Correctional Officer Certificate
Correctional Officer Certificate
Certificate (D,G,S)
The job of a Correctional Officer can be challenging as well as very rewarding. Officers within Delaware are very diverse and have several opportunities for various positions within the state's Department of Correction (DOC), and are offered competitive pay and benefits, along with an attractive retirement plan.
This certificate program provides critical information regarding the scope and nature of correctional officer duties, interactions with the various agencies and other branches of government, elements of Constitutional Law, typology of crimes, and theories of crime causation.
Graduates of this certificate program may receive priority employment consideration by the Department of Correction, and will be able to apply their credits towards a two-year degree in Criminal Justice at Delaware Tech. Current DOC officers who enroll in the program will receive six credit hours toward program completion, and the curriculum will greatly enhance their scope of knowledge as they climb the career ladder with the Department of Correction.
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Examine criminal justice professionalism in the performance of duties.
- Review the function and interaction of criminal justice agencies and organizations.
- Apply interviewing, counseling, and crisis intervention techniques with diverse criminal justice populations.
- Review knowledge of causation and correction to juvenile and adult offenders.
- Study the legal principles and practices of criminal and constitutional law.
Graduation Requirements
Core Courses
Program/Major Courses
Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)
Semester 1
Semester 2
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 15 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.
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