Programme Administration Director : Mme J. Zaorski-Bedynek.

The Administration Director receives students at : bureau C.148, 1er étage de la Faculté de droit.

Tel. 010478854 - zaorski@crim.ucl.ac.be

Information of a more general nature may be obtained from the School Secretary's office : 010474672 (Mme M. Gérard).

The second university study cycle programme ("licence") in Criminology is aimed at training specialists in scientific studies in delinquency and deviance, as well as in social control and the functioning of the penal justice system. These studies take a pluridisciplinary angle.

The following candidates have access to the "licence" programme in Criminology :

1. Holders of the first university study cycle ("candidat") diploma, "licence" diploma holders in Law, Philosophy (Human Sciences section), Psychology and Pedagogy, Medecine, Biomedical Sciences, Economics, Social and Political Sciences and Social and Military Sciences. These students will add the following courses from the preparatory year to their first year of studies respectively :

• diploma holders in Law ("candidats", "licenciés" or doctors)

• diploma holders in Philosophy ("candidats", "licenciés" or doctors)

or

• diploma holders in Psychology or Pedagogy ("candidats", "licenciés" or doctors)

• "candidats" or doctors in Medecine

• diploma holders in Biomedical Sciences ("candidats", "licenciés" or doctors)

or

• diploma holders in Economic, Social and Political Sciences ("candidats", "licenciés" or doctors)

• diploma holders in Social and Military Sciences

2. For students who have successfully completed their first two years of the cursus leading to the "candidat" diploma in Medecine, with the exception of the programme in Dentistery. These students will add the following complementary courses to their programme :

or

3. For social assistants. These students will add the following complementary courses to their programme :

4. For assistants in Psychology. These students will add the following complementary courses to their programme :

5. For Police Officer diploma holders who, at the end of the evaluation procedure organised by the university authorities, prove to have the capacities and knowledge required to be able to successfully complete this year. They will add the appropriate complementary subjects, determined by the relevant university authorities, to their study programme.

6. For students who have successfully accomplished their preparatory year for the "licence" programme in Criminology.

Students who, in the context of their previous studies, have taken and successfully accomplished the course subjects judged equivalent to those indicated above, may be dispensed from adding them to their first year programme.

The University admission and enrolment procedures are detailed in the "Access to Studies" part of the WEB page :

http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/libres/acces.html

The School of Criminology does not offer first cycle studies ("candidature" or bachelor programmes). However, for certain students, a preparatory study year is organised (see admission conditions).

The "licence" diploma in Criminology is obtained at the end of the two year programme. Depending on their previous successfully completed studies, students holding another university "licence" may benefit from a reduction in the length of their study programme, subject to the approval of the School Council.

The first year "licence"programme is aimed at giving the students a basic training course in Criminology.

The second year programme consists of the following kinds of tuition : compulsory courses, options, a seminar, a language course, an apprenticeship and a thesis. The student may construct his own study programme (options, apprenticeship centre and thesis topic) in accordance with his special interests and professional perspectives.

If any course from the compulsory first year programme has already been successfully completed in the context of another study programme, the students may be dispensed from taking it, on condition, however, that they are not dispensed from taking more than one third of the subject matters. Students who already hold a "licence" diploma and are dispensed from several of the course subjects from Crim 21, may bring some courses forward from Crim 22 to Crim 21, subject to the approval of the School Council.

During the first year of studies, the students must pass an exam to establish that they are perfectly capable of reading and translating criminological texts in English or in Dutch.

For English, one course dedicated to the comprehension of criminological texts and a corresponding exam are organised by the Institut des langues vivantes :

During the first year, the student is required to follow a course on Religious Sciences from among those featuring on the programme of the Law Faculty (c.f. the list of these courses is posted on the School notice-board.).

The second year of studies of the "licence" programme in Criminology consists of the following kinds of tuition: compulsory courses, options and a seminar. Students enrolled for the second year in Criminology are not authorised to take exams in the January, unless he is able to do the full session.

or

90 hours to be chosen from the following courses :

45 hours to be chosen from the following courses :

or from the different University progammes, subject to the approval of this choice by the School President. Those courses will be followed at the level of the "licence" studies.

Students who have already successfully completed some of the second year Criminology courses in the context of another "licence" programme, may obtain special dispensations. However, the number of dispensations granted may not surpass 120 hours.

Students of the 2nd year must take a language course in English and Dutch for 30 hours. This course is aimed to improve the linguistic skills and the capacity of interactive communication in the context of criminological professions.

A specific course in English or Dutch is especially organised for the students of the Criminology School (cfr supra).

The apprenticeship covers 400 hours. It takes place after the first year and must end during the defence of the thesis, at the latest. In order to facilitate organisation, the 2nd year programme courses are principally given on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The period of work experience can be described as a practical, almost professional activity. It helps by providing a first professional learning experience within real-life contexts, dealing with subjects as diverse as aspects of delinquency, inadaptation, marginality, and exclusion. It helps the student confront his theoretical studies with practice, understand the functioning of an institution and approach a professional field its concrete aspects.

The apprenticeships are carried out in criminological centres approved by the Criminology School Council (open centres for young people and adults, closed centres for young people and adults, justice administration, police and services for psycho-social aid).

Each aprenticeship period is linked to a supervision seminar which the student must enrol for at the beginning of the second year.

The supervision seminars lead the student to discuss and evaluate his field experiences with the lecturers and the other apprentice students. They also foster a critical analysis of social practices and penal systems.

The final evaluation is carried out jointly by the academic tutor and the local training supervisor ("maître de stage") in the presence of the student. The final report is handed in at least eight days before the evaluation session and must be written during the month following the apprenticeship period.

Students who did an apprenticeship equivalent or more than 400 hours in a criminological service approved by the Criminology School during their previous studies, may, on request and after analysis of his request, be dispensed from doing one again. He must, however, still add the apprenticeship supervision seminar to his programme.

The Insurance Service of the University delivers an insurance attestation for "third part responsibility' to the institutions who request this.

The thesis consists of around a hundred pages of written work and constitutes the culmination of the study programme. It will be defended in public. This is the opportunity for the student to develop, in the context of a specific crimonological question and in an autonomous way, his own approach as regards thinking and research concerning what he acquired during the full course.

The thesis must be presented at the end of the second year. Students who do not pass the final exams at the end of the 2nd year, must re-enrol in the 2nd year "bis".

The thesis counts for 50 % of the total marks of the second year.

Details on the organisation and reglementation of the thesis for the academic year 2005-2006, will be communicated to the students at the beginning of the academic year.

The lectures, seminar and period of apprenticeship count for 50% of the total marks of the 2nd year. The remaining 50% are awarded for the thesis.

After the successful completion of the "licence" programme in Criminology, obtained at least with a distinction, so the students who wish may enrol on the DEA in-depth study diploma programme in Criminology.

The "licence" graduates in Criminology may also follow one of the teaching programmes ("agrégation") relevant to the federation of Human Sciences (Ages, law or "PSP"). In order to enrol on the teaching programme for upper classes in secondary schools, the students must already be registered for the "licence" programmme or hold a "licence" diploma in Criminology.