U-CPRS-C - Child Policy Research Certificate

In order to complete the certificate, students must take six courses:

• the cornerstone course Child Policy Research 250S

• the capstone course Child Policy Research 495S (Multidisciplinary Approaches to Contemporary Children’s Issues)

• two electives

• one research course

• one methods course

The research course is an independent study: students may register for Child Policy Research 393 or for an independent study in public policy or another department. The research course requirement also may be fulfilled through completion of an honors thesis in the student’s home department. The methods course can either be Child Policy Research 590S (Research Methods in Education Policy) cross-listed with Public Policy 590S or a methods course in the student’s home department. Both the research course and the methods course must be approved by the certificate director. The two electives may be drawn from a list of pre-approved electives. Two courses that are counted toward this certificate may also be used to satisfy the requirements of any major, minor, or other certificate program. Three of the courses that count toward the certificate may originate in a single department or program. More information is available at childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/students/child-policy-research-certificate. The certificate director is available to provide additional information and guidance. Contact katie.rosanbalm@duke.edu.

Electives

Students will choose two electives from the following list of pre-approved courses. Updated electives list are posted on the certificate's quick links each semester. If a student wishes to take a course for certificate credit that is not on the pre-approved list, then the certificate director will decide on the appropriateness of that course on a case-by-case basis.

African & African American Studies

549S. Schooling and Social Stratification

Documentary Studies

202S. Children and the Experience of Illness

Education

240. Educational Psychology

243S. Children, Schools, and Society

321S. Infancy, Early Childhood, and Educational Programs

542S. Schooling and Social Stratification

Psychology

207. Child Clinical Psychology

239. Adolescence

240. Educational Psychology

304. Child Observation

325. Social Development from Childhood to Early Adulthood

436S. Clinical Interventions with Children and Families

438S. Children’s Peer Relations

Public Policy

243S. Children, Schools, and Society

245. Promising Paradigms: Issues and Innovations in American Classrooms

395S. Children and the Experience of Illness

490S. Applied Collaborative Research on Early Childhood

542S. Schooling and Social Stratification

544S. Schools and Social Policy

563S. Making Social Policy

608. Economics of the Family

Sociology

210. Contemporary Social Problems

219. Juvenile Delinquency

225. Intimate Inequalities: The State of American Families

634S. Making Social Policy

Visual and Media Studies

211S. Children and the Experience of Illness