Undergraduate Course: Criminology (VS1) (LAWS10129)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course examines key criminological theories and research studies relating to topics such as the cause(s) of crime, societal responses to crime, representations of crime, or the politics of law and order. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Please note that you are very unlikely to get a place on an Honours Law course unless you are on a direct exchange with the School of Law (this includes Erasmus law exchange students). |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-12 | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. 331, Old College |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course, students will be able to: identify and discuss some key criminological theories and research findings; apply and test theories to research findings; compare and contrast competing theories; and analyse approaches and studies within a contemporary context. |
Assessment Information
Assessed essay (100%), of up to 15 pages.
Format of pages must be as follows:
Paper: A4 size, portrait form
Font: Times New Roman
Font size: 12
Margins: All 1 inch (2.54 cm)
Line spacing: 1.5
Footnotes/endnotes font size: 10
Page numbering: All pages should be numbered in the following style: "Page x of y" where x represents the page number and y the total number of pages. Such numbering should appear either at the very top or very bottom of each page.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Richard Sparks
Tel: (0131 6)50 2059
Email: r.sparks@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Heather Haig
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053
Email: Heather.Haig@ed.ac.uk |
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