BA (Hons) Policing Studies | Part-time Distance Learning

About your course The programme is a top-up programme that builds upon previous Foundation Degree study or Relevant Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL). The programme equates to the final year of an undergraduate degree. Ideal for existing officers and staff in Home Office and non-Home Office police forces this unique Policing Studies degree programme allows you to study fully online at a time and place that suits you.

The degree will take you on a critical exploration of policing, encouraging you to reflect on the contemporary challenges within policing and investigation. The course’s innovative and thought-provoking modules both reflect and challenge contemporary policing practices and will act as continuing professional development for serving police officers and support staff. The course is designed to develop your career in policing, law enforcement and other allied professions.

If you’ve always wanted to pursue a degree without the commitment of on-campus study, Liverpool John Moores University offers a flexible two-year distance learning BA (Hons) in Policing Studies, delivered via the LJMU's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) ‘Canvas’. You will be part of the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing, a pioneering research centre for interdisciplinary law enforcement, licensed by the College of Policing to deliver degree programmes included in the Optimisation of Policing. We are one of a few Higher Education Institute's who offer the opportunity to achieve a BA (hons) in two years, with the flexibility of online learning.