This newly created course at the State University is a response to the increasing problems in Poland and the world related to the state and sense of public safety. Both the profile and the study program have been designed in such a way as to maximize the ability of students to acquire competences of practical value.

This is to be achieved, in particular, by the selection of subjects, the vast majority of which is of a practical nature and touches upon issues that are important from the point of view of state security. These include, among others, matters of internal and external security and the system of security-oriented institutions, the issues of forensic and intelligence tactics and techniques, as well as broadly treated issues from various areas of law.

Classes are conducted by a group of highly specialised instructors. This is possible, among others, due to the own resources of the State University, constantly enriched and modernized in terms of the needs of the educational offer.
In addition, there are plans to introduce additional curricular modules, participation in which will be optional. These classes will be aimed at broadening the knowledge and skills of participating students in the field of:

• shooting,
• scuba diving,
• self-defense,
• and responding to health and life threatening situations.

Students will have the opportunity to participate in specialized lectures conducted in English which will also be optional.

Two student research clubs are operating at the faculty: VIS PROBANDI with a criminological inclination and Forensic Entomology NECRODES with a forensic inclination. They allow students to deepen and expand their specialist knowledge and acquire additional skills that go far beyond the curriculum. Students majoring here also have the opportunity to participate in foreign trips organized within the ERASMUS+ program.

The major: forensics with criminology is ran under the patronage of the General Police Headquarters. At the same time, the Rector of State University in Piła signed cooperation agreements with the Police School in Piła and the County Police Headquarters in Piła. As a result, the database of specialized laboratories and equipment has increased, providing extremely wide access to the most modern resources in the field of practical training of specialists in the areas of forensics and criminology.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR FUTURE GRADUATES?

The graduate will obtain a wide range of knowledge and skills that allow them to, at the basic level but efficiently, carry out tasks assigned to numerous security and justice institutions, such as: the police, city guard, probation service, prison service. In addition, they will find employment in companies from the insurance sector, or non-governmental institutions and organizations whose activities are focused on the issues of social security, social prevention as well as preventing and detecting crime.

In their education, students will primarily participate in practical classes, in particular in the form of laboratories, projects and seminars. During these classes, specialized equipment will be used to carry out activities in the field of forensics and criminology.

The principles of operation and use of this equipment will be presented primarily by experts - practitioners with many years of professional experience. As a result, graduates will gain skills, knowledge and competences in the following areas:

• collection, protection and analysis of forensic traces;
• the use of modern methods and information technology in the field of forensic activities;
• collecting, analyzing and using information in practice, including sources of specialized scientific information in order to constantly improve and expand the scope of professional knowledge;
• basic cooperation with the prosecutor's office, the police, and forensic medicine institutions;
• the use of legal knowledge in evidence proceedings;
• organizational structure and functioning of the security institutions;
• undertaking activities in the field of crisis intervention, including providing support, mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution;
  diagnosing social threats, assessing the degree of their advancement, designing and implementing actions to neutralize these threats;
• crime prevention.

A graduate with such a range of knowledge, skills and social competences will be prepared for responsible, professional performance of the tasks entrusted to them in the areas of professional activity related to the field of study. At the same time, they will be able to take up second-cycle studies, in particular related to the broadly understood security sciences. In addition, the acquired skills and knowledge will allow the graduate to successfully apply for employment in various types of public order and security institutions and the judiciary, including: the police, special services, prisons, customs services, court services, institutions of broadly understood internal security, customs and border services.

LIST OF SUBJECTS

GENERAL SUBJECTS

• physical education with elements of self-defense
• elements of labor law
• occupational health, safety and ergonomics
• BA seminar

BASIC COURSES

• selected issues of philosophy
• applied ethics
• key concepts of psychology
• sociology in security sciences
• social communication
• organization and management in social sciences
• introduction to security sciences
• introduction to legal science

MAJOR COURSES

• types and institutions of security
• basic issues of forensics
• introduction to criminology
• selected issues of substantive and procedural criminal law
• police law
• forensic tactics and technique
• social pathologies
• organization and recording of investigative activities in the police
• research methodology in social sciences with elements of statistics
• resocialization
• inference methods and data analysis in security sciences
• basics of civil law and intellectual property law
• pre-medical and medical assistance in emergency situations
• criminal trial, evidentiary proceedings
• victimology
• protection of personal data and classified information
• forensic investigation of the scene of the event, identification and types of traces

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS, No.1

• criminal analysis and analysis of evidence in a criminal trial
• trial tactics in forensics
• organization and structure of the judiciary
• forensic entomology
• verbal and non-verbal communication in forensics and criminology
• traces subject to chemical research
• selected elements of computer forensics, control and recording of conversations
• petty offense law and petty offense proceedings
• mechanoscopy, routeology and osmology in forensic practice
• dermatoscopy and forensic biology

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS, No.2

• professional competences in crime prevention
• system of institutions of social prevention and rehabilitation
• the system of assistance to victims of crime
• psychological aspects of threats and crisis intervention
• methodology of work in crime prevention
• mediation and negotiation
• aggression and violence in the family environment
• social counseling
• criminal, family and guardianship law
• behavioral disorders pedagogy

ORGANIZATION OF STUDIES

The studies last 6 semesters. They include classes (lectures, practicals, project work, laboratory classes and seminars) and 960 teaching hours of professional practice. Practical activities dominate the curriculum. The form of crediting individual subjects is an examination or a credit with a grade.

ORGANIZATION OF OCCUPATIONAL PRACTICE

Students of forensics with criminology will undergo internships in various institutions in the field of public safety. These institutions include, among others, police units, city guard, correctional facilities, youth social adaptation centers, probation teams, rescue units, medical centers, and expert teams of forensic experts.

MAGDA - STUDENT OF CRIMINAL STUDIES
The Stanisław Staszic State University of Applied Sciences in Piła is a perfect place to develop your passions and interests. If you are stubbornly reading detective stories and skipping the new episode of "Sherlock" is unacceptable for you, studies in the field of forensics with criminology will be a dream come true. Personally, I took up education in this field in order to develop my professional qualifications and gain knowledge in the field of negotiations conducted in broadly understood security institutions. This is because these studies are not focused only on technical aspects, such as collecting, securing and analyzing forensic traces, but also on the psychological conditioning of the actions of perpetrators of crimes. Knowledge in this field is provided by top-class lecturers who have gained vast experience and knowledge, both theoretical and practical, in local Police units. Don't wait - act!