Graduates of the Master’s Program in Criminal Law at Universidad de Las Américas are highly qualified, competent, and enterprising professionals with an international-global vision. Graduates demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of criminal law, encompassing both its substantive and procedural dimensions, as well as an in-depth understanding of the social, political, and economic implications of emerging forms of criminality. Similarly, graduates possess the analytical and interpretive skills necessary to examine penal legislation and formulate legal solutions to contemporary challenges in criminal law.
Furthermore, graduates demonstrate theoretical, practical, technical, and legal competencies in the field of criminal law, grounded in dogmatic principles and informed by national and international legislation and jurisprudence, enabling them to resolve complex cases effectively. Graduates design innovative strategies aimed at preventing and controlling crime, as well as developing public policies focused on strengthening internal security and enhancing international cooperation frameworks for criminal prosecution. Additionally, graduates conduct research on key issues in criminal law and penal sciences in connection with related fields such as constitutional law, international law, and human rights law through the critical selection and application of relevant sources. This research capacity enables graduates to comprehensively evaluate the criminal justice system, address a wide range of legal cases, and propose integrated legal solutions for its continuous improvement.
Ultimately, graduates are expected to lead interdisciplinary teams in both national and international contexts, acting with ethics, creativity, proactiveness, resilience, flexibility, and responsibility. Graduates demonstrate a strong commitment to human rights and the current legal framework, contributing to the development of societies capable of preventing criminal behavior and reinforcing the legal systems responsible for prosecuting, adjudicating, and sanctioning criminal offenses.
Demographic Data - provides information about student enrollment disaggregated by gender and ethnicity, offering insight into the demographic diversity within the program.
Student Completion - provides information about graduation rates and graduation rates disaggregated by gender calculated through the 2021–2022 academic year, based on cohorts of new, first-time students, regardless of enrollment in the program's daytime or evening instructional delivery (if applicable).
All programs utilize the Brightspace platform to collect and assess student work and to compile data and evidence of student achievement. The resulting outcomes and their analysis, which focus on identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent assessment period for each Program Learning Outcome (PLO) is indicated, along with the percentage representing the level of achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, based on the rubric used to evaluate student work.
Note: Multiple descriptions per PLO code reflect updates over time. All versions are shown to support historical and comparative analysis.