This Course and Program Catalogue is effective from May 2024 to April 2025.

Not all courses described in the Course and Program Catalogue are offered each year. For a list of course offerings in 2024-2025, please consult the class search website.

The following conventions are used for course numbering:

  • 010-099 represent non-degree level courses
  • 100-699 represent undergraduate degree level courses
  • 700-999 represent graduate degree level courses

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CORR 810.3: Evidence Based Best Practice in Corrections

This course explores the theoretical and empirical basis of criminal behaviour. This knowledge will then be considered with respect to prediction of criminal behaviour, classification of offenders for purposes of treatment and interventions and finally effective interventions with offender populations. Each candidate will demonstrate understanding of the application of Evidence Based Practice across a jurisdictional system by preparing a literature review focusing on an issue unique to their home jurisdiction.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the P.G.D.S.C. in Corrections program.


CORR 820.3: Law and Policy in Corrections

This course aims to expose the participants to statutes, acts and legislations that govern corrections, including those governing information sharing and services. Next, policies governing management of correctional clientele, including roles and responsibilities, are reviewed. Legal and policy aspects are each considered from an effective correctional intervention perspective.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the P.G.D.S.C. in Corrections program.


CORR 830.4: Essential Elements of Forensic and Correctional Assessment

This course provides content teaming and supervised field experience in general psychological and specific forensic assessment as they are applied to offender populations. Risk and criminogenic needs assessment pertaining to risk for general and specific criminal recidivism will be examined, as will the delineation of offender-specific treatment targets for intervention.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours and 3 Practicum/Lab hours
Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the P.G.D.S.C. in Corrections program.


CORR 840.3: Incorporating Effective Correctional Principles and Practices into Case Management

This course will examine the development case management of offenders from social service models of the late 1960's to the present day practice of incorporating the Risk, Need, Responsively principles and linking assessment with case management. Important concepts of assessment, risk management and rehabilitation will be explored.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours and 3 Practicum/Lab hours
Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the P.G.D.S.C. in Corrections program.
Prerequisite(s): CORR 810, CORR 830.


CORR 850.7: Evidence Based Intervention with Criminal Offenders

This course will cover topics related to effective correctional intervention with institutional and community-based correctional clients, including aspects of offender screening and classification, a review of general evidence-based treatment approaches with emphasis on cognitive behavioural modalities, and an examination of their application to specific offender criminogenic needs.

Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the P.G.D.S.C. in Corrections program.
Prerequisite(s): CORR 810, CORR 830.


CORR 860.3: Research and Evaluation of Effective Correctional Treatment Principles Practices and Interventions

This course explores the evaluation literature on correctional treatment and the research design and methodologies that are used to undertake these evaluation in large organizational structures. A primary objective will be to examine the research and development of the Correctional Programs Assessment Inventory (CPAI) and its use to evaluate correctional programs.

Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the P.G.D.S.C. in Corrections program.
Prerequisite(s): CORR 810, CORR 830.


CORR 870.3: Achieving Program Integrity Quality Assurance and Outcomes Through Clinical Supervision

This course will examine the role of clinical supervision for assessment and case management in the development of effective correctional treatment service delivery systems. This will include the importance of professional and ethical standards for practice and how this is achieved through policy and developing formal mechanisms to evaluate performance.

Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the P.G.D.S.C. in Corrections program.