General InformationThe Program in Trauma and Violence Transdisciplinary Studies (TVTS) is a brings together all of the disciplines and professions, including the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, the arts, law, medicine, and policy. This program fosters cross-cutting conversations and research in every area of the analysis, prevention, and treatment of trauma and violence. Our aim is to include a diversity of interests and approaches in order to catalyze innovations in every field.
Students may earn a Master of Arts degree (32 points) or an Advanced Certificate (20 points) in TVTS. The M.A. program is open to application by anyone who holds an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution. The Advanced Certificate program is open to application those who already have or are earning a graduate degree in any discipline or profession from an accredited institution. The academic programs are built upon a core curriculum (15 credits) that gives students a strong foundation in all of the clinical and theoretical approaches to trauma and violence studies. Building on the work of the core curriculum, students, in consultation with an academic adviser, design an individualized course of study that best suits their academic goals.
Possible topics of study include, but are not limited to: human rights; Holocaust studies; war, torture, genocide; slavery; environmental justice, natural disasters; illness; school violence; domestic violence; sexual abuse; hate crimes; peace and conflict studies; international relations; globalization, technology, media; terrorism; history and historiography; politics, policy, law; writing the disaster; philosophy and thinking through the unthinkable; popular culture, performance, literary and visual representations; memory, memorialization, forgetting; forgiveness and reconciliation; capital punishment; rebuilding the future, activism, community building. |
