About Trauma Prevention & Recovery

The Trauma Prevention and Recovery Certificate of Achievement trains students as paraprofessionals to work in the field of violence prevention and trauma response, including service provision to victims and survivors of violence.

This interdisciplinary curriculum provides students with a broad understanding of violence and its impact on diverse individuals, families, communities, and societies. This certificate program explores how violence affects individuals and groups, including considerations of ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity/race, gender, gender identity/sexuality, and immigration status. Students develop skills to critically analyze social constructs that contribute to violence, listen empathetically, offer appropriate referrals, and provide culturally-sensitive peer support.

Explore Potential Careers

Earning the Trauma Prevention & Recovery certificate prepares you for a variety of career paths including:

  • Paraprofessionals working in the field of violence prevention and trauma response, including service provision to victims and survivors of violence 
  • Work as service providers such as probation officers or nurses who routinely work with survivors of traumatic events to understand and respond to concerns unique to survivors.

Program Options 

Click on the degree or certificate you're interested in earning to see a sample map of courses to take to complete your goal from start to finish. 

Please note that the course maps provided are just an example to help you get started. Please meet with a counselor to personalize the plan to you and your Academic goals. 

Required courses:

Course Number Course Title Units Notes
IDST 47 Trauma and the Arts: An Interdisciplinary Approach 3  
HLTH 38 Trauma Response and Recovery 3  
HLTH 48 Violence as a Public Health Issue: Prevention Strategies 3   
WGST 54 The Politics of Sexual Violence 3  
HLTH 90C Introduction to Trauma and Recovery 0.5  
CDEV 100 Violence and Its Impact on Children and Their Families 3  

    or

CDEV 101 Intro to Violence Intervention 3  

Total Units: 15.5 

Choose one of the following required diversity courses:

Course Number Course Title Units Notes
IDST 80A Diversity and Social Justice: Racism 0.5  
IDST 80C Diversity and Social Justice: Sexism 0.5  
IDST 80D Diversity and Social Justice: Heterosexism 0.5  
IDST 80E Diversity and Social Justice: Ableism 0.5  
IDST 80F Diversity and Social Justice: Class and Classism 0.5  
IDST 80G Diversity and Social Justice: Transphobia 0.5  

Total Units: 0.5 

Choose three (3) units from the following elective courses. Courses counted as a required course above cannot be used to fulfill an elective:

Course Number Course Title Units Notes
ADMJ 64 Progressive Policing in the 21st Century 3  
CDEV 72 Supervised Field Experience in Early Childhood Education 3  
CDEV 78 Supervised Field Experience in Community Youth Organizations 3  
CDEV 100 Violence and Its Impact on Children and Their Families 3  
CDEV 101 Intro to Violence Intervention 3  
HLTH 91H Elder Abuse Prevention 1  
HLTH 97  Stress and Resilience 3  
HLTH 116 Conflict Resolution Skills in Health 1  
IDST 80A Diversity and Social Justice: Racism 0.5  
IDST 80C Diversity and Social Justice: Sexism 0.5  
IDST 80D Diversity and Social Justice: Heterosexism 0.5  
IDST 80E Diversity and Social Justice: Ableism 0.5  
IDST 80G Diversity and Social Justice: Transphobia 0.5  
IDST 80F Diversity and Social Justice: Class and Classism 0.5  
IDST 81A  Diversity: Ageism and Adultism (Age-based Oppression) 1  
IDST 81B Diversity and Social Justice: Anti-Semitism/Anti-Arabism 1  
LBCS 81 Organizing for Economic and Social Justice 3  
PSYC 9 Psychology of Stress 3  
PSYC 15 Assertive Behavior 1  
PSYC 26 Applied Psychology 3  
WGST 55 Ending Sexual Violence: Peer Education 3  

Total Units: 3 

Overall Total Units: 19

Transfer Options

The program coursework you complete at City College will satisfy lower-division requirements for related majors at several colleges and universities.

Have questions about transfer? Visit the Transfer Center for help, transfer information, and/or to speak with college representatives.