Welfare and Criminology

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1006909BEW for working students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Volgtijdelijkheid: De student is ingeschreven in de Bachelor Criminologische Wetenschappen en heeft reeds 20 studiepunten verworven binnen de Bachelor Criminologische Wetenschappen. Of de student is ingeschreven in de Master in de Rechten en heeft reeds 20 studiepunten van de opleiding Master in de Rechten verworven. Of de student is ingeschreven in het voorbereidingsprogramma Criminologische Wetenschappen. LET OP: Inschrijven voor deze aanbieding is daarnaast enkel mogelijk voor studenten die als werkstudent geregistreerd staan of die geregistreerd staan met een toelating om de specifieke lessen voor werkstudenten te volgen. Gewone studenten kunnen niet inschrijven voor de lessen behorend bij deze aanbieding, zij kunnen enkel lessen volgen van aanbiedingen waarvan het studiegidsnummer eindigt op een R. Bij vragen of problemen, neem contact op met het Studenten Administratie Centrum via SAC@vub.ac.be.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Law and Criminology

Department

Criminology

Educational team

Katrien De Koster (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
60 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

In the first part, the historical and current development of the welfare state as a context in which welfare interventions take shape, is explained, as well as the most important policy options and the social map of (forensic) welfare work. The second part zooms in on knowledge about and practicing expected professionalism with regard to person-centered interventions. The third part comprises a number of specific intervention domains that are discussed as a case.

The lectures are organized interactively (case studies, zoom sessions, ...) with discussions as the methodology used.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Slides en Reader, Canvas

Additional info

This lecture is taught in evening classes in 6 contact hours (or digital equivalent) + self-study.

For further information, please contact katrien.de.koster@vub.be

Digital lectures will be available for working students. More information will be communicated via the course unit platform in Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Knowledge and insight

Graduates have insight into the (social) historical development of the welfare system in Belgium.
Graduates know the central theoretical concepts, basic methods and techniques of related fields of science (in casu psychology and social work).
Graduates have knowledge and insight into the role and operation of the various actors in the domain of welfare work.
Graduates master subject-specific terminology.

Skills

Graduates are able to place and critically evaluate contemporary welfare / criminological issues in a historical, cultural-social and political context.
Graduates can test theoretical insights from the study program against current affairs and the professional field.

Attitudes

Graduates have an interested, eager to learn, critical and independent attitude towards knowledge gathering and building.
Graduates have a keen interest in and sensitivity to social and criminological topics.
Graduates are respectful of the emotional and ethical aspects of the phenomena studied.
Graduates have a scientific, discipline-transcending attitude and openness to different problem definitions.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context