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Law with Criminology LLB(Hons)

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21 September 2026

Duration

3 years full-time 4 years inc. placement year

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Overview

Why choose Huddersfield for this course?

  • Explore law and crime together. Study the foundations of law alongside criminology topics like punishment, victimisation, and the causes of crime
  • Understand the bigger picture Gain insight into how legal systems respond to crime and how justice is delivered.
  • Develop practical skills. Take part in moots, mentoring, and placements to prepare for a range of careers in law and criminal justice..

Interested in a rewarding career in the field of criminal justice or the legal sector? Our Law with Criminology LLB(Hons) course will prepare you for your career, providing you a well-rounded background in the foundations of law and criminology.

Completing an LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology course can lead you to a wide range of career opportunities that bridge the fields of law and criminology for example, criminal lawyer, criminologist, police officer/detective, correction officer, private investigator and many more.

In addition to learning the seven Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK), you’ll learn about the impacts and explanations for crime, including punishment and victimisation. By the end of the course, you’ll be well equipped for a career in the Crown Prosecution Service, police service, probation service, prison service and related fields.

Our flexible course structures mean that you can wait until the end of Year 2 to decide whether you want to study on an academic course, i.e., LLB (Hons) Law or one of our practice-focused courses, i.e., Law and Practice or MLaw (incorporating LLB (Hons)) Law and Practice.

Why study Law with Criminology LLB(Hons)

Our LLB (Hons) course in Law with Criminology can launch you on your career path, offering you a comprehensive foundation in the fundamentals of both the legal field and criminology.

In the National Student Survey 2025, Law is ranked top in Yorkshire for learning opportunities.

Employability skills are embedded within our curriculum, and a range of extra-curricular activities are on offer. You can benefit from hands-on experience at the Legal Advice Centre. You’ll participate in national and international Moot competitions, a professional mentoring scheme, the Law School challenge, and a law Careers Fair, developing both legal and employability skills as well as networking for future careers.

In addition to specialised legal databases (i.e., Westlaw, Lexis Library) and journals (via Heinonline, Jstor), you’ll have access to over 200 law eBooks (textbooks) via Law Trove. These are all included in your course fees.

On campus, you’ll study a wide range of subjects, including:

  • Contract law
  • Criminal law
  • The English legal system
  • Functioning legal skills

You’ll also have a variety of option modules to choose from in your second year. Your studies will be enhanced in our state-of-the-art facilities, which include a purpose-built mock courtroom that simulates a real-life legal environment.

After the second year of the course, you’ll put your knowledge and skills to the test in an optional 48-week work placement in your area of interest, in the UK or abroad.

Completing an LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology course can lead you to a wide range of career opportunities that bridge the fields of law and criminology. These include criminal lawyer, criminologist, police officer/detective, correction officer, private investigator and many more.

You could work as a solicitor, a paralegal, legal assistant, or legal advisor. On the criminology side, you might go on to work as a police officer, a probation officer, a crime scene investigator, or detective. You’ll also be able to advance to a postgraduate course to deepen your legal knowledge.

The top five job titles advertised in the UK for graduate roles associated with Law courses are Paralegals, Conveyancing Assistants, Legal Assistants, Conveyancing Paralegals and Legal Administrators.

*Lightcast data extracted from Graduate Career Explorer – job postings from Dec 2023 to Nov 2024 showing jobs advertised associated with a selection of relevant graduate.

Career opportunities after the course *

Conveyancing Assistants

Paralegals

Legal Assistants

Conveyancing Paralegals

Patent Paralegals

*Lightcast

Who can apply?

Entry Requirements

BBB-BBC at A Level.
DDM in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.
120-112 UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 credits achieved from any units awarded at merit.
Distinction at T Level.
120-112 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.

What will you learn?

Course Details

This module explores all the foundational and fundamental aspects of the creation of a legal agreement that is, contract. It explores how a contract comes to light, how it can evolve based on the inclusion of certain terms and how the courts keep upholding underlying principles which underpin contract while balancing ideas of justice and public interest and policy. You will learn some of the key doctrines in Contract law, key debates and discussions on the underlying idea of contract law, the evolution of its principles and doctrines, the role of contract and the limits to what it can achieve.

