Once you apply, please keep track on your courses, inform your major advisors of the plan to obtain the certificate, and keep in touch with the institute staff to assist your certificate completion, especially when planning the fieldwork.
Once you have completed your coursework, please bring your unofficial transcript to the program office and fill out the Certificate Completion Form.
Offered by the School of Health and Human Services, this program provides individuals from various disciplines with expanded interdisciplinary knowledge and formalized education in the area of child maltreatment and family violence, training and field experience in serving this population. It provides excellent preparation and opportunities to qualify for career positions in which multidisciplinary child abuse and family violence training is required or is essential.
Students who enter under the semester system need 15 units of semester credit as follows:
- CHDV 4120 (3 Units) – Issues in Child Abuse, Neglect and Family Violence, offered in fall and spring
- COMD 3190 (3 Units) – Communicating with Abused Children and Violent Families, offered in spring
- SW 4560 (3 Units) – Multidisciplinary Teams, Child Maltreatment and Family Violence, offered in spring *
*Please check your GET for current schedule
- ELECTIVES (3 Units): Take one elective course from page 2 of the application
Once you apply, please keep track on your courses, inform your major advisors of the plan to obtain the certificate, and keep in touch with the institute staff to assist your certificate completion, especially when planning the fieldwork.
Once you have completed your coursework, please bring your unofficial transcript to the program office and fill out the Certificate Completion Form.