Texas A&M Health College of Nursing
Spring
Course Number Course Credit Hours
FORS 601 Foundations of Forensic Healthcare 2
Elective 1-2
Total 3-4
Summer
Course Number Course Credit Hours
FORS 602 Victimology: Clinical Implications and Applications 3
Total 3
Fall
Course Number Course Credit Hours
FORS 603 Impact of Violence Across the Lifespan 3
Total 3
Spring
Course Number Course Credit Hours
Elective 1-2
Elective 1-2
Total 2-4
Program Total 12
Electives
Course Number Course Credit Hours
FORS 604 Forensic Investigation of Injury 2
FORS 611 Clinical Pharmacology: Implications for Victims 1
FORS 612 Human Trafficking 1
FORS 613 Forensic Photography 1
FORS 614 Policy and Ethics of Interpersonal Violence (no longer offered) 1
FORS 615 Forensic Mental Health (no longer offered) 1

At the completion of the graduate certificate program, graduates will be prepared to:

  1. Respond to victims and perpetrators of trauma, injury, accidents, neglect, abuse, exploitation, and all forms of violence using evidence-based protocols within systems.
  2. Translate current research and policies to clinical encounters with persons experiencing violence, injury, trauma, accidents, neglect, abuse, exploitation, and all forms of victimization.
  3. Articulate the role and processes of criminal and civil courts in seeking justice for victims of violence.
  4. Document techniques to collect and preserve evidence with integrity, competence, and respect.
  5. Formulate interdisciplinary approaches within systems to address health-related problems associated with accidents, trauma, crime, victimization, abuse, neglect, exploitation, and all forms of violence.
  6. Integrate knowledge of cultural diversity in working with victims and survivors of violence.
  7. Advocate for the needs and interests of victims of violence to improve access to services.
  8. Design interdisciplinary education and crime prevention strategies to address community needs at the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention levels.