Criminology at the OU is recognised nationally and internationally for its distinctive approach to teaching and research.
OU criminology study can offer you: Access to highly regarded written, broadcast and audio-visual study materials..
You can study from home, work, on your commute, or wherever suits you.
All you'll need is an internet-connected computer and some time to concentrate on your studies.
Some of our modules include exams or a residential school, which you'll need to attend..
Many international organisations employ OU graduates and understand that an OU degree is equal in academic standard to a degree from any other British university..
And while some jobs will require you to go to university, most jobs for graduates won't.
A distance learning degree is exactly the same as a normal degree and employers will respect them the same..
Through coursework and individual projects with faculty, OU Criminology students learn theories of crime and how to test those theories through actual research.
Faculty members in the program have a variety of research interests, including deviance, criminal justice, gangs, violence, and white-collar crime..
This course will introduce you to the study of crime within the subject area of criminology by considering the relatively common-place problem of vandalism in the form of graffiti
This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD105 Introduction to criminology
This module is expected to start for the last time in October 2030
This module introduces students to some of the key questions that surround problems of crime, and aims to help students to develop their criminological imagination
