All students must meet the Requirements for the Certificates of Graduate Study
Overview
The program is built to address the growing need to improve workforce capacity for professionals who can successfully implement resiliency building strategies addressing the heightened incidence of trauma and adverse childhood experiences.
Students in the program gain a deep socio-ecological understanding of the structural solutions inherent in equity, culturally sustaining partnerships, and resilience; the impact of trauma and adversity; and a toolbox of skills for fostering resilience through building and restoring relationships with families, schools, and communities.
All coursework is online, though some electives may be met with on campus courses.
The CGS can stand alone as a defined certificate of graduate study or can stack into a master’s degree program in Counseling, Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Leadership, Social Work, and Special Education, or a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. To be a stackable credential, students must apply and be accepted into the CGS before the last 4 credits are taken.
Specific Requirements
Minimum Degree Requirements
To earn the certificate of graduate study, students must complete 15 credits including 3 credits of foundational courses, 9 credits of applied courses in a specialization pathway, and a 3 credit of capstone course. The capstone will apply skills and learning from earlier coursework.
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses (1 required) | 3 | |
| EDSP 5300 | The Trauma Lens | 3 |
| or CNSL 5300 | The Trauma Lens | |
| EDSP 6320 | Fam,Schl&Intrprof Partnerships | 3 |
| Applied Courses (3 courses required from list below) | 9 | |
| Collaborative Consultation | ||
| Fam,Schl&Intrprof Partnerships (If not taken as foundations course) | ||
| Restorative&Trma Pract w/Child | ||
| Counselors as Educators | ||
| Trauma, Crisis & Suicide Prev | ||
| Family and Couples Counseling | ||
| Social Justice Teaching & Adv | ||
Others may be taken with approval from program coordinator | ||
| Capstone Courses (1 course required from list below) | 3 | |
| Counseling Internship | ||
| Inequalities and Ed Policy | ||
| Mixed Methods Research: Adv | ||
| Integrative Appr Transform SW | ||
Others as approved by the program coordinator | ||
Students must take 3 of the following courses: EDSP 5300, EDSP 6320, EDSP 6330, EDSP 6340, EDSP 6350, CNSL 6360