School of Undergraduate Studies

Certificate in Correctional Administration

The certificate in correctional administration is designed to prepare students to work in adult, juvenile, and community corrections. The program considers emerging legal and ethical issues relating to offenders and correctional staff and emerging best practices for maintaining constitutionally sound environments. With appropriate choice of major and elective courses, this certificate may be completed while pursuing the Bachelor of Science in criminal justice.

Total Semester Hours: 18

Three required courses:

CCJS 105 - Introduction to Criminology (3)
CCJS 497 - Correctional Administration (3)
CCJS 431 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Corrections (3)

A supporting elective chosen from the following (3):

CCJS 350 - Juvenile Delinquency
CCJS 432 - Law of Corrections
CCJS 433 - Communicating in the Correctional Culture
CCJS 461 - Psychology of Criminal Behavior
CCJS 486A - Internship in Criminal Justice Through Co-op

A second supporting elective chosen from the above list (3)

A third supporting elective chosen from the above list (3)