CJ& 105 Corrections in America (5 credits)

2. Communicate diverse perspectives and impacts of the correctional system on groups of people through a historical, intersectional, and multicultural lens.

3. Analyze contemporary issues (e.g., recidivism, capital punishment, privatization of prisons, sustainability) in the US correctional system through an intersectional and multicultural lens.

4. Reflect on one’s own positionality and biases and how their impact views of the correctional system.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Graduates will communicate appropriately based on topic, audience and situation.

Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

Potential Methods
A. Project B. Group activities C. Instructor evaluations D. Peer evaluation E. Self evaluation F. Presentation G. Paper H. Class discussion I. Objective test J. Essay K. Portfolio L. Seminar M. Subjective test N. Role play O. Oral test