This module will enable you to acquire a thorough understanding of the principles of criminal liability, and how these principles are applied to specific offences. A range of offences will be considered, including homicide, offences against the person (such as assault and battery) and property offences (theft, burglary, robbery and fraud). You'll also acquire knowledge of the basis of a defendant’s liability and the skills to apply your knowledge in problem situations.

The English legal system is complex, rooted in history and constantly evolving. This module introduces you to the key elements of the English legal system and also looks at the procedure to enact legislation, an analysis of the anatomy of an Act of Parliament, delegated and secondary legislation and principles of statutory interpretation. A brief history of the evolution of common law is also considered, together with an analysis of the current English court system and the continuing importance of the doctrine of precedent. In this module you'll also learn the methods and techniques necessary for using legal resources, such as cases and legislation to construct legal arguments.

Are the powers of the government unlimited? Can the UK Parliament really ban smoking on the streets of Paris? Is the rule of law a fiction? This module provides you with an introduction to key concepts, theories and research of the legal rules which govern how the state works. Emphasis is placed on the law relating to the United Kingdom constitution, the legal framework in which the Government and Parliament operate, and the relationship of Her Majesty’s subjects to Governmental and regulatory actions and decisions. As there is no single document which you can look up and read which says ‘The UK Constitution’ on the front, this module asks you to consider the question of whether the UK has a legal or political constitution and what that means for society.

This module explores the nature of crime and deviancy, the main perspectives in explaining criminal behaviour, and the structures of the criminal justice system. You’ll start by examining the definitions of crime, followed by an exploration of the criminal legal system including the key criminal offences and defences. You’ll then be introduced to the key agencies within the criminal justice system, which include the Police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Courts, and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. The second half of this module introduces the key theoretical explanations for criminality, ranging from psychological explanations to sociological explanations.

With Brexit dominating the news in the past few years, the knowledge of EU law has never been more relevant. This module explores the European Union working principles governing the internal market and the freedom of movement alongside legislative sources and the developments and institutions.

In this module you'll learn about equity and trusts and consider the creation and constitution of a variety of trusts, and how legal certainty and flexibility can be negotiated in the application of trust law to modern life. You'll have the opportunity to learn about the life of the trust: how it operates, by whom, and what happens when it goes wrong and how to gather evidence, assess the strength of the client’s case and deciding whether to seek equitable remedies such as specific performance or consider alternative dispute resolutions will also be examined.

This module provides you with knowledge of the structure of land law as it relates to England and Wales. It explores the different types of estates in land, the interests that can arise over land owned by another, the formalities for the creation and protection of estates and interests, rules relating to the transfer of land and the rights and liabilities of owners of the estates and interests.

You'll learn about the common law of England and Wales concerning liability in tort. Particular emphasis is placed on the theoretical justifications of a duty of care, the coherence of breach of duty, as well as causation and defences. You'll also learn through an in-depth analysis, of specific torts as black letter law.

This module explores the explanations for crime and disorder, which you will relate to the ways that criminological thought has developed over time. These issues will be set in a social, political, theoretical and historical context.

You will also choose 1 optional module in this year. The current optional modules are:

You'll explore the nature, variety and extent of violent crime and its prevention (for example terrorism, homicide, work-placed bullying, and stalking). You'll demonstrate your knowledge of theoretical explanations for violent crime and violence prevention methods.

You’ll explore two aspects of organised crime. Firstly, you'll study white-collar, financial crimes and the damaging impact that they can have on the economy of a country. Secondly you’ll examine how organised crime can drive people trafficking and trading of drugs and illegal arms, which enables ‘rogue’ states to wage war on their own people. Finally you‘ll explore how both kinds of crime relate to your own life.

This module explores the strategies of crime reduction and prevention. You’ll explore a range of different reduction responses and investigate the evidence regarding their effectiveness in different situations. You’ll also consider explanations for the different ways that society responds to crime, setting these in a social, political and theoretical context.

For more information on when and how we update our modules please see the ‘Legal Information’ section below.

The course offers an optional one-year (48 weeks) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad.

You'll be encouraged to critically consider contemporary and newly emerging issues and debates within criminology. You'll be introduced to the field of comparative criminology by exploring key criminological problems in England and Wales within the context of historical and international comparisons of crime patterns and trends, criminal justice policy, practice and theoretical developments. Example topics include prostitution, the illegal trade in endangered species, management of sex offenders, cyber crime and people trafficking.

Choose two 20-credit modules or one 20-credit module if the 40-credit Independent Legal Research Project module is chosen The current optional modules are:

In this module you'll explore the framework of immigration control and the right of abode and consider the law relating to deportation and removal from the UK. You'll also study the law relating to claims for asylum, including separate elements of the definition of a refugee under international law. This module explores the approach to asylum claims including matters relating to credibility, sufficiency of protection and internal relocation and taking a human-rights oriented approach, looks at the context in which the law arises.

In this module you'll explore law and ethics in the provision and regulation of healthcare and medicine. There is a particular recognition that medical law cannot be considered as a purely national subject, and this module will adopt a comparative approach, additionally focusing on Europe and the international agenda. You'll learn how the same regulatory and ethical questions have been resolved in different jurisdictions to help the critical comprehension of the issues raised by health and social care within England and Wales, but also in the development of a critical ability to discover how law may be reformed to be more socially just.

International law, also known as the law of nations, is the body of principles which tell us about how international relations between different countries in the world are managed. It covers topics such as international legal personality, diplomacy, war, international human rights, international economic and trade relations and resolving disputes between states with a view to maintaining international peace and security. This module deals with some of the most controversial issues taking place in the world today and by identifying, examining and reflecting on the sources, subjects and key principles of public international law, you will understand how law works and influences individuals, people groups and states, at a global level.

This module scrutinises the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights 1998, which has incorporated the former into UK law, through a critical lens. In this context, you are introduced to the current debates within the framework of Europe’s regional human rights system, as well as constitutional questions stemming from the incorporation of an international human rights instrument into domestic statute law. In addition to familiarising themselves with the theory of human rights law, you will learn how to lodge an application with the European Court of Human Rights and formulate a human rights argument before UK courts.

The 40 credit module is:

This module is an opportunity for you to conduct a research project in an area of law that relates to your personal and professional interests. In addition to guided workshops that will help develop independent research skills, you will work one-to-one with an experienced supervisor who will help you develop and implement your research ideas. This module will not only deepen your knowledge of a particular legal topic, but also help you build your practical research, writing and oral presentation skills.

For more information on when and how we update our modules please see the ‘Legal Information’ section below.

Choose three 20-credit modules or two 20-credit modules if 40 credit Independent Legal Research Project is chosen from the Law route. The current optional modules are:

This module critically examines the key elements of the penal or 'punishment' system. Time is spent considering the penal system for adults in England and Wales including the courts, prisons and non-custodial penalties. Focus is placed on how people working in the system, and caught in the system, experience this. Diversity of experiences and perspectives is explored alongside theoretical consideration of these experiences in the context of the formal structures and role of the system.

In this module you'll be supported to develop your knowledge of the relationship between mental illness and criminal activity. You'll explore a range of mental illnesses and disorders as a cause of offending and have the opportunity to consider the links between theory and practice.

You’ll explore modern police investigation practice in relation to serious crime, including the contribution of forensic science, offender profiling, surveillance data and new technologies. You’ll consider how current research into serious crime, such as homicide, terrorism and sexual offences, informs practice and police decision making, as well as how investigations and major enquiry management have become increasingly professionalised.

The 40 credit module is:

This module is an opportunity for you to conduct a research project in an area of law that relates to your personal and professional interests. In addition to guided workshops that will help develop independent research skills, you will work one-to-one with an experienced supervisor who will help you develop and implement your research ideas. This module will not only deepen your knowledge of a particular legal topic, but also help you build your practical research, writing and oral presentation skills.

For more information on when and how we update our modules please see the ‘Legal Information’ section below.

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The course offers an optional one-year (48 weeks) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad.

Our Placement Office works with national and international employers to ensure excellent work experience opportunities are available to you on sandwich courses as well as giving advice in areas such as interview skills and preparing CVs and covering letters.

Previous placement providers have included Altaf Solicitors, Ashman’s Solicitors, CEIC Centre d'estudis Cunit, Conveyancing Liability Solutions (CLS) Ltd, PPG Architectural Coatings EMEA, Ridley and Hall and Taylor Price Legal Ltd.

