Sociology and Criminology

Real World Consultancy - Sociology and Criminology in the Workplace

Module code: L3132
Level 5
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Seminar, Lecture
Assessment modes: Portfolio

This module will help you become better prepared for the job market.

Through real-world work placements with key sector partners, you’ll improve your work-readiness and career management skills.

You’ll learn key employability skills, such as:

  • building a CV
  • interviewing
  • presentation skills.

Topics include:

  • distilling and communicating a project brief
  • sociology and criminology in the workplace
  • theory and practice
  • wider employability skills
  • commercial report writing.

Module learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understand of employability issues relevant to the course of study undertaken
  • Demonstrate engagement with a range of approaches to employability
  • Demonstrate self-reflection and awareness of own learning journey
  • Present work using a variety of methods appropriate to the content of the module