The course overall progressively develops your critical understanding of criminology through the examination of key concepts and theory. This is enhanced further through development of core methodological skills so that students advance key analytical skills and expertise. In essence in taking the course you will be able to confidently analyse complex criminological questions and present them in a highly academic and scholarly fashion. It is delivered through a mixture of lectures, seminars, research-based workshops, individual supervision of research based assignment and guided individual work through learning technologies such as DUO. Lectures provide key information on the key conceptual tools, methodologies, research and scholarship in the subject area. They also expose students to the skills of research synthesis and note taking.