Delivery:Â Â Online or Onsite
Credit Hours:Â 15
Deadline: May 11
Classes Begin:Â June 13
This undergraduate certificate is available to students at the University of Oklahoma and is delivered 100% online. Please contact an OU Extended Campus advisor to learn more and register. If you are not a current OU student and you have questions about applying for admission to the University of Oklahoma, please contact Missy Heinze at mheinze@ou.edu or (405) 325-0559.Â
The Undergraduate Certificate in Restorative Justice provides an opportunity for students interested in providing relief to crime victims and combating recidivism while helping law enforcement, judicial and correctional organizations to be more responsive to their communities. This program is also available to Criminal Justice students seeking extra credentials to augment their studies. This certificate includes twelve hours of required coursework in Theories of Criminal Behavior, Restorative Justice and Problem-Solving Courts, Community Policing and Problem Solving, and Juvenile Delinquency, and three elective hours you can choose from a wide range of topics, including Deviance and Social Control, American Judicial Processes, Special Populations in Corrections, Drugs and Society, and Community Corrections.
The Undergraduate Certificate in Restorative Justice emphasizes services to crime victims, offenders, and communities, aiming to repair the damage done by crime. Individuals working in restorative justice professions serve as victim advocates, counselors, mediators, court officers, probation and parole officers, and crime prevention, and restoration experts.
Fifteen hours that can be completed 100% online.
Certificates in the College of Professional and Continuing Studies are available to all undergraduate students at OU. Hours utilized in the certificate may also be applied to requirements for an undergraduate degree.Â
Certificates will be issued by the Office of Academic Records and indicated on the student’s official transcript. In order to be awarded an undergraduate certificate, students must apply for graduation before or during the final semester of certificate coursework. Certificates are awarded in the semester that all requirements have been met. Certificates cannot be awarded retroactively. Students who complete a certificate program without completing a degree program are not eligible to participate in convocation, commencement or any other graduation ceremonies.
Restorative Justice Undergraduate Certificate Program Planning Sheet
Curriculum
This undergraduate certificate offers a program of undergraduate level coursework in Criminal Justice:
All undergraduate courses in this program are eight weeks in duration. Most students choose to take four courses (or 12 credit hours) a semester; two courses the first half of the semester and two courses the second half of the semester. The number of credit hours you take each semester should be discussed with your advisor and reflective of your personal and work schedules—these courses are fast paced and intensive.