Graduate Certificate in Security Studies

Program Description

The graduate certificate in security studies provides an understanding of national and international threats posed by non-state actors such as terrorist networks, and the landscape of response coordination required to meet challenges posed by such threats.

Program Objectives

The goal of the certificate program is to develop new thinking toward security within a changing environment. Countering and responding to the new threats requires integration of traditional military strategies with criminal justice systems and investigation, intelligence gathering, policy development, emergency planning and response, and interagency cooperation at multiple levels of government and between governments.

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For more information, visit this link to the Interdisciplinary Security Studies Program.

The substance abuse certificate program is designed to provide criminal justice and  social work graduate students with the necessary core functions and competencies of substance abuse counseling. This body of knowledge will allow the student who earns the certification an opportunity to earn their Certified Clinical Addictions Specialist (CCAS) credential from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board (NCSAPCB). Individuals who are certified may engage in clinical practice with substance abusing clients. The courses will be taught both on site at ECU and on-line by criminal justice and social work faculty. The certificate classes will be offered as electives in the graduate criminal justice and social work curricula.

NCPSACB certifies the Certified Clinical Addictions Specialist (CCAS). Students receiving the certificate qualify under NCPSACB Criteria "C" for CCAS Certification. After completion of the certificate program, students will be required to meet the additional requirements of Criteria "C" in order to be certified. This certificate will not waive other NCSAPCB requirements.

Program Objectives

The certificate in substance abuse is designed to equip select social work and criminal justice graduate students with specific skills and knowledge in the area of substance abuse counseling. The primary objectives are to increase the educational knowledge (cognitive) and skills (practice) in substance abuse among criminal justice and social work professionals, and to increase the number of substance abuse counselors in the state who are academically prepared to become CCAS practitioners.

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On the Horizon

The department is also developing an undergraduate certificate in Spanish for law enforcement personnel.  We plan to begin course work toward this program in 2005. Contact us and we will keep you up to date on the status of this new academic offering.