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Introduction

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Location

De Montfort University, Leicester UK

Course Length

Institution code: D26
UCAS course code: 5N23
Duration: Three years full-time. 360 credits are required to complete the course
Start date: September 2023

Why choose this course?

Key features

 You will benefit from Education 2030 - DMU’s new way of delivering courses, focusing on ensuring the best possible experience for our students. Through block teaching, you will focus on one subject at a time instead of several at once. This means that you will be able to focus closely on each subject and absorb your learning material in more depth, whilst working more closely with your tutors and course mates.
 This course teaches you the skills and expertise to prepare for a career in the public or private policing sector, where you will be taught by former police service staff who have first-hand experience of the sector and its requirements.
 Teaching is centred on the National Policing Curriculum to ensure your learning is relevant to contemporary developments and challenges in the sector.
 Apply your learning to a real-world context with opportunities to volunteer as a special constable to develop their real-world understanding of the material taught on the course and prepare you for a range of employment opportunities within the police service (please note this is subject to meeting the requirements of Leicestershire Police and those set out by the Home Office).
 Gain international experience related to your studies through our DMU Global Programme, helping you to apply your learning to a global context. Policing students have previously visited Poland to investigate state crime at the Auschwitz concentration camp, as well as New York to learn about critical incidents ofpolicing in the city.
 This programme caters for a range of career aspirations within the police service and investigatory sector.
 You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Society of Evidenced Based Policing and engage with the East Midlands Police and Academic Consortium to provide you an insight and context to real life policing.

Overview

The programme helps equip you with a broad understanding of policing while examining the causes, legal framework and responses to crime. We are licenced by the College of Policing to offer the pre-join degree in Professional Policing, allowing you to study first and then apply to a force and follow a shorter on-the-job training programme.
Designed to prepare you for work in the public or private policing sector, this course is taught by former police service staff who are knowledgeable in the requirements of the division, with topics centred on the College of Policing’s National Policing Curriculum to ensure your learning is relevant to developments and challenges within the sector.
Our Policing programme is also one of few courses that enable you to undertake academic modules alongside volunteering as a special constable, a trained member of the community who works with and supports the local police. Special constables generally volunteer around four hours a week, or more, to assist the police in tackling crime in their community. This invaluable experience can help to prepare you for a range of employment opportunities within the police service after graduating.

Modules

Year 1

 Block 1: Profession of Policing (30 credits)
 Block 2: Problem based Policing (30 credits)
 Block 3: Legislation and Policy (30 credits)
 Block 4: Research and Study Skills (30 credits)

Year 2

 Block 1: Research and Practice (15 credits)
 Block 1: Choose one from the below: (15 credits)
 Religion, Faith and Crime
 Mental Health and Crime
 Families, Crime and Justice
 Restorative Justice and Rehabilitation
 Drugs and Substance Misuse
 Crime, Deviance and Subcultures
 Domestic Abuse
 Media and Crime
 Block 2: Research and Practice (II) (30 credits)
 Block 3: Critical Incident Management & Leadership (I) (30 credits)
 Block 4: Leadership and Management of Contemporary Issues in Policing (I) (30 credits)

Year 3

 Block 1: Multi-Agency
 Block 2: Critical Incident Management & Leadership (II)
 Block 3: Leadership and Management of Contemporary Issues in Policing (II)
 Block 4: Dissertation

Entry Criteria

ENTRY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Home Office Share Code
For EU students only.

IF no Qualification
Please provide CV with at least 2 years of work experience, and employee reference letter.
Entry criteria

GCSEs

 GCSEs English and Maths at grade C/4 or above

Plus one of the following:

A levels

 A minimum of 96 points from two A levels: with one A Level at grade B

T Levels

 Merit

BTEC

 BTEC National Diploma - Merit/Merit/Merit
 BTEC Extended Diploma - Merit/Merit/Merit

International Baccalaureate

 24+ points

Access Course

Pass in the QAA Accredited Access to HE with at least 30 Level 3 Credits at Merit.

