Certificate and Degree Options
Certificates
Degrees
For certificate and degree requirements, please visit the College Catalog.
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.
Welcome aboard
Correctional Science Advisory Board
Professor / Correctional Science Chair SJDC
(209) 954-5151, ext: 5559
Retired Lodi PD Detective / Chair
Women’s Center Youth and Family Services Outreach Program Manager
Federal Bureau of Prison Affirmative Employment Manager
US Federal Probation Officer
CDCR State Parole Officer
Adjunct Professor Stanislaus State (Corrections)
SJDC Police Academy Instructor / SJ Public Defender Investigator (Corrections)
CDCR Background Investigator
San Joaquin County Sheriff (Records and Training)
San Joaquin County Probation Officer
SJDC – Entree To Employment