Correctional Science

The Correctional Science Certificate and Associate in Science Degree are formulated to prepare students for a thriving, sustainable career as empathetic professional correctional officers, jailers, detention officers, probation officers and parole agents.  The San Joaquin Delta College Correctional Science program will prepare you for immediate employment or transfer to a four-year college or university.  Our program is fully online and available to those pursuing entry level positions as well as those persons already employed in the correctional field seeking career and pay advancement.  All of our courses are instructed by a student-focused faculty that possess advanced education preparation and lived experience in the field.  An unbeatable combination.