Certificate of Less than One Year in Victim Services
Become an advocate. The victim services certificate introduces students to methods of responding to victimization in a trauma-informed and culturally competent manner. This certificate prepares students for careers in victim advocacy but would also be useful for anyone going into a profession where they will interact with victims, such as law enforcement or nursing.
Program Location
Carrollton Campus
Method of Delivery
Fully Online
Accreditation
The University of West Georgia is accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
Credit and transfer
Total semester hours required:
This program is offered entirely online. Though a student may choose to sign-up for a face-to-face elective or core course, one can earn this degree completely online.
Save money
UWG is often ranked as one of the most affordable accredited university of its kind, regardless of the method of delivery chosen. In addition, online courses and programs can mean a huge cost-savings in many non-evident ways: No more high gas charges. No childcare needed. The flexibility can allow one to maintain a job while attending school. Regardless of state residency, out-of-state non-resident students are not charged non-resident tuition for online course credit hours.
Details
- Total tuition costs and fees may vary, depending on the instructional method of the courses in which the student chooses to enroll.
- The more courses a student takes in a single term, the more they will typically save in fees and total cost.
- Face-to-Face or partially online courses are charged at the general tuition rate and all mandatory campus fees, based on the student's residency (non-residents are charged at a higher rate).
- Fully or entirely online course tuition rates and fees my vary depending on the program. Students enrolled in exclusively online courses do not pay non-Resident rates.
- Together this means that GA residents pay about the same if they take all face-to-face or partially online courses as they do if they take only fully online courses exclusively; while non-residents save money by taking fully online courses.
- One word of caution: If a student takes a combination of face-to-face and online courses in a single term, they will pay both all mandatory campus fees and the higher eTuition rate.
- For the cost information, as well as payment deadlines, see the Student Accounts and Billing Services website
There are a variety of financial assistance options for students, including scholarships and work study programs. Visit the Office of Financial Aid's website for more information.
Coursework
18 credit hours
Certificate Requires
This course provides an overview of the criminal justice system in the United States. Topics covered include definitions and measures of crime, fear of crime, victims of crime, law enforcement, courts, corrections, and juvenile justice.
Provides an in-depth analysis of the victims of crime. This course focuses on the historical development of victimology, which emerged in the 1940's as an independent field of study as well as surveying some of the more recent works by contemporary thinkers.
Certificate Selects Identity
3 hours
This course explores victim identities, such as race, gender, sexuality, socio-economic status, religion, and others. The course content will include an examination of interactions among victimization, identity, law, and society. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between identity and victimization with law and society.
This course explores victim identities, such as race, gender, sexuality, socio-economic status, religion, and others. The course content will include an examination of interactions among victimization, identity, law, and society. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between identity and victimization with law and society.
Certificate Selects Internship
3 hours
The internship provides students an opportunity to gain supervised work experience in an agency in their major area of study.
Students may receive academic credit for personal experience in the political process and/or public employment. Credit hours only apply toward electives.
The internship provides students an opportunity to gain supervised work experience in an agency in their major area of study. Permission of the instructor is also required for this course.
Certificate Selects Victim Advocacy
3 hours
This course explores the legal, cultural, and psychological frameworks underlying victims rights and advocacy. We will cover topics on trauma-informed communication, ethics and professionalism in victim services, the role of system-based and community-based advocacy, and strategies for effectively managing trauma for a practitioner.
This course explores the legal, cultural, and psychological frameworks underlying victims rights and advocacy. We will cover topics on trauma-informed communication, ethics and professionalism in victim services, the role of system-based and community-based advocacy, and strategies for effectively managing trauma for a practitioner.
Elective
3 hours
This course provides a foundation in effective case management skills for work in human services serving a variety of population groups. It covers communication techniques, interviewing strategies, intake and assessment processes, data collection methods, documentation, making appropriate referrals, service coordination, and termination. This course also examines ethical principles of diversity issues directly related to effective case management.
This course will examine family violence from both a personal and social perspective. Research and theory in family violence will be discussed, along with types of relationships, incidence, prevalence, inter-personal dynamics, contributing factors, consequences, social response and services. Prevention strategies will be explored.
This course will focus on a particular issue being dealt with by the criminal justice system today. Students will critically examine the issue and related research and theories. The social context of the issue will be explored as well as possible actions to address the problem. Course is repeatable for credit. Human trafficking is a complex, global phenomenon that has remained largely hidden and is, as a result, often misunderstood. This course will allow students to gain a better understanding of human trafficking, including current theory and research on the topic. This course will cover the extent and nature of the problem; including demand, prevalence, experiences of survivors, types of trafficking, and methods of traffickers. The coursewill also examine international, federal, and state legislation and other efforts to prevent and respond to trafficking victimization.
This course provides a foundation in effective case management skills for work in human services serving a variety of population groups. It covers communication techniques, interviewing strategies, intake and assessment processes, data collection methods, documentation, making appropriate referrals, service coordination, and termination. This course also examines ethical principles of diversity issues directly related to effective case management.
This course introduces students to the world of grant-writing and management, and provides an opportunity to experience writing actual grants. Students will learn the process of identifying prospective funders, developing relationships with funders, understanding the basics of writing grants, submitting proposals, working as a collaborative, and preparing for the follow up. Students will apply course learning to write and prepare actual grant proposals.
The issue of human rights is not a new one. Instead, its roots can be traced to antiquity, beginning with the Magna Charta. However, the importance of human rights in global relations if a post-World War Two phenomenon. The genocidal acts committed by Hitler s Germany placed human rights on the international agenda. Since then, the significance of human rights in the global system has grown. In addition, the study of human rights has become a major area of intellectual inquiry. Against this background, this course is designed to examine some of the major issues in the human rights field ranging from the conceptual and methodological tool boxes to critical issues such as the right to work, the right to education, torture, genocide, the rights of women and children, minorities, indigenous peoples, and the responsibility to protect. Importantly, these issues will be examined within the context of morality, international law, and realpolitik.
This seminar explores the intersections of gender and violence. We shall analyze dynamics between men/boys and women/girls and situate them within the context of US society and culture. Our aim is to understand their origins, forms and effects and to identify changes that can be made to reduce and prevent their occurrence.
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