The placement year is a valuable tool that can enhance your employability and help you to develop as an individual. It is acknowledged that graduates with industry experience are generally much more attractive to employers.

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My placement gave me the hands-on experience of working in a professional environment and as a result has prepared me for the next stages of my career. The placement has given me a platform to develop and gain more skills and now I am at the stage where I am very confident in my ability.

- Mavua Maluasi
Placement Student, CLS Risk Soutions

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Your Career

Previous graduates from this course have gone on to roles such as Industrial Disease Paralegal, Legal Administrative Assistant, Legal Assistant in organisations including Slater and Gordon, Greenhead Solicitors, Ramsden Solicitors LLP.

86-92%
of graduates from this subject who are in work and/or further study fifteen months after graduating.

* HESA Graduate Outcomes 21/22, UK domiciled graduates, other activities excluded.

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- Shamim Miah
Studied Law LLB(Hons). Currently works as a Corporate Solcitor at Ison Harrison.

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£9,790 per year

This information is for Home students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.

Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. 

From January 2027 the UK government is launching a new student funding system for people starting university education. Read more about the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE).

For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/study/fees/

£17,600 per year

This information is for international students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.

Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. 

For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/international/fees-and-funding/

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The tuition fee for a placement year is £1000. If you go on work experience or work placement, you will need to fund your own travel and/or accommodation costs to and from the placement.  Please be aware that if your placement is outside of the UK, you will still be responsible for your travel and living expenses and may need to consider issues like health care and insurance costs.

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The tuition fee for a placement year is £3,300. If you go on work experience or work placement, you will need to fund your own travel and/or accommodation costs to and from the placement.  Please be aware that if your placement is outside of the UK, you will still be responsible for your travel and living expenses and may need to consider issues like health care and insurance costs.

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Although we always try and ensure we deliver our courses as described, sometimes we may have to make changes for the following reasons:

Changes to a course you have applied for but are not yet enrolled on

If we propose to make a major change to a course that you are holding an offer for, then we will tell you as soon as possible so that you can decide whether to withdraw your application prior to enrolment. We may occasionally have to withdraw a course you have applied for or combine your programme with another programme if we consider this reasonably necessary to ensure a good student experience, for example if there are not enough applicants. Where this is the case we will notify you as soon as reasonably possible and if you are unhappy with the change we will discuss with you other suitable courses we can transfer your application to. If you do not wish to transfer to another course with us, you may cancel your application and we will refund you any deposits or fees you have paid to us.

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Where your course allows you to choose modules from a range of options, we will review these each year and change them to reflect the expertise of our staff, current trends in research and as a result of student feedback or demand for certain modules. We will always ensure that you have an equivalent range of options to that advertised for the course. We will let you know in good time the options available for you to choose for the following year.

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We will only make major changes to non-optional modules on a course if it is necessary for us to do so and provided such changes are reasonable. A major change is a change that substantially changes the outcomes, or a significant part of your course, such as the nature of the award or a substantial change to module content, teaching days (part time provision), type of delivery or assessment of the core curriculum. For example, it may be necessary to make a major change to reflect changes in the law or the requirements of the University’s regulators or a commissioning or accrediting body. We may also make changes to improve the course in response to student, examiners’ or other course evaluators’ feedback or to ensure you are being taught current best practice. Major changes may also be necessary because of circumstances outside our reasonable control, such as a key member of staff being unable to teach due to illness, where they have a particular specialism that can’t be adequately covered by other members of staff; or due to pandemics, other disasters (such as fire, flood or war) or changes made by the government.

Major changes would usually be made with effect from the next academic year, but may happen sooner in an emergency. We will notify you as soon as possible should we need to make a major change and will consult with affected groups of students and any changes would only be made in accordance with our regulations. If you reasonably believe that the proposed change will cause you detriment or hardship we will, if appropriate, work with you to try to reduce the adverse effect on you or find an appropriate solution. Where an appropriate solution cannot be found and you let us know before the change takes effect you can cancel your registration and withdraw from the University without liability to the University for any additional tuition fees. We will provide reasonable support to assist you with transferring to another university if you wish to do so and you may be eligible for an exit award depending on how far through your course you are.

In exceptional circumstances, we may, for reasons outside of our control, be forced to discontinue or suspend your course. Where this is the case, a formal exit strategy will be followed in accordance with the student protection plan.

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