At the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Identify possible sound patterns in English;
• List notable Language skills;
• Classify word formation processes;
• Construct simple and fairly complex sentences in English;
• Apply logical and critical reasoning skills for meaningful presentations;
• Demonstrate an appreciable level of the art of public speaking and listening; and
• Write simple and technical reports.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the culture, values and norms as the foundation of society and social order;
• Describe the problem posed to social order by deviance, crime and conflict;
• Identify traditional and informal mechanisms for preventing, controlling and resolving deviance and conflict;
• Identify the evolution of the discipline;
• Discuss the philosophical foundations of positivism and subjectivist approaches;
• Analyse basic concepts and perspectives in the discipline; and
• Compare the programme with others in the social sciences.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the nature, concept and sources of deviance;
• Discuss various theories of deviance and social control;
• Identify the relationships between power, deviance, and social control; and
• Link the interconnections between crime, deviance, social control and security.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Connect between the two revolutions of the 18th Century;
• Discuss the Founding Fathers and the emergence of sociology as a discipline;
• Explain the basic analysis and description of the social structure and dynamics of human society;
• Identify the relationships between Sociology and other social sciences;
• Define the basic terms and concepts of Sociology, culture and the process of socialisation; and
• Define key concepts in sociological discourse.

At the end of the course, students would be able to:

• Understand the meaning of crime;
• Describe the various elements of an offence;
• Understand how to handle criminal matters by cooperating with law enforcement agencies and the court; and
• Understand and appreciate the domain of Criminal Law in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students would be able to:

• Understand the basic concepts of law and sociology;
• Discuss the theoretical perspectives and the nature of law and jurisprudence;
• Understand how to relate law to morality customs, force, justice, freedom, and the rule of law;
• Examine the Nigerian Legal System in both the colonial and pre-colonial era;
• Understand the basic issues in the development of the Nigerian Legal System. Emerging Legal Structure of Nigeria;
• Examine the impact of colonial experience and political independence on Nigeria’s Legal System;
• Understand the influence of Modern Global Trends, Problems and Prospects.

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

• Discuss key conceptions in political science such as politics, power, authority, influence, state, nation, and many others);
• Appreciate the nature, form, and character of politics;
• Identify the contributions of the founding/leading scholars of political science;
• Differentiate between political science as a field of study and politics as an art or Practise;
• Explain the relationship among the various concepts in political science and many others;
• Define the relationship between political science and other fields of study (other social sciences, humanities, and the natural sciences).

At the end of the course, students would be able to:

• Discuss the basic theoretical orientation of the discipline and subject matter;
• Understand the basic theoretical orientations and how psychology relates to other social science disciplines;
• Understand how to discuss and use basic research methods in psychology.

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

• Have a deepened understanding of communication skills both in spoken and written English;
• Demonstrate an appreciable level of proficiency in the arts of public speaking, listening, and effective communication.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Analyse the historical foundation of the Nigerian culture and arts in pre-colonial times;
• List and identify the major linguistic groups in Nigeria;
• Explain the gradual evolution of Nigeria as a political unit;
• Analyse the concepts of Trade, Economic, and Self-reliance status of the Nigerian peoples towards national development;
• Enumerate the challenges of the Nigerian State towards Nation building;
• Analyse the role of the Judiciary in upholding people’s fundamental rights;
• Identify acceptable norms and values of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria; and
• List and suggest possible solutions to identifiable Nigerian environmental, moral, and value problems.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the normative foundation of society in culture, values, norms and laws;
• Identify the key agencies of the criminal justice system;
• Explain the roles or functions of criminal justice agencies;
• Discuss responses to crime through criminal law and process; and
• Explain the various theoretical and policy perspectives on the criminal justice system.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Differentiate between the sources of scientific and non-scientific knowledge;
• Discuss the differences between scientific and non-scientific sources of knowledge on human behaviours;
• Trace the evolution of social science disciplines; and
• Identify the major assumptions about the determinants of human behaviours by different social science programmes.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand basic concepts and the major concerns of sociology;
• Understand the relationship between culture, personality and society;
• Identify the nature and characteristics of social processes.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the philosophical and historical background of law enforcement at the federal, state, and local government levels;
• Trace the history of law enforcement (pre-colonial era, colonial era, from 1970s to 2000s);
• Understand the police force, command structure and methods of operation;
• Understand the relevance of various police activities;
• Critically examine the history and core functions of modern law enforcement agencies and their personnel; and
• Explain the chronology of policing and law enforcement in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the various theories of crime;
• Review the theories of crime control;
• Describe the consequences of crime and delinquency;
• Discuss the sociology of punishment for crimes committed;
• Critique the causal theories, official and private responses, crime control and prevention theories;
• Explain the policy implications, execution, and contemporary issues of crime prevention.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Examine the nature of legal administration in Nigeria;
• Discuss the need for judicial processes;
• State and explain the sources of Nigerian laws;
• Identify the powers and hierarchical arrangements of courts in Nigeria; and
• Explain differences in the administration of justice between autocratic and democratic governments.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Identify the factors that determine human behaviour;
• Discuss the nature and extent of controversies in behaviour formation;
• Discuss the contributions of factors in human behaviour (such as learning, emotions, innovation, motivation, social changes, pandemics, stress, communication, technology and many others);
• Critically evaluate the impact of information and communication technology on human behaviour; and
• Discuss coping mechanisms: adaptive and non-adaptive in dealing with frustrations, conflicts, and stress.

