UL Criminal Justice, The Department of Criminology is situated at the beautiful campus of the University of Limpopo between the granite cops left over by ancient volcanoes in the Mankweng-area.
The department offers criminology and criminal justice courses from first-year to doctorate level and provides education to around a thousand registered student per year.
The department is currently in the process of organising an All-African Congress that will be held from the 26th to the 29th of June 2012. Previous students of this university fill important posts in the government, especially in the Department of Correctional Services and the South African Police Force.
The following modules are taught:
Two Extended Degree Programme modules
ECRM101 (Introduction to Criminology) and
ECRM102 (Introduction to Specific Areas of Focus in Criminology).
Undergraduate modules
CRIM101(Introduction to Criminology)
CRIM102 (Introduction to Specific Areas of Focus in Criminology)
CRIM201 (Introduction to Crime Theories and Criminal Justice)
CRIM202 (Crime Prevention and Victimology)
CRIM301 (Theories of Crime, Crime Prevention and Victimology)
CRIM302 (Monistic Studies and Criminal Justice)
Post graduate modules
BA Honours modules:
CRIM731 (Criminological Theories)
CRIM732 (Research Methods)
CRIM704 (Juvenile Delinquency)
CRIM705 (Victimology)
CRIM706 (Crime Prevention)
CRIM707 (Corrections)
CRIM 708 (Community Policing)
CRIM733 (Extended Essay)
Masters of Arts in Criminology
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
| Career Paths in Criminology: Corrections (Correctional Services) Counselling Criminal Investigation Diversion Programs (organisations such as NICRO) Financial Fraud Investigation Forensics Insurance Fraud Investigation & Prevention Intervention Programming Courts Law Enforcement (Policing) Medical Investigation Rehabilitation programs Research and Policy Studies Private Investigation Psychologist – Psychopathology Specialist Retail Investigation Teaching Women’s Studies Youth Programming &Counselling Employment Systems for Criminologists: Correctional Services Counselling Agencies Banks & Financial Institutions Insurance Companies Non-Profit Agencies Private Investigation Agencies Retailers The Government Various fields of specialization in the Police Metro Police Youth Services Public Safety |