The certificate in Youth Justice offers a unique opportunity for students, professionals and para-professionals to gain comprehensive training in addressing critical social issues related to community safety, with a particular emphasis on the well-being of culturally diverse, marginalized and vulnerable youth throughout their lifecycles, including systems-involved youth. The certificate offers a range of courses and educational experiences that foster an interdisciplinary approach to public safety, covering a spectrum of cultural, legal, historical and social aspects. We prioritize fostering collaboration among students, professionals, community members, youth, and other stakeholders, equipping graduates with the values, knowledge, skills, and relationships essential for frontline intervention, advocacy and the advancement of community safety.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers university certificates that provide students advanced practice or research training through a social justice and intercultural competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement and deepen training provided through our degree programs by focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to particular and diverse client populations, settings, and systems. Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and to employed professionals.
The certificate in Youth Justice requires a minimum of 12 units.
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