Welcome to
Corrections
Advisory
Meeting
Suggestion: Take Notes!
GENERAL ADVISING
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Take advantage of Advising U (in Armstrong Hall 114)
Check your DARS report; visit with advisor at least
once per academic year
You need 120 credits to graduate
Forty of your credits must be at 300-400 level
Take 100-200 level courses within major early (Intro
to Sociology, Intro to Criminal Justice, Juvenile
Delinquency, Foundations/Orientation
Required Courses For Corrections Major
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Required General Education
CORR 106 Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems (3)
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3)
Required
CORR 200 Foundations and Orientation to Corrections (3)
CORR 255 Juvenile Delinquency (3)
CORR 442 Criminology (3)
CORR 443 Penology (3)
CORR 447 Community Corrections (3)
CORR 448 Correctional Law (3)
CORR 449 Correctional Counseling (3)
CORR 496 Field Practice: Corrections (10)
CORR 497 Capstone Seminar (2)
Major Electives – Choose 2
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CORR 255 Jolt II
CORR 441 Social Deviance (3)
CORR 451 Law and Justice in Society (3)
CORR 452 Victimology (3)
CORR 453 Treatment Methods in Corrections (3)
CORR 459 Issues in Corrections (3)
CORR 465 Law and Chemical De pen den cy (3)
SOC 485 Sociology of Mental Health
SOC 409 Family Violence (3)
Choose one:
GERO 200 Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (3)
NPL 273 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (3)
SOC 351 Social Psychology (3)
Choose one course
SOC 201 Social Research I (3)
SOC 469 Survey Research (3)
SOC 479 Sociological Ethnography (3)
SOC 480 Qualitative Methods (3)
Choose one course
CORR 444 Women in the Criminal Justice System (3)
SOC 446 Race, Culture and Ethnicity (3)
SOC 463 Stratification (3)
CORR Race and Juvenile Justice (3)
Foundations/Orientation to
Corrections (CORR 200)
Take this course as soon as possible
Prepare for 50 hours of service learning outside of class
First professional experience in the field (for most)
Treat it as professionally/responsibly as a paid job
Corrections isn’t for everyone; the course helps you
make sure it’s the right major for you, so take it
early, not later!
JOLT: Joint Opportunities to
Learn and Thrive (Corr 250, Corr
255)
 If interested in working in juvenile probation:
 Class co-taught with probation officers at
Blue Earth Community Corrections, class held
at Justice Center,
 4 hours a week as a professional mentor to a
youth on probation
 3 hours a week assisting a probation officer
in a program in probation
 Year long program, JOLT I & JOLT II
 Must apply, complete a background check,
and interviewed
 Applications available Spring term before
registration – watch for announcements
Identity Work in Women’s Reentry Experiences: A
Transformative Classroom Behind the Fence
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Uses identity theory to interpret the
experiences of reentry for women
“Integrated” classroom at the women’s prison
Discussion based class/no lecture
 Students learn from one another
 Transportation and books
provided
 Administrative fee $105
 Applications accepted late
spring – watch for
announcement
Correctional Counseling
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Need permission to take Correctional
Counseling
You can take Correctional Counseling next
term (spring, 2013) if you are taking Field
Practice next summer or the following fall.
If you meet these requirements, you can signup for Correctional Counseling, spring 2013,
today!
NOTE: In the future, can take class any time,
not just second to last semester.
WHY DO
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INTERNSHIP?
 A successful internship experience helps to make you
stand out among others when competing for a job.
Corrections career-related work experience you gain
during your internships can be crucial to your job
search.
 1. GAIN WORK EXPERIENCE
 2. CREATE A COMPETITIVE EDGE IN THE FINDING A JOB
 3. NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
 4. JOB TRANSITION
 5. APPLY CLASSROOM KNOWLEDGE TO THE REAL WORLD
 6. DEVELOP YOUR RESUME AND BUILD CONFIDENCE
 7. DECIDE IF A FIELD IS RIGHT FOR YOU
SETTINGS: The focus is
Corrections!
 Three probation delivery systems,
correctional facilities, residential
treatment centers for individuals involved
with the criminal justice system, group
homes, victim service agencies, etc.
Also consider a state/federal agency,
Federal Probation / Pretrial or a State or
Federal Prison.
 Remember, we are a corrections
program so the internship you
choose must have a correctional
orientation.
Ask these Questions
1. “Does this agency work with or serve
individuals who are involved with the
criminal justice system?” If the answer
is “yes” you are in the right ball park.
2. Then ask; “Is the goal of the agency
to protect the public, rehabilitate
individuals or assure compliance with
court orders?” A “yes” to both of these
questions will let you know the setting
is appropriate.
Internship (Field Practice) Planning
1. Beginning planning at
least one year before you will
be doing it. It is a 450 hour
internship; 8-hour days, 40
hours a week, for 10 weeks.
50 hours will be devoted to
the capstone class.
2. It is like a full-time job. It
is very difficult to hold down
a part-time job to make
money. Your 100% focus
should be on doing an
excellent job for your agency.
3. Begin to look for possible
internships. Find an
internship position:
http://www.macpo.net/IN07
map2007.php
http://www.intech.mnsu.edu
/davisj/fp_agencies.htm
4. Make sure the internship
site you choose is approved
by the internship coordinator
in the Corrections Program.
5. Pick up folder in AH113
Volunteering/Criminal Record
Volunteer as often/broadly as time permits
If you have an official criminal record:
Be honest and upfront; agencies will find it
Make sure it’s in the past (not present/future)
Generally, misdemeanors don’t keep you out of
the field; gross misdemeanors might; felonies
are a tough road, so consider a change of major
If you have mental health issues, get help, get well,
and then go into the field; it’s not therapy for you
– it’s about helping clients, which can be tough if
you yourself struggle
Double Counting
Classes
with Sociology
If you have a Corrections major and a
Sociology minor or Sociology double minor,
some classes will count towards the
requirements of both.
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However, you may not double count the
number of credits for any given course.
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Juvenile Delinquency (Corr 255)
Criminology (Corr 442, Soc 442)
Social Deviance (Soc 441)
Family Violence (Soc 409)
Soc. of Mental Health
Law and Chemical Dependency (Corr 451, Soc 451)
Social Psychology (Soc 351)
Social Research I (Soc 201)
Survey Research (Soc 469)
Sociological Ethnography (Soc 479)
Qualitative Methods (Soc 480)
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Women in the Criminal Justice System (Corr
444, Soc 444)
Race, Culture and Ethnicity (Soc 446)
Race and Juvenile Justice
Social Stratification (Soc 463)
Summer Schedule, 2013