Criminal Justice - Corrections Option

Program Requirements

Criminal Justice Corrections Option, BS Program Checksheet

Includes:

• General Education Courses and Major Courses
• Admission and Transfer Requirements
• Graduation Requirements

Why Choose the Criminal Justice Corrections Option? - Program Spotlight

This option emphasizes areas of criminal justice other than law enforcement including adult institutions, probation, parole, and the prevention, treatment, and control of both youthful and adult offenders. Coursework is designed to introduce various components that make up the structure of institutional corrections, community corrections, and human service agencies working with deviant populations. Further emphasis is placed on interpersonal communication, crisis intervention, and working with special deviant populations. 

This option includes certification of the minimum educational requirements for the position of state corrections officer as established by the Michigan Correctional Officers' Training Council.  Similarly, the School of Criminal Justice offers a local Corrections Officer Training Academy that is designed to provide certification training for students wishing to work as a county jail corrections officer in Michigan.

Career Opportunities

The corrections track graduates are well positioned to work with the deviant populations at the federal, state, and local level.  They are also prepared to work with juveniles and adults.  Opportunities are available for detention/correctional officers; probation agents, parole agents, working within the court system, youth programs, residential treatment facilities, community corrections, and a wide array of human services agencies.

More Information

For further information, please contact the School of Criminal Justice.

1349 Cramer Circle, BIS 509

Big Rapids, MI  49307

231-591-5080 or 231-591-3652