The Criminal Justice certificate consists of a minimum of 6 courses: Legal Studies 131, a race/justice studies course, a fieldwork/internship/research seminar, and three elective courses.
Read more about these requirements in Guide.
The Criminal Justice Certificate is an interdisciplinary certificate in which you take courses from a variety of departments. Because of this, not all courses are listed on the “select from section” of your dars report. Please refer to the list below for the most accurate list of courses offered that fulfill certificate requirements. If a course is listed below and it does not appear on your dars report, please email cjcp@ssc.wisc.edu.
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Criminal Justice System
Legal Studies/Sociology 131: Criminal Justice in America
Race and Justice Studies
AfAm 272: Race and American Politics from the New Deal to the New Right (Ethnic St)
HDFS 474: Racial Ethnic Families in U.S. (Ethnic St)
History/Ed Pol 143: History of Race and Inequality in Urban America (Ethnic St) (Comm b)
Legal St./Af.Am. 434: Criminal Injustice in America (Ethnic st)
Legal St./ChicLa/Soc 443: Immigration, Crime & Enforcement (Ethnic St)
Pub Affr 520: Inequality, Race and Public Policy (Ethnic St)
Sociology 578: Poverty and Place (Ethnic St)
Fieldwork/Internship/Research Seminar - All Internships must be Criminal/Juvenile Justice/Law/Policy Related
Learn More about the Fieldwork Requirement
The primary internship course administered by our program is Legal St./Soc 694. The course requires a concurrent internship. To be eligible for the course, students must be enrolled in the pre-internship canvas site. If you have an internship for Spring 2027 and you are not enrolled in pre-internship canvas site, please email cjcp@ssc.wisc.edu)
The other listed internship and research opportunities are administered by other programs. Some may be limited to students who are declared in those specific programs. All require advance lead time and authorization for enrollment by the specific program.
Below are opportunities in other departments that will fulfill the Fieldwork/Internship/Research requirement. Please refer to each program’s requirements for admission. Internships must be criminal/juvenile justice/legal/policy related.
HDFS 592: Research Experience in HDFS
Inter-Ag 473: Health Impacts of Unmet Social Needs (Find more information & application here)
Political Science 315: Legislative Internship (If you are interested in enrolling in PS 315, once you have an internship in place, please email Amy Gangl at agangl@wisc.edu with the name and email contact info of your internship office supervisor, the number of hours you will be working each week during the semester (a minimum of 7-9 hours required), and your campus ID number.
Pub Affr 327: Administrative Internship
Rehab Psychology & Special Ed 630: Internship in Rehabilitation or Special Ed (Contact Rebecca Bradbury, rebecca.bradbury@wisc.edu, for questions regarding requisites and course permissions.)
Electives
Coun Psy 237: Mental Health, Self-Awareness, and Social Justice: Working in Diverse Communities (Ethnic St)
Coun Psy 531: Prevention and Intervention in Mental Health Across the Lifespan
Coun Psy 655: Clinical Communication Skills
Legal St. 135: Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Legal St. 400: All topics
Legal St. 422: Women and the Law
Legal St. 425: Crime, Gender and Justice
Legal St. 426: History of Punishment
Legal St. 444: Law in Action
Legal St. 460: Surveillance, Privacy, Police Powers
Legal St. 477: History of Forensic Science
Political Science 412: The American Constitution: Rights and Civil Liberties
Psychology 405: Adult Psychopathology
Psych 526: The Criminal Mind
Psych 601: Legal Psych —Seniors only, Capstone Psych Course (dars exception needed)
Psych 601: Psych of Juvenile Delinquency—Seniors only, Capstone Psych Course (dars exception needed)
Psych 626: Issues in Prisoner Re-Entry
Social Work 453: Substance Use Disorders
Social Work 612: Psychopathology in Generalist Social Work Practice
Social Work 627: Sex Trafficking and Sex Trading
Social Work 636: Indian Child Welfare Act
Social Work 646: Child Abuse and Neglect
Sociology 441: Criminology