Corrections Science

Corrections Science is a program taught at Wytheville Community College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (Four-semester (two-year) program) options.

Corrections Science at Wytheville Community College is an Associate of Applied Science in Protective Services Technology in Corrections Science. The program is designed to prepare correctional staff personnel with knowledge of the operational aspects of corrections and methods used to manage, treat, and counsel inmates.

The program runs as a four-semester, two-year program. Approximately one-half of the curriculum covers Criminal Justice, with the rest in related areas, general education, and electives. Instruction includes theoretical concepts and practical applications, and students complete a coordinated internship in public governmental criminal justice agencies for 180 hours during one semester.

Modules

• Survey of Criminal Justice
• Criminology
• Multiculturalism in Policing
• Adult Correctional Institutions
• Defensive Tactics
• Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedures I
• College Success Skills
• Corrections and the Community
• Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedures II
• Report Writing
• Computer Applications in Criminal Justice
• Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

The minimum requirements for admission in Corrections Science at Wytheville Community College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Wytheville Community College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Wytheville Community College as pre-requiste for admission in Corrections Science.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

• A personal interview with a member of the Criminal Justice Faculty.
• Competency in English and Math – MDE 10 as demonstrated through direct enrollment and diagnostic tests, or by satisfactorily completing the required EDE and/or MDE units or the equivalent.
• Other factors to consider are physical condition, hearing, color vision, sight, weight, and moral character.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.wcc.vccs.edu/program/corrections-science

• Local, State and Federal Corrections Officers
• Community Corrections

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.