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Explain the concepts, characteristics, and theories of entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, opportunity seeking, new value creation, and risk-taking;
• Analyse the importance of micro and small businesses in wealth creation, employment, and financial independence;
• Engage in entrepreneurial thinking;
• Identify key elements in innovation and describe the stages in enterprise formation, partnership, and networking, including business planning;
• State the basic principles of e-commerce.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the normative foundation of society;
• Define the concepts underpinning social order;
• Examine the source of Nigerian law;
• Identify the major law enforcement and security agencies in Nigeria;
• Discuss the development, functions, powers, and oversight of law enforcement and security agencies globally and in Nigeria; and
• Discuss the performance, capabilities, constraints, and prospects of law enforcement and security agencies.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the structure, organisation, types, and functions of police and policing in different countries;
• Analyse the different philosophies and styles of policing;
• Discuss the factors that affect police effectiveness, legitimacy and deviance; and
• Explain the significance of police reform, oversight, and accountability.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Evaluate the concepts of human rights and criminal justice administration;
• Identify the provisions of international and national instruments on human rights in criminal justice administration process;
• Discuss the tension between human rights and operations of criminal justice agencies and systems;
• Explain the functions and limitations of human rights oversight bodies in protecting the rights of victims of crime, criminal suspects and convicted offenders; and
• Identify the human rights provisions in Nigerian Constitutions and government human rights organisations in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the concepts, evolution and functions of prisons and correctional services;
• Identify the philosophy, reasons, and goals of prisons and correction services;
• Discuss the evolution of punishment and correction agencies in Nigeria, as well as the organisation and function of remand homes, approved schools, borstal training institutions and prisons; and
• Assess the effectiveness and limitations of prisons and correctional services.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the sociological theory of criminal behaviour;
• Conduct a psycho-analysis of crime;
• Explain the motives for violating laws;
• Discuss reinforcement theory of criminal behaviour;
• Understand the nexus between epidemiology and individual conduct;
• Trace the nexus between law, social change and the evolving Nigerian legal structure;
• Understand the nexus between crime and delinquency;
• Discuss the Nigerian legal system.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Define cybercrime and explain the types and causes;
• Trace the nexus between cybercrime, law and countermeasures;
• Understand the various strategies of cybercrime perpetration;
• Explain the effects of cybercrime on society and the economy in general;
• Discuss the legal implications of cybercrime as well as the legal strategies for curbing cybercrime;
• Explain the countermeasures against cybercrime (agencies of law, banking sector and national security architecture);
• Understand the global perspectives and challenges of cybercrime countermeasures.

A student who has successfully gone through this course should be able to:

• Know the basic features of philosophy as an academic discipline;
• Identify the main branches of philosophy & the centrality of logic in philosophical discourse;
• Know the elementary rules of reasoning;
• Distinguish between valid and invalid arguments;
• Think critically and assess arguments in texts, conversations, and day-to-day discussions;
• Critically asses the rationality or otherwise of human conduct under different existential conditions;
• Develop the capacity to extrapolate and deploy expertise in logic to other areas of knowledge; and
• Guide his or her actions, using the knowledge and expertise acquired in philosophy and logic.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the history of computing sciences;
• Discuss in detail the different computing programmes and their characteristics;
• Evaluate different computer applications; and
• Apply search engines to source online resources.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the goals and structure of the Nigerian criminal justice system, fundamental human rights, principles of law enforcement and criminal justice administration;
• Identify the basic principles of Nigerian criminal procedure and evidence;
• Discuss the nature and stages of criminal procedure;
• Explain the purposes and elements of criminal procedure as well as the significance of evidence in criminal justice administration; and
• Demonstrate knowledge of procedure and evidence in selected criminal proceedings like homicide, theft, fraud, and rape.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the logic of statistical analysis in criminology and security studies;
• Explain the computation of descriptive and central tendency statistics;
• Identify the statistical analysis most appropriate for different levels of measurement;
• Compute central tendency and descriptive statistics;
• Demonstrate understanding of the underlying principles of hypothesis testing, tests of association, correlation and covariation;
• Interpret research reports in which descriptive statistics, measures of association, correlation and covariation are applied; and
• Undertake statistical analysis using statistical software.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the concepts of conflict, conflict analysis, peacekeeping, peace enforcement, peace-building, arbitration and mediation;
• Examine the elements, nature and causes of conflict as well as conflict resolution objectives and processes;
• Explain the impact of governance and development on conflict, conflict resolution and peacekeeping;
• Identify mechanisms of peacekeeping and peacebuilding in post-conflict settings;
• Analyse conflicts; identify parties and interests of parties;
• Appreciate theoretical perspectives on conflict, conflict resolution and peacebuilding;
• Discuss the roles of conflict and their effects on conflict resolution and peacekeeping;
• Explain the relationship among conflict resolution, peacebuilding, security and development; and
• Discuss the principles and ethics in mediation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the concept of social harm;
• Explain the difference between social harm and crime;
• Understand the extent to which social practices normalize harm in society;
• Understand the role of class and social inequalities in social harms and crimes.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Enumerate innovative ideas that border on societal problems;
• Apply social science knowledge to research in public and private sectors;
• Design techniques for proposal writing;
• Appreciate social and human welfare services; and
• Analyze models for establishing family and community development.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Appreciate the development of criminology and its sub-disciplines;
• Discuss the theoretical and methodological perspectives in criminology;
• Analyze the philosophy and methods of punishment and corrections, including victim and restorative justice;
• Demonstrate skill in evaluating and applying criminological theories to crime problems in Nigeria; and
• Evaluate the functions, performance, challenges, and prospects of criminal justice administration in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Identify the principles of scientific methods;
• Discuss research methods in criminology and security studies;
• Explain dominant social research methods in criminology and security studies including qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods;
• Discuss appropriate methods and instruments of data collection and analysis; and
• Conduct and assess small-scale research in criminology and security studies.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the meaning, evolution, theories and methods of forensic science;
• Discuss methods applied and evidence obtained through forensic science;
• Analyze the significance of forensic science in criminal intelligence, investigation and prosecution;
• Appreciate the significance of forensic science in law enforcement and criminal justice administration; and
• Assess the application of forensic science in the Nigerian criminal justice and security systems.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the roles and characteristics of crime victims and social injustice;
• Discuss victim-offender relationship and the psychological impact of victimization and societal reaction to victimization;
• Discuss the treatment of victims in the justice system;
• Discuss the relationship between criminal victimization, human rights violations and principles of social justice;
• Understand the contemporary developments in policy and services to address the fundamental rights and societal needs of victims;
• Understand the international trends in victimology.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain corrupt practices, economic and financial crimes such as “419”;
• Explain the concept of white-collar crimes;
• Describe the laws enacted to handle corruption, economic and financial crimes;
• Assess and evaluate the public institutions established to statutorily deal with issues of corrupt practices, and economic and financial crimes.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the security and road safety rules;
• Understand the relevance of security patrols on highways;
• Understand traffic rules, offences and punishments; and
• Study the organizations statutorily empowered to enforce traffic/road safety rules and regulations.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the meaning of civil defence and/or civil protection;
• Discuss the historical evolution and the constitutional roles of the NSCDC;
• Explain the security responsibilities of the NSCDC;
• Understand the key powers and roles of the NSCDC;
• Explain the roles of the NSCDC in crime control;
• Assess the performance of the NSCDC in the fight against Illegal Oil Refining and Oil Theft in Nigeria;
• Understand the roles of the NSCDC in internal security management in Nigeria; and
• Highlight the challenges facing NSCDC in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Analyze the concepts of peace, conflict, and security;
• List major forms, types, and root causes of conflict and violence;
• Differentiate between conflict and terrorism;
• Enumerate security and peace building strategies; and
• Describe the roles of international organizations, media, and traditional institutions in peace building.

