Flex Credit for CJC 4010
American Corrections
Instructor: Mary Ann Zager, Ph.D.
In order to obtain credit for CJC 4010 American Corrections through the Flex Credit
program, students must demonstrate proficiency of the material in the course and the
connectedness of that information to the student's previous experience and training. Do not register for the course prior to discussing it with me.
You may successfully complete all of the requirements for Flex Credit prior to
registering and paying for the course, or you may register for the
course the semester you will do the work.
Any student who wishes to complete the Flex Credit for
this course must have at least five years experience in the criminal justice field,
plus 60 semester hours of credit.
Credit is granted for the course upon successful
completion of two objectives:
Complete a comprehensive examination of the course
material. This exam will be made up of short essay questions. For the exam, you will need
to obtain and read 3 articles that cover at least 3 of the topics covered
in the syllabus.
These articles should reflect recent research on the correctional
system. Prior to the exam, you will send me copies of the
articles, and I will tailor some of the exam questions to those articles.
An excellent source of materials is the National Criminal Justice
Reference Service. You can download documents from their web site at
www.ncjrs.org. There are specific articles and subjects mentioned in the
study guide. You should also
review one
outside source on prisoner's rights (please make that one very recent).
If you live outside of the five
county area, you will need to arrange to have an exam proctor, click
here for details. If you live within the five county area, you
may come to campus and take the exam with me. The purpose of the exam is
to assess your general knowledge of the history, philosophy, and
practice of corrections.
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After you take the exam, I will
tell you what your grade would be without any additional work, and
what work you would have to complete to raise your grade. Any area that
is weak in your exam will be covered in your paper/project. This paper
will integrate published research on a specific
corrections topic and your personal experiences and training in that context. The
paper content will be discussed after the exam is taken. The subject matter and
style will be approved by the professor. The paper will rely on three types of
information: scholarly journal articles discussing and evaluating (with empirical
research, or data) the component of corrections that you have chosen, professional
publications (from the ACA or a similar source) on that component, and your professional
experiences. The
finished paper will be approximately 3 -10 pages long (this depends
somewhat on the results of your exam).
Flex Credit will be graded on a letter grade basis (A, B, C,
D, F). It will affect your
GPA. Your letter grade in the course will be based on a combination of
the exam and the paper/project. If your exam is stellar, you don't have
to write a paper. If your exam has problems, you will address those in
your paper. I will give you a specific breakdown of your grade scale
after I read your exam.
If you are a FAR student (outside the
5 county area), you may have the exam proctored. Details of this process
are linked
here.
A complete study guide to the course is linked here.... This site covers the
main topics used in the actual course, and is based on previous exams
for that course. All material on the comprehensive exam is
covered in the study questions.
If you have any questions about the process, the
content, study questions, etc. please feel free to email or call me.
Mary Ann Zager, Ph.D.
590-7832
mzager@fgcu.edu
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