Build community and influence change through relational skills.
Restorative practices honors the existing strengths in a community and helps to increase personal and collective efficacy. The community engagement specialization focuses on creating adaptive solutions built on an understanding of the relational and social needs of a community.
Within the degree specialization, students can trailblaze their own path and expand the field of restorative practices by adding the thesis option to their master’s degree.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop competencies in facilitating complex conversations that enable diverse populations to collaborate.
- Learn how to create resilient and inclusive communities by effectively addressing community health and well-being, relational harm, and cultural differences.
- Utilize skills to initiate systemic change by energizing community members, supporting bottom-up activities, and empowering individuals.
Program Overview
Requirements
To earn specialization recognition on a transcript, the following are required in addition to the required coursework for the Master of Science:
- Four of your electives, including two at the 600 level, must be related to the specialization. These include:
- Your project for your final course, RP 699 Integrating Seminar, must be rooted in your specialization.
Details
- Most program courses are 100% online with a few blended options with courses starting in Fall, Spring, and Summer months. Click here for a full list of course offerings.
- Supported by faculty and fellow students, course assignments help you put your learning into practice.
- Most students complete the program in two to three years.
- There are no additional costs associated with choosing a specialization for your Master of Science in Restorative Practices. Click here for our Transparent Tuition.