Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the certificate program will be able to:
- describe adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the influence they have on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual outcomes in childhood and adulthood;
- identify their own trauma, if any, and learn how to process it to become healthier and more resilient in their own lives;
- describe resiliency, its dynamics, and ways to strengthen resiliency;
- analyze strategies to decrease or eliminate trauma in society including learning how to create trauma-informed organizations; and
- describe the impact of ACEs on communities and formulate strategies to prevent ACEs in communities and their field of practice.
The undergraduate Certificate in Resilience and Trauma-Informed Perspectives requires 18 s.h. of coursework. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.00 in work for the certificate.
The certificate may be earned by any student admitted to the University of Iowa who is not enrolled in a UI graduate or professional degree program. Undergraduate to Graduate (U2G) students may earn the certificate when the undergraduate classification is primary.
The Certificate in Resilience and Trauma-Informed Perspectives requires two core courses; both offered online. MyUI indicates if elective courses are offered in the classroom or online.
Required Courses
Course List
| Course # |
Title |
Hours |
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| CSED:4173 | Trauma Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| SSW:3700/PSQF:3700 | Introduction to Understanding Trauma and Resilience | 3 |
Electives
Course List
| Course # |
Title |
Hours |
| |
| SSW:3786/ASP:3786 | Death/Dying: Issues Across the Life Span | 3-4 |
| SSW:3796 | Family Violence | 3 |
| SSW:3797 | Child Welfare Policy and Practice | 3 |
| SSW:3900 | Campus Sexual Assault: Policy, Prevention, and Intervention | 3 |
| SSW:5200 | Grief Work with Individuals and Families (when topic is trauma-informed family practice) | 2-3 |
| ANTH:2164/GHS:2164 | Culture and Healing: An Introduction to Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| CCCC:2220 | Foundations of Critical Cultural Competence | 3 |
| CSED:4113 | Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, and Sleep Disorders | 3 |
| CSED:4131 | Loss, Death, and Bereavement | 3 |
| CSED:4132 | Introduction to Addictions and Impulse Control Disorders | 3 |
| CSED:4176 | Child Abuse: Assessment, Intervention, and Advocacy | 3 |
| ENGL:1200 | The Interpretation of Literature (when topic is identity, trauma, and resiliency) | 3 |
| ENGL:3444 | Literatures of the American Peoples (when topic is writing trauma, imaging hope) | 3 |
| OEH:4510/CPH:4230/EPID:4510 | Injury and Violence Prevention | 3 |
| PSQF:1027 | Mindfulness Foundations in the Helping Professions | 3 |
| PSY:2701 | Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience | 4 |
| PSY:3330 | Childhood Psychopathology | 3 |
| RHET:2350 | Forensic Rhetoric (when topic is memory, storytelling, and archives) | 3 |
| THTR:2120 | Movement: Special Topics (when topic is vinyasa yoga) | 3 |
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| CSED:4185 | Introduction to Substance Abuse | 3 |
| SSW:3729 | Substance Use and Abuse | 3 |
