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SEP3706/101/3/2022
Tutorial Letter 101/3/2022
Specialised Security Sectors
SEP3706
Semesters 1 and 2
Department of Criminology and Security Science
This tutorial letter contains important information
about your module.

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CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION 3
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES 4
2.1 Purpose 4
2.2 Outcomes 4
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION 5
4 CONTACTING THE UNIVERSITY VIA EMAIL 6
5 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS 7
5.1 Lecturer(s) 7
5.2 Department 7
5.3 College of Law Information Centre 8
5.4 University 8
6 RESOURCES 10
6.1 Prescribed book(s) 10
6.2 Recommended book(s) 10
6.3 Electronic Reserves (e-Reserves) 10
6.4 Library services and resource information 10
7 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES 11
7.1 Module-specific support initiatives 11
7.2 Companies falsely advertising Unisa services 11
8 STUDY PLAN 12
9 PRACTICAL WORK 12
10 ASSESSMENT 12
10.1 Assessment criteria 12
10.2 Assessment plan 13
10.3 Unique numbers 14
10.4 Assignment due dates 14
10.5 Submission of assignments 14
10.6 Other assessment methods 14
10.7 The Examination 14
11 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY 15
11.1 Plagiarism 15
11.2 Cheating 15
11.3 More information regarding plagiarism can be downloaded on the link below 15
12 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES 15
13 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 16
14 SOURCES CONSULTED 16
15 IN CLOSING 16

SEP3706/101/3/2022
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1. INTRODUCTION
Unisa is a comprehensive ODeL higher education institution. The comprehensiveness of our
curricula encapsulates a range of offerings, from strictly vocational to strictly academic
certificates, diplomas and degrees. Unisa's "openness" and its distance eLearning character
result in many students registering at Unisa who may not have had an opportunity to enrol in
higher education. Our ODeL character implies that our programmes are carefully planned and
structured to ensure success for students ranging from the under-prepared but with potential to
the sufficiently prepared.
Teaching and learning in an ODeL context involves multiple modes of delivery ranging from
blended learning to fully online. As a default position, all post graduate programmes are offered
fully online with no printed study materials, while undergraduate programmes are offered in a
blended mode of delivery where printed study materials are augmented with online teaching
and learning via the learner management system – myUnisa. In some instances, undergraduate
programmes are offered fully online as well.
Furthermore, our programmes are aligned with the vision, mission and values of the University.
Unisa's commitment to serve humanity and shape futures combined with a clear appreciation of
our location on the African continent, Unisa's graduates have distinctive graduate qualities
which include:
• independent, resilient, responsible and caring citizens who are able to fulfil and serve in
multiple roles in their immediate and future local, national and global communities
• having a critical understanding of their location on the African continent with its histories,
challenges and potential in relation to globally diverse contexts
• the ability to critically analyse and evaluate the credibility and usefulness of information
and data from multiple sources in a globalised world with its ever-increasing information
and data flows and competing worldviews
• how to apply their discipline-specific knowledges competently, ethically and creatively to
solve real-life problems
• an awareness of their own learning and developmental needs and future potential