Drug Policy Management (Online), Graduate Certificate
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Hours: 12
Program Code: G328
The Graduate Certificate in Drug Policy Management emphasizes policy development within the rapidly evolving field of drug enforcement, offender diversion, decriminalization, and treatment.
Certificate Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| LSCJ 5113 | Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Justice | 3 |
| LSCJ 5133 | Criminal Justice Policy Development | 3 |
| LSCJ 5413 | Substance Abuse and Crime in the United States | 3 |
| Elective Course | ||
| Complete 3 graduate elective hours as approved by the faculty advisor and graduate liaison. Options include: | 3 | |
| Victimology and Restorative Justice | ||
| Community Corrections in the 21st Century | ||
| Restorative Justice Programs for Drug Offenders | ||
| Human Trafficking and Prostitution | ||
| Drug Enforcement Operations and Management | ||
| Global Drug Trafficking, Narco-Terrorism, and United States Drug Policy | ||
| Gangs in the United States | ||
| Program Development Implementation and Evaluation | ||
| Drugs and the Brain | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
A graduate certificate is not a graduate degree. A graduate degree represents a program of independent inquiry beyond the depth of coursework alone, while a graduate certificate represents a set of courses only.
- All courses must be taken at OU. No transfer credit will apply.
- No course substitutions are permitted for graduate certificates.
- Coursework applied to a graduate certificate cannot be more than five years old as of the semester the graduate certificate is awarded.
- Students must earn a grade point average of 3.00 or higher on all coursework applied to the graduate certificate.