Criminology (Corporate Crime and Corporate Responsibility) MSc - 2025/6
Awarding body
University of Surrey
Teaching institute
University of Surrey
Framework
FHEQ Level 7
Final award and programme/pathway title
MSc Criminology (Corporate Crime and Corporate Responsibility)
Subsidiary award(s)
| Award | Title |
|---|---|
| PGDip | Criminology (Corporate Crime and Corporate Responsibility) |
| PGCert | Criminology (Corporate Crime and Corporate Responsibility) |
Modes of study
| Route code | Credits and ECTS Credits | |
| Full-time | PLE61024 | 180 credits and 90 ECTS credits |
QAA Subject benchmark statement (if applicable)
Other internal and / or external reference points
N/A
Faculty and Department / School
Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences - Sociology
Programme Leader
ADAMS Maria (Sociology)
Date of production/revision of spec
20/02/2025
Educational aims of the programme
- Combine this with specialised understanding of the key issues attached to criminal offending by corporate agents.
- Develop an understanding of corporate responsibility and its potentials for mitigating against corporate crime.
- Offer training in the full range of qualitative and quantitative methods of social research.
- Provide a grounding in the discipline of criminology.
- Provide an ideal foundation to undertake a part-time or full-time PhD.
- To assist our PG cohort in attaining the relevant skills and capacities to meet the Universitys Curriculum Framework Themes (Global and Cultural Capabilities, Employability, Digital Capabilities, Resourcefulness and Resilience, and Sustainability), both during their experiences on the programme and following graduation
- To meet the needs of students graduating from a first degree who have an interest in corporate crime.
- To support those who are currently employed and wish to apply knowledge of criminology, corporate crime and corporate responsibility within their present job.
- To support those who wish to move into specialised research or practice in the fields of corporate ethics, governance and criminal behaviour.
Programme learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | Awards | Ref. | |
| Show critical awareness and understanding of the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of the discipline of criminology | K | PGCert, PGDip, MSc | |
| Developed and demonstrated knowledge about the core debates and issues in corporate crime and corporate responsibility | K | PGCert, PGDip, MSc | |
| Understand the use and value of a wide range of different research approaches across the quantitative and qualitative spectra | K | PGCert, PGDip, MSc | |
| Obtained some understanding of how the concerns of criminology interact with wider social and policy issues around corporate crime and corporate responsibility | K | PGCert, PGDip, MSc | |
| Show critical awareness and understanding of the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of the discipline of criminology, especially as it intersects with corporate crime and the measures required to prevent this | K | PGDip, MSc | |
| Systematically formulate researchable problems | C | PGDip, MSc | |
| Acquired and utilised practical knowledge of a range of different traditions and methods relevant to conducting criminological research, from survey research to field methods | C | PGDip, MSc | |
| Analyse qualitative and quantitative data drawn both from `real world' and `virtual World¿ environments, using basic and more advanced techniques, and draw warranted conclusions | C | MSc | |
| Use the range of research techniques commonly employed in criminological and corporate crime research | P | MSc | |
| Employ a quantitative and qualitative software package to manage and analyse crime and other social data | P | MSc | |
| Work to deadlines and within work schedules | T | PGCert, PGDip, MSc | |
| Communicate criminological ideas, principles and theories by oral, written and visual means | T | PGCert, PGDip, MSc |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Programme structure
Full-time
This Master's Degree programme is studied full-time over one academic year, consisting of 180 credits at FHEQ level 7. All modules are semester based and worth 15 credits with the exception of project, practice based and dissertation modules.
Possible exit awards include:
- Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits)
- Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits)
Programme Adjustments (if applicable)
N/A
Modules
Year 1 (full-time) - FHEQ Level 7
Module Selection for Year 1 (full-time) - FHEQ Level 7
N/A
Opportunities for placements / work related learning / collaborative activity
| Associate Tutor(s) / Guest Speakers / Visiting Academics | N | |
| Professional Training Year (PTY) | N | |
| Placement(s) (study or work that are not part of PTY) | N | |
| Clinical Placement(s) (that are not part of the PTY scheme) | N | |
| Study exchange (Level 5) | N | |
| Dual degree | N |
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Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2025/6 academic year.