Job opportunities in this field of knowledge include:

• Criminal advice.
• Penitentiary centers (including juvenile detention centers).
• Criminologist experts.
• Forensic experts.
• Security forces and public force.
• Professionals in technical eye inspection, fingerprinting, accident investigation, among others in the field.

All applicants must submit the following documentation, duly scanned from the original and sent to the promoter to be hosted on the respective platform:

• Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree credits or grades or their equivalent.
• If you are a foreigner, the aforementioned documents must be apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of your respective country. If your country does not have a consulate, you must complete the process with the official authorities that will validate the documents.
• Identity document: ID card (passport in the case of foreigners residing in Panama).
• A passport-sized photo.
• Fill out the admission form in electronic format with the promoter.

Note: Students enrolled in the virtual modality whose nationality is different from Panamanian must present a copy of their personal identity document from their country of origin (national identity card or equivalent document).

The permanence in the University will depend on the student's motivation, capacity and vision to obtain the chosen degree.

Given the profile of the curricular educational model "CYBERHUMANIST" of the university, the student must:

• Study in teams and individually.
• Maintain a minimum cumulative index of 2 on a scale of 1 to 3.
• Pass each subject with a minimum grade of 81 on a scale of 1 to 100, which is equivalent to literal B.
• Develop research skills based on discovery learning.
• Deepen in the disciplinary knowledge that is of interest to them.
• Respect and comply with the regulations established by the statutes that regulate the relationship between the University and the students.
• Be up to date with their monthly payments.
• Attend at least 80 % meetings in person.
• For studies under virtual modality, attendance is regulated through constant interaction in all activities planned on the platform, including synchronous and asynchronous meetings and the development of the student's autonomous work.
• In case of prolonged absence, a justified justification must be presented.
• All students in the specialization programs must have basic computer skills.

SPECIALIZATION

Index

Maintain a cumulative academic index of not less than two (2.00) on a scale of three (3.00).

Second language recognized by UNESCO

Take a certification exam of a second language recognized by UNESCO, in accordance with internal regulations.

Note

Complete and pass all the subjects of the curriculum with a minimum grade of 81 points equivalent to a B.

• Present and approve the Graduation Project in accordance with the provisions of the Manual for the Presentation of Research Projects as a graduation option.

Others

Be in good standing with the institution (financial, academic, and library).

MASTERY

Index

Maintain a cumulative academic index of not less than two (2.00) on a scale of three (3.00).

Second language recognized by UNESCO

Take a certification exam of a second language recognized by UNESCO, in accordance with internal regulations.

Note

• Complete and pass all the subjects of the curriculum with a minimum grade of 81 points equivalent to a B.
• Present and approve the Graduation Project in accordance with the provisions of the Manual for the Presentation of Research Projects as a graduation option.

Others

Be in good standing with the institution (financial, academic, and library).

Final Project (Degree)

The following provisions are established for obtaining the degree:

Specialist Level

• Elaborate, support and approve the degree work.
• The works must be prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Manual for Presenting Degree Works at UMECIT (D-16), regarding structure, content and formal aspects.

Master's Level

• Elaborate, support and approve the degree work.
• The works must be prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Manual for Presenting Degree Works at UMECIT (D-16), regarding structure, content and formal aspects.
• Be in good standing with the institution (financial, academic, and library).

Knowing:

• Possesses comprehensive knowledge of the methodologies and techniques of criminalistics within the conceptual framework of the Accusatory Criminal System.
• Learn about crime theories, investigations, and specialized concepts in criminalistics.
• It covers the scientific and legal foundations of different criminal and penal issues in the country and the region.
• Develops skills for the application of scientific methods and techniques for solving criminalistic problems from an interdisciplinary and integrative perspective.
• Handles updated expert techniques and tools to recognize evidentiary validity, procedural effectiveness and its adequacy to the standards that underpin due process.
• He has a comprehensive view of the legal, criminal and forensic problems of the region and the world, based on the perspectives offered by legal and forensic sciences.
• Demonstrates expertise in forensic science and computer science for the preparation, presentation and defense within the framework of criminal procedural litigation.
• Understands and applies specialized concepts of criminalistics for the investigation of criminal acts.
• Identify the expert evidence in the preliminary investigation and interpret the results of the various forensic examinations.

Doing

• It applies current legislation in each of the consultations, judicial and ministerial proceedings, as well as in the expert opinions.
• He will observe and analyze the facts and evidence at the scenes and situations where a crime occurs.
• Analyze the different criminalistics work that is carried out at the crime scene, in the forensic laboratory and in human identification.
• Applies appropriate performance criteria at the scene of the events and in laboratory investigations.
• He performs with expertise through the application of quality indicators and quantitative or qualitative evaluation in expert investigation processes.
• Evaluates legal cases with forensic criteria, in accordance with the current regulations of the Criminal Procedure Code, through the analysis of fiscal or judicial files that contain forensic expert reports.
• Apply the concept of crime within the framework of criminal law.
• Prepares written and verbal reports based on the analysis of forensic cases.
• Apply critical thinking and the ability to reflect on the elements of evidence linked to a crime.
• In his professional practice, he applies different tools for video and sound analysis in the creation of argumentative and didactic illustrations.

To Be/To Live

• He demonstrates in his attitudes willingness, sense of belonging and level of self-management in the expert activity.
• It assumes the management of the administration of justice as a process of development and organizational legal transformation with social responsibility.
• Develops teamwork skills and leadership in criminalistics processes.
• Act with professional ethics in expert reports for legal proceedings.
• Demonstrates a critical and innovative attitude oriented towards problem-solving.
• Act as an innovative, resourceful, reliable, flexible, discreet, and ethical professional.
• It has the ability to adapt to change as new knowledge is generated.
• He is committed to justice and society in relation to his environment.
• It has legal initiatives aimed at managing and solving criminal problems.
• It possesses social sensitivity to associated political, cultural, and technological variables.
• He demonstrates analytical and reflective thinking regarding the country's political, social, and economic processes.
• Demonstrates being receptive and conciliatory to achieve the objectives of the projects to be developed.

Undertaking

• Design and manage projects that generate innovative and relevant solutions according to the work context.
• It provides advisory services for the development and formulation of projects against violence and crime.
• It ventures into the development of educational programs for society.
• He offers professional services independently in the field of forensic science.
• It provides criminalistics and expert advice to national and international organizations.
• Undertake investigations in the field of criminalistics that contribute to solving problems.
• He ventured into university teaching.