At the end of this course, students, through case study and practical approaches, should be able to:

• Describe the key steps in venture creation;
• Spot opportunities in problems and high potential sectors regardless of geographical location;
• State how original products, ideas, and concepts are developed;
• Develop business concepts for further incubation or pitching for funding;
• Identify key sources of entrepreneurial finance;
• Implement the requirements for establishing and managing micro and small enterprises;
• Conduct entrepreneurial marketing and e-commerce;
• Apply a wide variety of emerging technological solutions to entrepreneurship; and
• Appreciate why ventures fail due to a lack of planning and poor implementation.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the concept and scope of research methods;
• Discuss in detail procedures for conducting research;
• Analyze the principles guiding research; and
• Discuss types of research – experimental non-experimental and quasi-experimental research.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Analyze various definitions of security;
• Discuss theoretical perspectives on security and the security sector;
• Identify the agencies in the security sector;
• Explain the functions of security agencies;
• Discuss the structure and functions of security agencies in Nigeria; and
• Apply theoretical perspectives of security to explaining and managing contemporary security challenges in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Compare and distinguish between criminal intelligence and investigation;
• Identify the nature and purpose of criminal investigation;
• Discuss the process (cycle) of intelligence production and management;
• Describe the process of criminal investigation;
• Appreciate the value of investigation in the criminal justice system; and
• Grasp the significance of intelligence in security management.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Acquire practical experience of the functions, operational procedures, performance and challenges of an institution or agency with whom the internship experience was served; and
• Prepare and present an analytical report of the operations, performance, challenges and prospects of a law enforcement and security organization.

