Certificate: Juvenile Justice and Youth Development
The Department of Psychology and Criminal Justice at Fort Hays State University offer the Juvenile Justice Youth Development certificate program that is designed to provide students with the opportunity to further develop their skills and knowledge in this area. The certificate familiarizes the juvenile practitioner, or future practitioner, with at risk youth and juvenile justice.
This certificate adds additional value to your undergraduate degree and can provide valuable experiences to prepare you for your future career. This certificate is available to all FHSU undergraduate students and those pursuing a major or minor in Psychology and/or Criminal Justice can apply some courses from the major.
Certificate Objectives:
- Identify the key psychological principles in understanding adolescence
- Understand perspectives on juvenile justice
- Discuss the influence of psychological and biological factors on adolescence
- Analyze how the criminal justice system respond to youth
Which courses will you take?
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| CRJ 327 | Juvenile Justice | 3 |
| Directed Choices | ||
| PSY 360 | Introduction to Altered States of Consciousness | 3 |
| or PSY 355 | Drugs and Behavior | |
| PSY 400 | Child and Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| or PSY 415 | Adolescence | |
| CRJ 340 | Gender, Race, and Inequality in CJ | 3 |
| or CRJ 365 | Women and Crime | |
| Total Hours | 12 | |
- No grade lower than a “C” is acceptable for the classes taken to complete the certificate
- PSY 100 General Psychology is a pre-requisite for all Psychology courses
Interested in this certificate?
Current FHSU Criminal Justice students please fill out the Intent to Complete a Certificate in Juvenile Justice and Youth Development
Current FHSU Psychology students and all other current FHSU students:
- To add a certificate to your Program of Study, please fill out the Intent to Complete a Certificate form here.
- If you've completed the required courses for a certificate, please fill out the Completion of a Certificate form here.
This is an FHSU advisory certificate. Advisory certificates are typically 9-15 hours of coursework. The certificates are designed by FHSU faculty to provide students a guide to choosing courses that introduce and develop a subject knowledge and/or skills. These certificates may be used to select a focus within a major, to develop additional knowledge and skills to complement a major, or to pursuing a topic of interest with open elective hours.
Courses taken as part of an advisory certificate are listed on the student's transcript, however the advisory certificate is not listed on the transcript. Many FHSU departments provide a completion certificate that students may use to show they completed the advised coursework, and talk about what it added to their degree. Non-degree students may complete the classes outlined in an advisory certificate and receive a completion certificate if offered by the department, however they are not enrolled in a degree plan or eligible for student aid.