Corrections
Corrections
The Backbone Of The American Justice System
As a Tiffin University graduate with a major in Corrections, you will be the backbone of the American Justice System. The Bachelor of Criminal Justice (BCJ) Corrections Major is designed for students who are interested in understanding and working with criminal offenders. Through this major, you will be equipped to handle the dynamic nature of the largest facet of the criminal justice system. The program focuses on the relationship of the field of Corrections to the broader criminal justice system, as well as the evaluation and treatment of offenders in community supervision, custodial, and community-based facilities
A Strong Academic Foundation
The major is structured to give our students sufficient background in legal issues, management, history, social work, and counseling that effectively augment the knowledge and skills they develop in the criminal justice core curriculum. A strong emphasis is placed on providing the latest perspectives on offender reentry, population management strategies, offender motivation, theory, and policy that will provide you with the requisite educational foundation to effect positive outcomes in offender management.
Our Faculty: Working Professionals With Real-World Experience
Our Corrections program offers students the unique opportunity to interact with working professionals from the field. Our faculty come from the correctional environment, and bring to the classroom their professional practice experiences from working in prisons, jails, parole, court security, counseling, and international field work.
Our faculty’s professional practice experience offers you, the student, an innovative blend of theory and practice that is crucial for effective professional education. In addition, our faculty take you into the field and let you explore the correctional environment first-hand, which allows you to gain a better understanding of the classroom instruction.
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What You Should Expect As A Corrections Graduate:
- Graduates will understand the five main theories of corrections.
- Graduates will understand the major constitutional issues of offender supervision.
- Graduates will demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills.
Your Corrections Curriculum
Criminal Justice Core
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hour |
| JUS110 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| JUS201 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| JUS202 | Criminal Procedures | 3 |
| JUS361 | Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| SCS300 | Research Design (w) | 3 |
| SCS470 | Internship I | 3 |
Corrections Core
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hour |
| COR120 | Correctional Thought and Practice | 3 |
| COR231 | Juvenile Justice System | 3 |
| COR245 | Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections | 3 |
| *COR336 | Constitutional Rights of Prisoners | 3 |
| COR420 | Agency Management | 3 |
| *COR423 | Case Management | 3 |
| *COR430 | Crisis Intervention Strategies | 3 |
| *JUS461 | Capstone Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| *PSY267 | Abnormal Behavior | 3 |
| One of the following: | ||
| FOR365 | Drugs and Society | 3 |
| PSY269 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| SOC360 | Multicultural Issues in Society (w) | 3 |
Total. 30 hours
Have Additional Questions? We’re Here Every Step Of The Way!
For more information about the BCJ Corrections Degree Program, or the School of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences, contact us at (419) 448-3292, or (800) 968-6446, ext 3292.