English GCSE required as separate qualification. Equivalency not accepted within the Access qualification.

Interview required: No
Work experience required: No

 Applications from mature students for this programme are welcome and candidates with relevant work experience and other qualifications, which do not necessarily amount to the minimum entry requirements for the programme will be considered on a case by case basis. Requirements for these students would include an interview and the consideration of the candidate’s CVs by the programme leader. Alongside this, the student would also be required to submit a piece of work to indicate the their abilities to write and engage at an appropriate level. A diagnostic test would be given with regards to Level 2 Functional Skills.
 Candidates need to understand that successful completion of the `Degree in Profession of Policing` BA (Hons) programme does not guarantee entry to any Police Service in England and Wales
 Regarding the currency of this degree qualification: It is important to be aware that where students are awarded the `Degree in Professional Policing` BA (Hons) under this programme: the degree qualification will only remain current, for the purposes of it being a relevant Policing Degree in order for eligibility to apply and enter the police service, for a maximum of no longer than 5 years from the award date. This is a stipulation required by the College of Policing.

Assessment

ASSESSMENT METHODS

1. INTERNAL ENGLISH TEST if you don't have an English accredited certificate
2. Academic Interview
Teaching and assessments

A variety of teaching methods, include:

 Lectures
 Case studies
 Seminars
 Desk-top exercises
 Workshops
 E-learning
 Specialist guest lectures from practitioners
 Visits to practitioners in action

Assessment methods include:

 Essays
 Examinations
 Journals
 Phase Tests
 Presentations
 Posters
 Case-study critiques
 Desk-top, simulated exercises
 Policy books
 Research Proposal
 Dissertation

All of which will be developed as you progress through the course.

Your precise timetable will depend on your modules; however, typical teaching time is approximately 15 hours each week. In addition, you will also be expected to achieve approximately 20 hours of self-directed study.

Teaching contact hours

Contact hours in a typical week will depend to some extent on the optional modules you choose to study. However, typically you will have up to 15 contact hours of teaching and this will break down as:

Medium group teaching: approx. 1 hour of practical classes, workshops or seminars each week

Large group teaching: approx. 14 hours of lectures each week

Personal study: approx. 20 hours studying and revising in your own time each week, including some guided study using hand-outs, online activities, etc.

Academic expertise

This programme is licensed by the College of Policing and reflects the set down curriculum for the Professional Policing BA (Hons) degree qualification, which allows successful candidates to apply to join the Police Service in England and Wales as a constable.

The teaching staff have many years of policing experience, which is used to contextualise the curriculum teaching. A number of the programme teaching staff are also currently research active.

Career Opportunities

Placements

Students are encouraged to volunteer as a special constable todevelop their real-world understanding and experience of their learning, helping to prepare you for a range of employment opportunities within the police service. Please note, this is subject to meeting the requirements of Leicestershire Police and those set out by the Home Office.

These learning experiences will enhance your real-world insight and the knowledge you can gain from these opportunities will help to inform and inspire your work as part of the dissertation project in your final year.

Graduate Careers

Our Policing Studies programme will help equip you with the knowledge, skills and capabilities sought after within the UK’s skilled police service.

In addition to this, your learnings on this course can help to prepare you for a range of other professional opportunities include roles in the private policing environment. You can also acquire the skills for career opportunities in a number of other related fields, for example:

 Youth justice
 Community safety and crime prevention
 Domestic violence and victim support
 Prisons and probation
 Drug and alcohol addiction services

DMU Global

Our innovative international experience programme DMU Global aims to enrich your studies and expand your cultural horizons, helping you to become a global graduate, equipped to meet the needs of employers across the world. Through DMU Global, we offer a wide range of opportunities including on-campus and UK-based activities, overseas study, internships, faculty-led field trips and volunteering, as well as Erasmus+ and international exchanges.

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