Law, Policing & Investigation

• Tuesdays and Thursdays
• 2 years
• Enrolment date: September
• Admission enquiries: 01642 342308
• E: sssl-ug@tees.ac.uk

This programme provides you with opportunities to develop your skills in the challenging and dynamic field of criminal investigation.

It offers knowledge of contemporary theory and practices in criminal investigation, investigation-related legislation and relevant areas in criminal justice studies, criminology, criminal law and many other disciplines. This multidisciplinary programme develops your intellectual capability and enhances your professional ability.

How you learn

Teaching is student-centred to develop an understanding of theory, practices and presentation. Effective and flexible learning and teaching methods offer you the opportunity to develop subject-specific knowledge and understanding. Your cognitive-intellectual, practical-professional and generic key skills are enhanced through attending ‘taught’ sessions and module-related workshops and seminars.

These skills allow you to make informed contributions to the group discussions. Your research skills are developed during the research module and further developed through the course, which enable you to conduct your research successfully towards more specialist fields of enquiry for your dissertation.

The programme involves high levels of personal responsibility and self direction. It requires you to work with complex knowledge, theory and concepts appropriate to postgraduate studies. On the completion of this course, you should be able to plan, manage and evaluate your own learning effectively so as to become an independent lifelong learner.

How you are assessed

This programme adopts a wide range of assessment methods which assists you to achieve the learning outcomes and also evaluate the effectiveness of your learning. Essays and other forms of writing are commonly used. They are set to assess your analytical, evaluative and communication skills. Group presentations allow you to demonstrate a critical and systematic understanding of the key subject matter.

Unseen examinations test your knowledge and information retention as well as fluency. You are required to undertake appropriate criminal investigation related research. The dissertation gives you the opportunity to demonstrate an appropriate standard of research and enquiry into a specialised area of investigation displaying an analytical discussion of that area.

Career opportunities

Graduates will be equipped to work within, or progress their existing careers in, the criminal justice institutions, such as the police, prison and probation services, other investigation-related institutions and organisations, and relevant private sectors.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have at least a second-class honours degree in a relevant field. However, those who have relevant professional qualifications and relevant experience will also be considered. Applicants without the normal entry requirements may be required to provide a strong academic reference and/or undertake a skills audit and directed reading before submitting a 2,000-word essay on a related topic.

For additional information please see the undergraduate and postgraduate entry requirements in our admissions section

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