Program Requirements

Public Service Leadership Courses

(18 hours total required)

Core Courses

• IDST 510, Mental Health Crisis (3 CREDITS)
• IDST 530, Advanced Social Psychology for Management and Professionals (3 CREDITS)
• IDST 520, Trauma Informed Responses and De-escalation for the Public Service Professional (3 CREDITS)

Required Course

• IDST 540, Public Service Leadership for Management and Professionals (3 CREDITS)

Restricted Electives

• DST 541, Advanced Cultural Relations in Public Service (3 CREDITS)
• IDST 542, Child and Adolescent Development for the Public Service Professional (3 CREDITS)
• IDST 543, Seminar in Constitutional Law and Civil Rights (3 CREDITS)
• IDST 544, Crime and Deviance as a Public Health Matter (3 CREDITS)

Social Justice and Human Rights Practice Courses

(18 hours required)

Core Course

• IDST 600, Foundations of Social Justice and Human Rights (3 CREDITS)

Required Courses

• IDST 610, Developing Theories of Social Justice (3 CREDITS)
• IDST 620, Inquiry into Critical Methodologies (3 CREDITS)
• IDST 630, Rights, Laws, and Legal Issues in Social Justice and Activism (3 CREDITS)
• IDST 680, Practicum (2 CREDITS)

Restricted Electives

• IDST 641, Social Justice and Human Rights in Race, Class, Gender, and Gender Identity (4 CREDITS)
• IDST 642, Social Justice and Human Rights in Education, Public Service, and Social Work (4 CREDITS)
• IDST 643, Social Justice and Human Rights in Immigration, Labor, Religious Expression (4 CREDITS)
• IDST 644 Global Social Justice and Human Rights (4 CREDITS)