Degree in Professional Policing BA (Hons)
De Montfort University
Key Information
Campus location
Leicester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
36 months
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Degree in Professional Policing BA (Hons)
The program helps equip you with a broad understanding of policing while examining the causes, legal framework and responses to crime. We are licenced by the College of Policing to offer the pre-join degree in Professional Policing, allowing you to study first and then apply to a force and follow a shorter on-the-job training program.
Designed to prepare you for work in the public or private policing sector, this course is taught by former police service staff who are knowledgeable in the requirements of the division, with topics centred on the College of Policing’s National Policing Curriculum to ensure your learning is relevant to developments and challenges within the sector.
Our Policing program is also one of few courses that enable you to undertake academic modules alongside volunteering as a special constable, a trained member of the community who works with and supports the local police. Special constables generally volunteer around four hours a week, or more, to assist the police in tackling crime in their community. This invaluable experience can help to prepare you for a range of employment opportunities within the police service after graduating.
This course is only available for UK/EU students.
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Curriculum
First Year
- Profession of Policing
- Problem based Policing
- Legislation and Policy
- Research and Study Skills
Second Year
- Research and Practice
- Critical Incident Management & Leadership (I)
- Leadership and Management of Contemporary Issues in Policing (I)
- Elective Modules -
- Religion, Faith and Crime
- Mental Health and Crime
- Families, Crime and Justice
- Restorative Justice and Rehabilitation
- Drugs and Substance Misuse
- Crime, Deviance and Subcultures
- Domestic Abuse
- Media and Crime
Third Year
- Multi-Agency
- Critical Incident Management & Leadership (II)
- Leadership and Management of Contemporary Issues in Policing (II)
- Dissertation
Program Outcome
Graduates can also choose to continue their academic career by enrolling on one of the postgraduate courses.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Your learnings on this course can help to prepare you for a range of other professional opportunities include roles in the private policing environment. You can also acquire the skills for career opportunities in a number of other related fields, for example:
- Youth justice
- Community safety and crime prevention
- Domestic violence and victim support
- Prisons and probation
- Drug and alcohol addiction services