Trauma Studies Undergraduate Certificate

Program Overview

The Trauma Studies Undergraduate Certificate is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with knowledge and competencies related to trauma exposure, posttraumatic growth, and trauma-related difficulties. Students can choose from a variety of courses in psychology, criminology, social work, and other disciplines to complete the 18-credit program. The certificate is appropriate for students who want to specialize in working with individuals who have been exposed to potentially traumatic events in a variety of professional settings.

Program Outline

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The Trauma Studies Undergraduate Certificate is an interdisciplinary program requiring 18 credits of training across a minimum of 3 disciplines. Students develop knowledge and competencies related to trauma exposure, posttraumatic growth, trauma-related difficulties including PTSD, and implications for working across a variety of professional settings. Up to 9 credit hours of coursework can apply to the major program of study.

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This certificate is appropriate for students who want to specialize in working in a variety of professional settings with individuals who have been exposed to potentially traumatic events (e.g., physical and sexual assault, intimate partner violence, child abuse and neglect, community and gun violence, war, natural disasters). Many but not all of the courses required by the Certificate Program in Trauma Studies have prerequisites. Some students may satisfy prerequisites by virtue of their prior curriculum and their major program of study. When this is not the case, students are responsible for satisfying the prerequisites. All students must take at least one course offered by 3 different departments (including their home department).

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Required Course:

• PSYCH/GS 3232 Psychology of Trauma (3 credits)

Select three to five of the following:

• CRIMIN/SOC 4300 Communities and Crime (3 credits)
• CRIMIN/GS 4330 Violence Against Women (3 credits)
• CRIMIN/SOC/POL SCI/MVS 4345 War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice in the 20th and 21st Centuries (3 credits)
• CRIMIN 4350 Victimology (3 credits)
• PSYCH/GERON 3280 Psychology of Death and Dying (3 credits)
• PSYCH/CAST 3290 Traumatic Stress in Childhood and Adolescence (3 credits)
• PSYCH/CAST/SOC WK 4398 Child Maltreatment: A Multidisciplinary Approach (3 credits)
• SOC WK/GS 4610 Intimate Partner Violence (3 credits)

Choose up to two courses from the following:

• CRIMIN 1120 Criminal Law (3 credits)
• CRIMIN 2240 Policing (3 credits)
• CRIMIN 2251 Youth Gangs (3 credits)
• CRIMIN 3230 Crime Prevention (3 credits)
• CRIMIN/GS/SOC 4325 Gender, Crime, and Justice (3 credits)
• CRIMIN 4340 Race, Crime, and Justice (3 credits)
• ED PSY 3312 CNS, ED 3200 Interpersonal Skills in Helping Relationships (3 credits)
• MVS 2100/SOC 2801, NURSE 3060 Behavioral Health Concepts (3 credits)
• NURSE 3214, NURSE 3340 (3 credits)
• POL SCI 2400 Public Administration (3 credits)
• POL SCI 2420 Introduction to Public Policy (3 credits)
• POL SCI/MVS 2860 (3 credits)
• PSYCH/GS 2230 Psychology of Gender (3 credits)
• PSYCH 2245 Psychological Disorders (3 credits)
• SOC/GS/HIST/POL SCI/SOC WK 2102 Introduction to Gender Studies (3 credits)
• SOC WK 3210 Social Issues and Social Policy Development (3 credits)
• SOC WK/GS 3700 Diversity and Social Justice (3 credits)

Total Hours:

18