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Assess the core theories and fundamental concepts in contemporary criminology and security;
• Analyze contemporary theories of crime;
• Familiarize with the core schools of thought in contemporary criminology and security studies;
• Understand the basic concepts, methodologies, and terminology used by contemporary criminologists;
• Familiarize with current criminological and security issues and concerns;
• Understand the influence of race, gender, and social class on the process of defining criminality and the process of labeling criminals;
• Employ the sociological theories of crime to many contemporary criminology problems.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the nexus between border security and international migration governance;
• Explain the connection between international migration and border management challenges;
• Discuss cross-border movements and border security;
• Discuss how to protect migrants’ rights;
• Understand the link between sovereignty and international migration systems;
• Understand the nexus between anti-trafficking and anti-smuggling interventions.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the meaning of corporate and white-collar crimes;
• Understand the economic, political, and social impact of corporate and white-collar crimes;
• Analyze actions that amount to white-collar crime and learn about white-collar court proceedings;
• Distinguish between white-collar crimes and conventional crimes;
• Understand the dominant theories that explain white-collar crimes;
• Analyze examples of white-collar crimes so as to explore themes around victimization, social damages, and criminal justice;
• Describe crimes against consumers, unsafe products, environmental crime, institutional corruption, securities fraud, corporate fraud, fiduciary fraud, crimes by the government, and medical crime;
• Understand the actors and their roles in corporate and white-collar crimes, that is, perpetrator(s), victim(s), law enforcement, the courts, correctional services, etc.;
• Analyze the costs and effects of white-collar crimes, that is, environmental costs, human costs, economic costs, and social costs; and
• Understand how to prevent white-collar crime.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Prepare and present a research proposal;
• Collect and organise meaningful data;
• Conduct a pilot study and write research report; and
• Apply appropriate statistics in data analysis.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Carry out research successfully; and
• Write a research report.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the assumptions of emerging theoretical and methodological approaches in criminology and security studies;
• Identify national global trends and patterns of crime and insecurity;
• Discuss new approaches to the prevention and control of crime and insecurity;
• Identify trends in the roles of international organisations and professional law enforcement associations;
• Assess the roles of regional economic communities and the African Union in promoting security, democracy, peace and development;
• Link the nexus between globalisation, transnational crimes and policing; and
• Discuss trends in criminology and security studies in Africa.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss concepts of crime, organised crimes; transnational organised crimes (TOC); organisational and white-collar crimes;
• Evaluate the complex nature of organised crimes (both local and transnational);
• Explain the structures, dynamics and types of local and transnational organised crimes;
• Identify goods and services provided by local and transnational organised criminals;
• Discuss the impact of organised crime on political and economic systems; and
• Assess the effectiveness of regional, local and international preventive measures and on controlling organised crime.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand globalisation and its effects on crime and control;
• Understand how to form a global judicial order;
• Understand the nexus between globalisation, the legal sphere and the judiciary;
• Understand the globalisation of legal professions, law and order, and of criminal networks;
• Understand the implications of criminal justice at the national and global levels.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Describe feminist theories;
• Examine how women are governed in Nigeria;
• Understand the context of female criminality;
• Discuss the gendered pathways to crime;
• Understand the link between criminality and gender in Nigeria;
• Explore women’s various experiences of confinement and criminalisation; and
• Understand the roles of women in criminal justice in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the meaning and scope of terrorism, counter-terrorism and insurgency;
• Critically and systematically understand how insurgent movements and terrorist organizations operate in Africa;
• Describe violent terrorist and counter-terrorist practices, and causes of terrorism and counter-terrorism in the Nigerian and African contexts;
• Understand the state policies that instigate intra-state conflicts in African states as well as the policies and strategies used by anti-government forces;
• Describe country-specific counterterrorism responses and the human security impacts of insecurity on citizens in Africa;
• Understand how terrorist organizations such as Al Shabaab, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, and ISIS operate;
• Explain counter-terrorism strategies deployed in African nations, the African Union, and the USA;
• Analyse states as co-conspirators in terrorism-induced insecurity in Africa; and
• Discuss terrorism and the strategies of non-state actors to end insecurity and promote inclusive governance in Africa.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Apprise the concepts of security sector, security sector governance and security sector reform and transformation;
• Identify the major security sector agencies and their roles;
• Explain the essence and determinants of security sector reform;
• Discuss the relationship between democratic governance of society and security sector governance; and
• Identify challenges of security sector governance and reform in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the concepts of humanitarianism, humanitarian and complex emergencies and disasters;
• Explain humanitarian principles, code of conduct and accountability in humanitarian and disaster response management;
• Identify disaster management approaches;
• Discuss political, economic and socio-cultural factors in disaster response and humanitarian response; and
• Identify emergency management framework, disaster reduction and risk management agencies in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Define and differentiate between national security policy, national security strategy and national defence policy;
• Identify the key elements of national security policy and strategies;
• Establish the relationship between national security policy and national development planning;
• Discuss the national security policy formulation process; and
• Compare national security policies across selected countries for effective implementation in Nigeria.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the core and advanced criminological theories such as the Prehistoric (demonological theory); the classical School of thought; the positive school; the social disorganisation theory and so on.
• Understand the role of theory and concepts in criminological analysis.
• Explain the nexus between crimes and social welfare policy;
• Discuss how social welfare provision reduces the problem of crime.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the meaning and scope of digital forensics, forensic investigation and forensic psychology;
• Understand the meaning of criminal intelligence.
• Understand the link between digital forensics, forensic investigation and criminal intelligence;
• Understand the art of identification of incidence; integrations and confessions using psychological skills; and interviewing techniques.
• Describe crime and delinquency;
• Understand psychopathic behaviors and the society;
• Trace the relationship between juvenile offenders and the law;
• Understand the mental status of the offender; social psychological implications of legal judgments; crime culture and prevention; and mental health legislation.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the concept of political crime and treasury looting in its various forms;
• Understand the nature and extent of political crime at the LG, State and National levels;
• Understand the harmful acts and public wrongs in the political space;
• Understand the concept of ‘crimes of the powerful’ as well as the causes, potentials, costs, remedies plus its various forms;
• Understand institutional manifestations of crimes of the powerful, and abuse of power at all levels.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the meaning and scope of racialization, racism, criminalization and the criminal justice system;
• Explore the relationship between racialization and criminalization through critical anti-racist and anti-colonial perspectives of social, economic, political and legal conceptions of “crime” and “justice”;
• Analyze the connections between racialization, racism and the criminal justice system throughout Nigerian history.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain the features and roles of crime victims;
• Describe social injustice in crime;
• Discuss victim-offender relationship and the psychological impact of victimization;
• Discuss societal reaction to victimization;
• Understand how victims are treated in the justice system;
• Explain the nexus between criminal victimization and human rights violations;
• Understand the principles of social justice and contemporary development in social policy and social services to address victims’ rights and needs.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Describe labelling theory, the media process and the social construction of crime;
• Assess the influence of mass media on crime;
• Understand how to report crime in the print and electronic media;
• Understand how the media can influence citizens’ perception about crime;
• Understand how to report crime on social media platforms;
• Understand how the media can be a source of crime;
• Understand the relationship between the media and crime simplification;
• Understand deviance in news and popular media.