Violence Prevention and Intervention Minor
The violence prevention and intervention (VPI) minor is a multidisciplinary 20-credit curriculum focusing on violence prevention and intervention. It is comprised of three required core courses and two elective courses. It is designed to meet the needs of students preparing for a career in the human services field:
- those working in the human services who want additional knowledge;
- those working in another field where course work in the human services will enhance their professional competence; and
- those interested in broadening their world view, as lifelong learning.
Any student may take VPI courses without completing the entire minor.
The VPI minor increases a student's competence in a variety of fields, including corrections, general human services, law enforcement, nursing, psychology and social work to work together across disciplines to promote effective intervention in violence and abuse at the individual, family and community levels.
Prerequisite (4 credits)
Students must complete at least one lower-division course in one of the following disciplines: sociology, political science, anthropology or psychology. Students must also complete one course related to multiculturalism.
Required Core Courses (12 credits)
The three core courses must be taken in sequence, with the internship following completion of the first two courses.
- HSER 300 Violence:�� Origins and Explanations
- HSER 301 Violence:�� Individual, Community and Global Responses
- HSER 305 Community Violence Prevention Internship
Electives (8 credits from the following)
- HIST 315 Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
- HIST 341 The Vietnam War
- HIST 335 Soldiers and Society:�� The Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST 354 History of the Holocaust
- HSCD 300 Chemical Dependency Concepts
- HSCO 321 Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention and Intervention
- HSCO 325. Institutional Corrections: ��History and Future Trends
- HSCO 326 Community Corrections
- HSER 302 Advocacy in Violence Prevention
- HSER 351 Crisis Intervention Skills and Strategies
- HSTD 390 Conflict Resolution
- PSYC 304 Battered Women:�� An Historical and Social Perspective
- PSYC 304T Violence Against Women Theory Seminar
- PSYC 306 Child Abuse
- PSYC 333 Psychology of Victims
- PSYC 333T Victimization Theory Seminar
- PSYC 334 Psychology of War
- PSYC 341 Violence and the Media: Psychological Effects of Film and Popular Music
- PSYC 363 Community Psychology
- SOC 306 Deviance and Social Control