B.A (Hons) Criminology And Policing

This bachelor degree programme ensures that students have the appropriate knowledge and skills to perform their jobs effectively by gaining relevant competencies for various roles in their criminological field. Students pursuing this programme will comprehensively understand criminological theories, investigative methods, legal frameworks, and ethical considerations.

The students can improve their capabilities via the critical themes of expert knowledge, global reach and focus as well as through collaboration and innovation.

Semester 1

• Crime & Punishment
• Contemporary Social Issues
• Being successful at Abertay
• Successful Writing at Abertay
• Research & inquiries skill for digital age
• How to sell your ideas

Semester 2

• Criminal Justice Theories & Processes
• Media & the Digital Society
• Social Research in Action 1: Researching Malaysia

Semester 3

• Being successful at University OR
• Co-create (Negotiated Studies)
• Sustainability 101
• Artificial intelligence & society
• Criminological Theories

Semester 4

• Criminalisation in the 21 st Century
• Social Research in Action 2
• Classical Social theory
• Introduction to Policing

Semester 5

• Social Research in Action 3
• Policing & Practice
• Penal Institutions
• Cybercrime & Policing Technology

Semester 6

• Gender & Crime OR
• Race, Ethnicity and Immigration OR
• Drugs, Addiction & Society
• Criminal Investigation

Semester 7

• Policing Communities
• Environmental Criminology OR
• Zemiology, Harm & Power
• Policing and Criminal Justice in the 21st Century

Semester 8

• Human rights

Semester 9

• Honours Project

Compulsory Subjects

• Philosophy & current issue
• Appreciation of Ethics &
• Civilization
• Bahasa Kebangsaan
• Leadership skills.
• Integrity & Anti-corruption- Students need to complete three modules from the above. 

Career Pathway:

• Enforcement officer
• Private investigator
• Social worker
• Social research analyst
• Security officer/ supervisor/ analyst