Nkumba University Criminal Justice Courses

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

The Degree of Bachelor of Criminal Justice (BCJ)

Candidates must have any of the following qualifications:

a)‘A’ Level Certificate (UACE) or its equivalent, with two principal passes plus a credit in the English Language or English Literature at ‘A’ or ‘O’ Level.

b)‘O’ Level Certificate (UCE) plus a recognized Diploma from a recognized Tertiary Institution.

c)‘O’ Level Certificate plus employment in a senior post in an Institution of a nature relevant to the programmes of the Institute for a period of at least (3) years prior to the date of application, or

d)Pass in mature age examination conducted by National Council for Higher Education.

e)

Diploma in Criminal Justice (DCJ)

a)‘O’ Level Certificate

b)Pass in mature age examination conducted by National Council for Higher Education.

Bachelor of Criminal Justice

a)The Degree Course covers a minimum period of 3 (three) academic years, that is 6 (six) semesters.

b)A student may obtain the Bachelor of Criminal Justice Degree in a shorter period where that student is exempted from one or more years whose courses he must have passed at Diploma level. A student in this case must have scored 60% and above in the respective courses.

c)A student may take longer than 3 (three) years to obtain the degree where, in the discretion of the

Examiners’ Board, he repeats a year or has been allowed a dead year.

d)The degree shall be obtained within a maximum period of 5 (five) academic consecutive years, including, where applicable, a dead year.

The programme structure is as shown below.

Year 1 Semester I

Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUBCJ31101	Introduction to Legal Theory and
	its Applications	30	60	75	05
NUBCJ31102	Constitutional History and
	Politics of E. Africa	30	60	75	05
NUBCJ31103	Foundations of Criminal Liability	30	60	75	05
NUBCJ31104	Criminology and Penology	30	60	75	05
NUBCJ31105	Communication Skills	30	60	75	05
NUBCJ31106	Introduction to Information
	Technology and Computer Use	30	60	75	05
Semester II
Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUBCJ31207	Judicial Treatment of Criminal
	Suspects and Social Deviants	30	60	75	05
NUBCJ31208	Interaction of Law with other Social
	Sciences	30	60	75	05
NUBCJ31209	Criminal Law	30	60	75	05

Year 1 Semester I
Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUDCJ21101	Introduction to Law and
	Constitutional Systems	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21102	Foundations of Criminal
	Liability	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21103	Criminology and Penology	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21104	Social Control	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21105	Traditional Justice	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21106	Communication Skills	30	60	75	05
Year 1 Semester II
Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUDCJ21107	Introduction to Information
	Technology and Computer Use	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21108	Corporate and Organized	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21109	Crime and Mental Disability	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21110	Introduction to International
	Criminal Justice	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21111	Psychology of Crime	30	60	75	05
NUDCJ21112	Judicial Treatment of Crime	30	60	75	05