Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Duration Full Time: 12 Month(s)
Duration Part Time: 24 Month(s)
Total Credits: 90
Delivery Method: In-Person
Connected Curriculum: - Inter-and Transdisciplinary
Graduate Attributes: - Independent and creative thinker
Work-Integrated Learning (Including Placement): No
The MA (Criminology) is offered on a full-time basis running over 12 months or part-time basis running over 24 months.
Postgraduate Diploma in Criminology
Candidates who pass at least 60 credits of taught modules may elect to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Criminology.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Full-time
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| |
| CR6010 | Research Design and Methods | 10 |
| CR6012 | Critical Perspectives on Criminology | 10 |
| 40 |
| Terrorism and Organised Crime (10) | |
| Criminology: Core Theories, Context and Critique (10) | |
| Law of Cybercrime (10) | |
| International Child Justice (10) | |
| Feminist Epistemologies: Feminisms, Sexuality and Society (10) | |
| Disability, Mental Health and Social Justice (10) | |
| Sustainability, Climate Justice and Eco-Social Policies (10) | |
| Migration, mobilities and social policy (10) | |
| Childhood, Youth and Society (10) | |
| Culture, creativity, well-being and social justice (10) | |
| Penology (10) | |
| Social Theory and Climate Justice (10) | |
| Im/mobilities: forced migration and belonging (10) | |
| Alcohol and Society: Use, Regulation and Harms (10) | |
| Populism and the rise of the far right (10) | |
| Sociology of Violence and Conflict (10) | |
| |
| CR6006 | Dissertation on Criminology | 30 |
| Total Credits | 90 |
Part-time
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| |
| CR6010 | Research Design and Methods | 10 |
| CR6012 | Critical Perspectives on Criminology | 10 |
| 20 |
| Terrorism and Organised Crime (10) | |
| Criminology: Core Theories, Context and Critique (10) | |
| Law of Cybercrime (10) | |
| International Child Justice (10) | |
| Feminist Epistemologies: Feminisms, Sexuality and Society (10) | |
| Penology (10) | |
| Disability, Mental Health and Social Justice (10) | |
| Sustainability, Climate Justice and Eco-Social Policies (10) | |
| Migration, mobilities and social policy (10) | |
| Childhood, Youth and Society (10) | |
| Culture, creativity, well-being and social justice (10) | |
| Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine (10) | |
| Social Theory and Climate Justice (10) | |
| Im/mobilities: forced migration and belonging (10) | |
| Alcohol and Society: Use, Regulation and Harms (10) | |
| 20 |
| Terrorism and Organised Crime (10) | |
| Criminology: Core Theories, Context and Critique (10) | |
| Penology (10) 1 | |
| Law of Cybercrime (10) | |
| International Child Justice (10) | |
| Feminist Epistemologies: Feminisms, Sexuality and Society (10) | |
| Penology (10) | |
| Disability, Mental Health and Social Justice (10) | |
| Sustainability, Climate Justice and Eco-Social Policies (10) | |
| Migration, mobilities and social policy (10) | |
| Childhood, Youth and Society (10) | |
| Culture, creativity, well-being and social justice (10) | |
| Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine (10) | |
| Social Theory and Climate Justice (10) | |
| 1 | |
| Im/mobilities: forced migration and belonging (10) | |
| Alcohol and Society: Use, Regulation and Harms (10) | |
| |
| CR6006 | Dissertation on Criminology | 30 |
| Total Credits | 90 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in Criminology (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Understand the field of criminology, its historical development, its current scope and its related methodologies;
- Identify the major theories of crime, define their key concepts and ideas and understand their relevance to the study of Irish society;
- Critique aspects of the use of the issues of crime and deviance in contemporary society and the issues posed by the manner of their representation in the media and to evaluate current issues and debates in these areas;
- Understand the principles and practices of punishment in its many facets, the issues and problems raised by their current applications and the alternatives that have been proposed;
- Understand the principles and practices of social research and be able to apply them in research in criminology.
