Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2022-23

Entomología Forense es una asignatura optativa que se imparte durante el segundo semestre del cuarto curso del Grado de Criminología.

 

La Entomología Forense constituye junto con la asignatura Policia Científica y Laboratorio Forense y Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses, uno de los pilares básicos en las investigaciones forenses actuales. El objetivo fundamental de la asignatura es ofrecer al alumnado una visión general de las evidencias entomológicas, con el fin de que conozca los principales grupos de artrópodos, así como las características básicas de su morfología y biología que aportan información para esclarecer casos legales. La asignatura se centrará en el estudio de los insectos de importancia forense en el ambito urbano, industrial y criminal.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2022-23

General Competences (CG)

  • CG.1 : Capacity to find, analyse and synthesise information.
  • CG.2 : Capacity for teamwork: collaborating with others and contributing towards a common project.
  • CG.3 : Capacity for self-learning and adapting to new situations.
  • CG.4 : Capacity to take decisions, putting one's knowledge into practice and handling technical instruments.
  • CG.5 : Capacity for criticism and self criticism.

 

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

  • CGUA.1 : Capacity to communicate in a foreign language.
  • CGUA.3 : Capacity for oral and written communication.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE1 : Be able to describe fundamental concepts in the fields of psychology, sociology, law and natural sciences that are needed to provide a global analysis of criminal phenomena and deviation.
  • CE10 : Be able to explain and summarise empirical information and results of research into crime, victimisation and response to crime and deviation, and evaluate the methodology used (identify which methodology is the most appropriate, its ethical principles, results, etc.).
  • CE11 : Be able to draft a criminological report.
  • CE3 : Be able to extract and synthesise information from different sources, including: handling information and communication technologies, designing and applying appropriate research strategies for compiling data using quantitative and qualitative methods, and being able to apply basic statistical techniques to questions related to crime and victimisation when necessary.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2022-23

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General

Code: 18538
Lecturer responsible:
Martínez Sánchez, Ana Isabel
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,60
Practical credits: 0,80
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES
    Area: ZOOLOGY
    Theoretical credits: 1,6
    Practical credits: 0,8
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught