Degrees
Bachelor's Degree in Criminology

Study plan Bachelor's Degree in Criminology

Basic skills

  • Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.

Specific skills

  • Students must demonstrate they comprehend the criminological theories.
  • Accessing and interpreting sources of crime data.
  • Using research methods in social sciences in order to diagnose criminality problems.
  • Students must demonstrate they know the psychological and sociological concepts and foundations of criminology.
  • Students must demonstrate they know a variety of criminal policies in order to face criminality and its different foundations.
  • Properly using the legal, psychological, pedagogical and sociological language.
  • Students must demonstrate they know the legal/penal response framework to criminality (constitutional law, police law, procedural law and criminal law).
  • Students must demonstrate they know the legal framework and operating model of the crime control agents.
  • Students must demonstrate a comprehension of the best crime prevention and intervention models for each specific problem.
  • Identifying existing social resources to intervene in the conflict and criminality.
  • Demonstrating a comprehension of the victim's needs on the basis of the knowledge of victimological theories.
  • Identifying the legal framework concerning the rights and resources of the victims.
  • Reflecting on the foundations of criminology (theoretical, empirical and ethical-political ones) and expressing this in analysis and propositions.
  • Analysing the conflict and criminology by using the criminological theories and their psychological and sociological foundations.
  • Formulating research hypothesis in the criminological field.
  • Designing a criminological research and identifying the appropriate methodological strategy to the proposed goals.
  • Applying the quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques in the criminological field.
  • Students must be capable of autonomously updating their criminological knowledge.
  • Identifying the most appropriate and effective penal intervention for each particular case.
  • Designing a crime prevention program.
  • Applying a crime prevention program at a community level.
  • Using the evaluation techniques of criminogenic risk and needs of a person in order to decide an intervention proposal.
  • Applying an intervention program to offenders, being capable of applying the pedagogical construct of the criminological intervention techniques.
  • Applying an intervention proposal about a person serving a sentence.
  • Assessing the victim's needs in order to carry out an intervention proposal.
  • Carrying out a victim care program.
  • Assessing the results of a prevention or intervention program when crime is concerned.
  • Clearly explaining and arguing a carried out analysis about a conflict or crime problem and its responses in front of specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Using non-discriminatory and respectful language when referring to the several parties involved in conflict and criminality.
  • Carrying out the criminological intervention on the basis of the values of pacification, social integration and prevention of further conflicts.

Transversal skills

  • Working autonomously.
  • Working in teams and networking.
  • Ability to analyse and summarise.
  • Drawing up an academic text.
  • Verbally transmitting ideas to an audience.
  • Respectfully interacting with other people.