1-Semester Pathway - Pre-Masters - Business, Management & Law - ICAS - Transfer to Masters of Arts - Criminal Justice

Join our Pre-Masters Pathway in Business and Law at Liverpool John Moores University. Scholarships available for international students. Apply now!

Program Description This program consists of a pathway program offered by StudyGroup at the International Study Centre for the University of Strathclyde followed by entry into a university program offered at the University of Strathclyde. In your international foundation year, you will study courses related to your intended field of study alongside English to develop and enhance your skills as a student. Advancement into your intended program depends upon the successful completion of the pathway program. The Pre-Masters in Business, Management & Law will introduce you to the legal world and the world of business. Through the use of application learned in modules, you will come to gain valuable insights that will key to your chosen progression degree. LJMU's Criminal Justice MA is a stand-alone qualification designed to enhance your career prospects in criminal justice agencies, the probation service and the police. Learn from research-active staff and local criminal justice professionals Engage with the theory, policy, and practice of the institutions and agencies of criminal justice Choose from an extensive range of module options, including an MA International Criminal Justice pathway Generous funding scholarships available for home and overseas students This Masters in Criminal Justice offers the opportunity for students, practitioners, and criminal justice professionals to critically engage with a broad range of issues that impact on the effectiveness and integrity of the workings of the criminal justice system. Through exploring a series of theoretical and policy-orientated debates relevant to the delivery of contemporary crime control and management, and assessing their cultural, social and symbolic consequences, the course helps you to develop a comprehensive and critically aware understanding of the manufacture and delivery of criminal justice policy. During the programme you will evaluate discriminatory practice in the criminal justice process and the causes of miscarriages of justice. Your evaluations will be informed by a critical understanding of sources of data and research methodologies and, through option modules, you will develop an in-depth knowledge of particular issues relating to criminal justice in England, Wales and elsewhere.