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For people with a passion for serving those who serve. Explore the unique challenges and stressors that impact military families.

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Certificate in Military Families

You will learn to appreciate the unique experiences and stresses of military members and their families and the resultant implications for helping professionals serving this population. After becoming conversant with familial relationships and family dynamics in the context of military culture you will enhance their leadership (or advocacy or mentoring) skills, to serve this population effectively.

Contact Information

Four Courses, One Year

  • Earn your certificate after completing four courses over two semesters (12 credits)
  • Graduate and Undergraduate Classes are Co-Convened
  • Classes are offered online

Career Opportunities

  • Will provide a competitive supplement for those enrolled in a degree program, and to those already in the workforce seeking career-specific professional development in working with military families.
  • Examples include front-line care providers; emergency responders; family readiness leader; Clergy support; Human Services professionals; social work, counseling, family therapy, Veterans Association, behavioral health, advocacy, case management, family support, health education, rehabilitation
  • Skills : leadership, advocacy, stress management, recognizing the signs of trauma, teamwork, problem-solving, critical thinking, research, oral and written communication, deep listening, social perceptiveness, empathy, service orientation, active learning, peer support

 

Admission Requirements: 2.5 GPA, Junior or Senior Status

Application Materials: Application, Statement of Purpose, letter of recommendation, Interview Required

Classes

HUSV 411: Understanding the Modern United States Military Family (3 units)

  • Semester 1, 7-week (1) online
  • This course identifies critical challenges and stressors for military families, that have the potential for negative effects on well-being.
  • This knowledge will provide you with insight into the complex experiences of today’s Military Families and is designed to assist future professionals to be effective in settings working with military personnel and their families

AED 420: Leadership, Mentoring and Advocacy: Principles and Practices (3 units)

  • Semester 1, 7-week (2) online
  • This course will provide knowledge of the behavior, social influence, ethical challenges, and decision-making processes of leadership, and the interrelationships of leadership, mentoring, and advocacy.
  • Effective problem solving, critical thinking, and developing strategic foresight and systems thinking will be explored in relation to self-knowledge and self-awareness.
  • Common theories of leadership will form the foundation of discussions of the skills and characteristics needed for leaders of the future

HUSV 460: Trauma Informed Care (3 units)

  • Semester 2, 15W
  • Trauma Informed Care emphasizes physical, psychological, and emotional safety, and helps survivors rebuild a sense of control and empowerment, while actively resisting re-traumatization.
  • Addressing trauma is now the expectation, not the exception, in behavioral health systems. This course focuses on the workings of the autonomic nervous system (psychoeducation) and on learning how to self-regulate this system via capacity-building skills and enhancing resilience

HUSV 498A: Capstone - Military Families (3 units)

  • Semester 2, 15W
  • A culminating experience involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of accumulated learning, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies.

Admission Requirements: 3.0 GPA

Application Materials: Application, writing sample (500 words), 2 letters of recommendation, goal statement, resume, interview required

Classes

HUSV 511: Understanding the Modern United States Military Family (3 units)

  • Semester 1, 7-week (1) online
  • This course identifies critical challenges and stressors for military families, that have the potential for negative effects on well-being.
  • This knowledge will provide you with insight into the complex experiences of today’s Military Families and is designed to assist future professionals to be effective in settings working with military personnel and their families

AED 520: Leadership, Mentoring and Advocacy: Principles and Practices (3 units)

  • Semester 1, 7-week (2) online
  • This course will provide knowledge of the behavior, social influence, ethical challenges, and decision-making processes of leadership, and the interrelationships of leadership, mentoring, and advocacy.
  • Effective problem solving, critical thinking, and developing strategic foresight and systems thinking will be explored in relation to self-knowledge and self-awareness.
  • Common theories of leadership will form the foundation of discussions of the skills and characteristics needed for leaders of the future

HUSV 560: Trauma Informed Care (3 units)

  • Semester 2, 15W
  • Trauma Informed Care emphasizes physical, psychological, and emotional safety, and helps survivors rebuild a sense of control and empowerment, while actively resisting re-traumatization.
  • Addressing trauma is now the expectation, not the exception, in behavioral health systems. This course focuses on the workings of the autonomic nervous system (psychoeducation) and on learning how to self-regulate this system via capacity-building skills and enhancing resilience

HUSV 593A: Internship in Application of Leadership Practices (3 units)

  • Semester 2, 15W
  • Specialized field experience on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in service with a non-profit, business, or governmental establishment. The field experience must focus on leadership, or advocacy, or mentoring