Graduate Certificate Requirements: Forensic Psychology
Forensic Psychology Graduate Certificate Requirements
The School of Professional Studies: Graduate, Online
The accelerated 7 week semester online Professional Studies graduate Forensic Psychology program offers a Graduate Certificate that requires 12 credits (4 courses) including:
Graduate Courses: 12 credits (4 courses).
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Transfer Credits: Our generous transfer policy allows students to transfer up to 90 credits required for a Bachelor degree, or up to 45 credits required for an Associate level degree as well as 6 credits of related graduate study. Credits presented for transfer must be from an accredited institution and a final course grade of a C or higher is required for undergraduate and a B or higher on the graduate level. Discuss with your advisor.
Prior Learning Assessments: Receive college credit for learning acquired through life experience. By evaluating a portfolio, we determine whether your experience qualifies as college level learning. Pay for one credit and receive three credits per course successfully challenged. You may challenge up to fifteen courses.
Credit by Examination: After enrolling in the School of Professional Studies, you may seek approval from your program to receive credit by examination. Contact your program's director or the Office of the Registrar for more information.
Transfer credit or credit by examination is acceptable in lieu of all Core Curriculum requirements except College Writing I (ENG-0160) and College Writing II (ENG-0170). These two courses are required of all students enrolled in the School of Professional Studies.
Forensic Psychology Graduate Certificate (12 Credits)
PSY 6300: Contemporary Issues in Forensic Psychology
This course provides an overview of forensic psychology to include a comprehensive history of the field and how the field has changed to impact today’s world. Forensic psychology will be examined as a profession, field of study and participant in the legal system. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between psychology and law and the varying and expansive roles forensic counselors play in navigating both the mental health and the legal system.
(3 Credits)
Choose 3 of the Following 4 Courses:
GCC 6200: Psychology and Sociology of Information Security
Prerequisite: None
Information security is all about people. People are the first, last, and best line of defense. Attackers regularly make use of this understanding, spending a lot of time thinking about how to best manipulate people into performing actions against their best interests. Too often, security practitioners believe they can require people to behave in certain, tightly circumscribed ways. They miss that humans will continue to be humans, so it is best to work with them rather than against them. Understanding not only the attacker mindset but also the diverse mindsets of the people within the organization can help identify the best controls to implement.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSY 6330: Victimology
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces students to central questions and research in the field of victimology. Emphasis is placed on the role of victims in the criminal process, problems of adjustment to victimization, offender relationships, victim compensation, restorative justice, and victim’s rights. Several victim typologies will also be addressed. Students will be given the tools necessary for critical evaluation an understanding of the often-neglected role of the victim before, during, and after the criminal event.
Offered spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSY 6345: Juvenile Justice, Delinquency and Development
Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the juvenile justice system. Major topics to be covered include normal juvenile development, juvenile delinquency, and the juvenile justice process including prevention, intervention and treatment methods and juvenile justice codes and case law.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSY 6350: Offender Treatment
Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of counseling techniques and the relationships with adult offenders in our society. Major topics to be covered include mental health issues common with adult offenders, assessment and diagnosis of adult offenders, role of counselors working with adult offenders, and current treatment approaches. The role of political ideology and social context in generating and supporting different correctional strategies will be reviewed.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
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