Criminology Degree

Por su carácter inter y multidisciplinar, se consideran perfiles idóneos de acceso a la titulación tanto los estudiantes que hayan superado el bachillerato de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, como los que hayan superado el bachillerato en Ciencias y Tecnología. Unos y otros deben haber adquirido las competencias propias del bachillerato, entre ellas las de contar con la madurez personal y social necesarias para actuar responsable y autónomamente, asumir la igualdad efectiva de derechos y oportunidades entre mujeres y hombres, valorar críticamente la realidad del mundo contemporáneo y disponer de conocimientos científicos y tecnológicos fundamentales. Asimismo deberá poseer una especial sensibilidad por la convivencia, el respeto de la democracia y mostrar una buena actitud hacia el trabajo individual y en equipo, tener habilidades de planificación y organización y ser metódico y meticuloso.

Es de suponer que al grado en Criminología accederán también personas ya incorporadas a la vida profesional, especialmente de aquellos sectores relacionados con las fuerzas y cuerpos de seguridad. Además de la voluntad de renovarse y mejorar su situación profesional, de ellas habrá que esperar las mismas capacidades indicadas con anterioridad.

1.- El alumnado de primer curso por primera vez a tiempo completo tienen que matricular 60 créditos. Un 15% del alumnado podrá cursar estudios a tiempo parcial (30 créditos).
2.- Continuación de estudios: libre con un máximo de 75 créditos

On one of the first days of class, the decanal team of the faculty meets with the first-year students to facilitate their entry into the centre. Everything related to teaching and support services is explained to them, and the offer of individual tutoring is presented to them.

In the first days of the course, the University of Santiago de Compostela holds presentation days for its new students in its faculties and schools. Promoted by the Vice-Chancellor with competences in the field of student support and social action, they aim to provide students with information about the services that the University of Santiago de Compostela makes available to them, as well as the extracurricular offer in terms of training and leisure The presentations are made by professors, technicians, administration and services staff and members of the Management Council of the University of Santiago de Compostela.

The USC has a programme of student tutors for undergraduate degrees, so that final year students, after training provided by the University, carry out guidance tasks for students who are starting their studies.

Tutor student programme information:
Programa alumnos titores

When a degree suspension occurs, the USC guarantees the adequate development of teachings that were initiated by their students until its suspension. For that, the Government Council approves the criteria related with the admission of new degree entry registration and the gradual suspension of teaching impartation, among others.

If the suspended degree is substituted for a similar one —modifying the nature of the degree—, the new degree regulations will set the conditions to facilitate students the continuity of the new degree’s studies. These regulations will also set subject equivalences in both programs.

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university study programmes.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.
Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education System regulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

- Students must prove that they possess and understand knowledge in an area of study that starts from the base of general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although it relies on advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the vanguard of your field of study
- That the students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the preparation and defence of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study
- That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) to issue judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues
- That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialized and non-specialized public
- That students develop the learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

-Ability to collaborate and interact with others, with a variety of criminological professionals, and on interdisciplinary and multicultural teams.
-Ability to think critically and constructively and to argue and express oneself in an organised and logical way.
-Ability to identify and explain complex social problems in the field of criminology and to apply the appropriate strategies to solving them while working from a systemic perspective that makes their analytical and synthetic consideration possible.
-Acquire critical awareness in analysing the legal system while upholding the principles of respect and promoting human rights, equality and universal accessibility.
-Ability to use the knowledge that makes criminology a scientific discipline and to identify and develop a set of quantitative and qualitative research strategies, in both basic and applied fields.
-Ability to gather, interpret and synthesise data and information (especially using modern technologies), in this study field.
-Ability to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences, using the correct language (legal, medical, psychological, sociological and technical).
-Ability to analyse and synthesise, gain an overview of problems and to apply knowledge to practice.
-Ability to take decisions and to adapt to new situations.
-Recognition of diversity and multiculturalism.

- Ability to identify and understand issues related to the fundamental rights of those who are the subject of criminal proceedings, as well as, in general, those who are affected by responses to crime and deviance
- Ability to assess the methodological and scientific foundations of the various relevant theories on crime, the offender, victimization and responses to crime and deviance
- Basic understanding of the organisation, structure and functioning of the prison execution system and alternative measures, as well as the methods and strategies necessary to achieve the social reintegration of convicts and the reduction of the harmful effects of prison
- Competence to provide the judge with scientific knowledge about the criminal events prosecuted, the personality of the perpetrator, the existing criminogenic factors and the type of response applicable, all this with the correct use of criminological concepts and theories, as well as to carry out advisory tasks in relation to the interpretation of forensic reports
- Understanding and knowledge of the main institutions of public law and the structure and foundation of political systems
- Ability to explain complex social problems in terms of criminological theory, as well as to clarify representations of crime, the criminal, victimization, responses to crime and deviance from criminological theories and concepts
- Knowledge of the different existing sociological perspectives around crime and its relationship with the various sociological contexts and domains (the family, social structure, marginality, social control...)
- Knowledge of the basic notions and concepts of the different sociological schools, especially constructivist sociology and the theory of social imaginaries
- Knowledge of the main instruments for assessing the risk of antisocial and/or criminal behaviour
- Understanding and application of the main "theoretical-empirical" knowledge provided by the "biopsycho-social" research regarding the criminal act and antisocial behaviour
- Acquire the necessary knowledge to request, interpret and approach with scientific rigor the various types of reports or medico-legal expertise
- Knowledge of the appropriate medico-legal terminology to transmit with scientific rigour your theses and conclusions to magistrates, prosecutors, lawyers, juries, administration and anyone else who requests your services
- Knowledge of the most appropriate police investigation techniques from the point of view of public safety and fundamental rights, both in relation to the prevention of crime and its prosecution
- Knowledge of the different criminal cooperation mechanisms, both at the universal level and at the European regional level, for the prosecution of international crimes and other forms of transnational crime
- Knowledge of the new forms of criminality, especially organised crime, deepening the new criminal investigation techniques and their limits

- Autonomous learning
- Adaptation to new situations
- Leadership
- Motivation for quality and professional excellence
- Sensitivity to issues of social, economic and environmental reality
- Spirit of overcoming