Violence Studies Concentration
The School of Public Health is a participating department in the graduate concentration in Violence Studies offered in collaboration with the Departments of Criminology, Law, and Justice, Psychology, and Political Science as well as the Gender and Women’s Studies Program and the Jane Addams College of Social Work. The concentration is administered jointly through the Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice and the College of Social Work.
Composed of courses from multiple disciplines, this concentration provides students with a holistic view of the problem of violence in society and deepens their knowledge and skill set to address it. This concentration aims to produce broadly trained individuals who can apply theories and methods from multidisciplinary perspectives to critically analyze and effectively respond to various types of violence in society through innovative programs of research, policy development, treatment, and prevention. The concentration requires a minimum of 11 semester hours (4 courses) with two courses selected from a list of foundational courses and then two additional supplementary courses.
Contact: Paul Schewe, associate professor of criminology, law and justice, schewepa@uic.edu.
Admission and Concentration Requirements
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How to Apply
All students intending to complete the Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Violence Studies are required to officially declare this intention at least two semesters prior to the semester in which the student is to graduate. Students are to declare their intent to enroll in this concentration in writing to Paul Schewe, associate professor of criminology, law and justice, at schewepa@uic.edu.
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Foundation Courses (5 - 8 semester hours)
Select at least two of the following:
- EPID 428 – Epidemiology of Violence (2 semester hours)
- CLJ 423 / ANTH 424 – Violence (4 semester hours)
- CLJ 546 – Violence and Victimization (4 semester hours)
- SOCW 544 – Community Violence (3 semester hours)
- GWS / PSCH 521 – Violence Against Women (4 semester hours)
Supplemental Courses (6 - 8 semester hours)
Select at least two of the following:
- CLJ 422 – Victimization (4 semester hours)
- CLJ / GWS 424 – Gender, Crime, and Justice (4 semester hours)
- CLJ 500 – Law and Society (4 semester hours)
- POLS 571 – Seminar in International Relations (4 semester hours)
- PSCH 417 – Psychology and Law (3 semester hours)
- SOCW 517 – Practice with Family Violence, Neglect, and Abuse (3 semester hours)
- SOCW / GWS 525 – Social Work with Women (3 semester hours)