Criminal Justice Program, Corrections Option, A.S.
The Corrections Option is aimed at providing students with the skills and knowledge to enter a career in institutional or community-based corrections. The tremendous growth of prisons and the prison population has resulted in career opportunities in corrections for criminal justice majors. A similar expansion of community-based corrections has occurred to stem the prison building boom and reduce the cost of institutional corrections. Career opportunities in community-based corrections provide an opportunity to incorporate psychological and sociological course work in the criminal justice program. The Corrections Option is designed to provide alternative curricula for students who are interes
Courses
- CRJU127 — Intro to Corrections
- CRJU205 — Community Corrections
- CRJU245 — Delinquency & Juvenile Justice
- ENGL121 — English Comp: Writing Process
- ENGL122 — Engl Comp: Writing & Research
- PSYC111 — Intro to Human Services
- PSYC215 — Counseling Techniques
- PSYC216 — Intro to Psychopathology
- PSYC235 — Group Dynamics
- SOCI105 — Intercultural Communication
- SOCI202 — Analysis of Social Problems
- SOCI216 — Majority & Minority Relations