Law with Criminology

This degree brings together Law and Criminology, giving you the opportunity to combine an interest in criminality and criminal policy with in-depth coverage of the law of England and Wales.

The programme is designed to cover foundational subjects in each discipline in the first and second year, allowing you a wide choice of optional study in the final year.

You will gain a comprehensive grounding in the core areas covered by a law degree. Alongside this, you will study core concepts in the field of criminology, the most important theories of crime and deviance and their relevance to contemporary criminal justice policy, research and practice.

Through your undergraduate Law with Criminology degree you will develop excellent research and analytical skills and learn to present your ideas effectively both verbally and in writing.

All of our undergraduate Law programmes contain the foundations of legal knowledge needed to enter the legal profession. Our programmes provide a strong foundation for students who may wish to take the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations (SQE) in the future, and satisfy the academic stage of training required by the Bar Standards Board for those wishing to become barristers.

Based at the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, you will benefit from being part of a lively and diverse research and teaching environment with students at its heart.

Swansea University has an established and growing reputation for both law and criminology teaching and research. The School of Law is recognised as a source of expertise and as having an impact on policy and practice in a diverse range of fields of practice. The School is wholly committed to continuous improvement in teaching and learning, and to putting students at the centre of its activities.

Law at Swansea is ranked:

Top 125 in the World (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
Top 150 in the World (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)

Criminology at Swansea is ranked:

3rd in the UK for Career Prospects (Guardian University Guide 2025)

We offer an inclusive, student-focussed learning environment and community. Modules are delivered and assessed in a variety of different ways and you will be encouraged to take responsibility for your own learning, to work independently as well as with others, to act professionally, and to master new skills. As well as teaching and learning activities we offer a broad range of opportunities for you to get involved: from research-based placements, to working with clients, to developing advocacy and other skills. Our thriving Law Clinic offers students the opportunity to get involved in giving advice to clients and we have programmes of extra-curricular mooting, negotiation and interviewing.

Our undergraduate Law with Criminology degree structure, with its extensive range of final year optional modules, gives you plenty of scope to tailor your studies to your particular interests, career goals, or ambitions.

In Year 1, you will typically study areas including:
Criminology, Crime and Society, Public Law, Skills for the Study of Law, Tort Law, Contract Law

In Year 2, you will typically study areas including:
Penology and Punishment, Equity and Trusts, Criminological Theory, Criminal Law, Land Law

In Year 3, you will typically study areas including:
Family Law, Commercial Sales, Environmental Law, Employment Law: Rights and Obligations, Counter-terrorism Law, Cybercrime, Law of Succession, Law and the Nature Crisis, EU Law in Context, Sexual Crimes, Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice, Homicide: Criminalising Death and Dying, Social and Environmental Harms,Critical Criminology of Sports and Leisure

We offer a variety of assessment methods within our programmes.

In addition to traditional examinations and essays, examples of alternative assessment may include:
• Writing a letter of advice to a client
• Blog and poster writing
• Group-based tasks

Throughout your undergraduate law degree, you will develop excellent research and analytical skills and learn to present your ideas effectively both verbally and in writing.

For full breakdown of course structure and assessment please visit our course page at: www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/law/llb-law-criminology or get in touch with us at study@swansea.ac.uk