then you must be working towards them whilst completing your Access to HE Diploma.
Our Access to Higher Education Diplomas fulfil entry criteria for a broad range of university degrees and can be used in conjunction with the standard UCAS application process. In short, Access to HE Diplomas have a track record of helping learners get to the university and degree of their choice. Learners must bear in mind each university has its own set of admission criteria and places are subject to demand. Varying admission criteria can include but are not limited to the following:
Learners must undertake their own research to ensure their Diploma gives them the best possible chance of gaining entry to their university of choice. It is not possible for Stonebridge Associated Colleges to accept any liability if any Access to Higher Education Diploma student fails to secure an offer from a higher education institution.
Open College Network West Midlands are a national Awarding Organisation, regulated by Ofqual, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and Qualifications Wales, to develop and award nationally recognised qualifications.
Open College Network West Midlands work in partnership with employers, training providers, colleges, universities, schools and voluntary and community organisations to offer vocational credit-based qualifications, Access to Higher Education Diplomas and quality assured Customised Accreditation that enables learners gain employment or to progress into further learning and Higher Education. They also Quality Endorse organisations internal training and skills delivery.
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You will be tested through a range of end-of-unit assignments which are designed to give you the opportunity to check up on your knowledge and advance. After each assignment, your tutor will offer feedback to help you not only progress further but also improve your skills. This Access to HE Diploma is a Level 3 Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) regulated qualification.
To successfully achieve your qualification, you will need a total of 60 credits. Of these, 45 will come from graded units of academic content, while the following 15 will be drawn from ungraded units concerning study skills.
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