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BSc (Hons)

Policing, Law Enforcement & Investigation

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

3 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

FM49

Delivery

Campus Taught

Foundation entry

Interested in working in law enforcement? Our Policing, Law Enforcement and Investigation degree may be the right fit for you. By gaining specialist knowledge and practical experience, we'll prepare you to enter an exciting career.

On our Policing, Law Enforcement and Investigation university course, you'll explore a range of subjects. From crime scene investigation and criminal law to cybercrime and homicide investigation. Plus, a wide range of ethical and political issues.

It’s a course with a practical focus on your employability. You'll get the opportunity to have vital experiences shadowing real investigators. As well as the opportunity to spend a year studying at police academies in Europe.

You’ll learn from active serving officers and even have our support for becoming a Special Constable during your studies.

In your final year, you’ll have the flexibility to customise your degree in the area that interests you most. When you graduate, you’ll have the skills and understanding you need to pursue a career not just in policing, but also in the military, industry, commerce and more.

Why study with us

You’ll learn from a team of experienced academics as well as serving and former police officers.
As part of our collaboration with Lancashire Constabulary, you can gain experience shadowing a crime scene investigator.
Our Social Sciences courses are ranked 2nd in UK for academic support with 83% student satisfaction - National Student Survey (NSS) 2022.

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What you'll do

You’ll get an introduction to criminal law, the English legal system and forensic science. Alongside a range of topics around policing and criminal investigation.
Learn about a range of investigation skills, criminalistics and contemporary policing issues. And you'll produce a dissertation on a topic that interests you.
Want to spend time abroad? Whether it's studying policing with one of our partner universities in the USA, Australia or Europe, or going to a Police Academy in either Prague or Budapest for a semester.

Module overview

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

Join us on campus

Book a place at our Undergraduate Open Day on Saturday 17 June. Here you'll be able to explore our campus and facilities, meet academic staff and chat to students.

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Policing facilities

Careers in Policing, Law Enforcement and Investigation

Build a career in delivering justice for our communities, with a Policing and Criminal Investigation degree. You'll gain scientific skills, specialist knowledge and hands-on experience.

Criminal investigation and policing studies allows you to build the skills and experience needed to pursue a career in policing or the wider field of investigation. Whether you’re aiming to join the leading ranks or become an expert in a specialist area of investigation.

Get to grips with the practical skills you'll need by learning in our forensic lab, crime scene houses and a simulated control room suite. We also work with Lancashire Constabulary so you have the opportunity to gain real-life experience. This enables you to volunteer as a Special Constable (on your own time) or shadow an investigator.

In your second year, you could study abroad at a university in Europe, United States, Canada or Australia. Or even spend a semester at a police academy in Poland, Hungary or the Czech Republic. This is an opportunity to gain valuable life skills while showing potential employers that you have both maturity and self-sufficiency.

When you graduate, you should be ready to pursue a career in your local constabulary, a law enforcement agency or national security agency. You’ll also have the transferable skills to look elsewhere. From the military to business, as well as the academic foundation for study at a postgraduate level.

Fees and funding

2023/24

Full-time£9,250 per year

Sandwich year£1,385 for the sandwich year

Part-time£1,540 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£14,900 per year

Sandwich year£2,000 for the sandwich year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

Select your country to see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

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Your studies will involve a mix of learning methods, with lectures, seminars and tutorials. Alongside plenty of independent study in your own time. You’ll also have a mixture of practical sessions, giving you hands-on learning.

We have a dedicated criminalistics laboratory, equipped with cutting edge microscopy and analysis equipment. And a simulated control room for handling mock emergencies. We also have crime scenes and a vehicle examination bay, where you’ll work on fingerprint recovery and identification, crime scene photography and recovering trace evidence like hairs and fibres.

Throughout the course, we’ll assess your progress through a combination of:

exams
coursework
role play
practicals
presentations

Lancashire Constabulary & Cumbria Constabulary

We have forged a pioneering collaboration with both Lancashire & Cumbria Constabularies. Ensuring that we can offer unparalleled opportunities for gaining practical experience and professional insights. We also enjoy strong links with many other law enforcement agencies. And have regular visits from high profile, subject matter experts who speak and share their experience.

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This course is based in the School of Justice located in the Faculty of Business and Justice

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

You can find regulations and policies relating to student life at the University of Central Lancashire on our student contract page