Certificate Programs and Requirements

Law and History Certificate

The certificate in law and history provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of law, with a particular focus on the role of history in examining law and legal culture in their social contexts. The certificate in law and history consists of five 3-credit courses, passed with a grade of C or better, from the following list. No more than one course used to complete a major or minor in another department can be used to fulfill the requirements of the law and history certificate.

01:506:216  Law and History (required introductory course)

Four of the following history courses:

One of the following electives from outside of the Department of History:

01:014:353  Black Community Law and Social Change
Anthropology
01:070:360  Law, Justice, Rights
Criminal Justice
(Special permission numbers are required for the following courses):
01:202:201  Introduction to Criminal Justice (recommended)
01:202:202  Police
01:202:203  Prisons and Prisoners
01:202:204  Crime and Public Policy
01:202:205  Criminal Procedure
Economics
01:220:395  Law and Economics
(01:220:102 and 01:220:103 are prerequisites for 01:220:395, and precalculus math is a prerequisite for 01:220:102 and 01:220:103)
Latino and Caribbean Studies
01:595:370  Law and the Latino Community
Middle Eastern Studies
01:685:457  Islamic Law and Jurisprudence
Philosophy
01:730:345  Philosophy and the Law
01:730:358  Philosophy of Law
01:730:341  Ethics through History
01:730:342  Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Social and Political Philosophy
Political Science
01:790:340  Law and Society
01:790:373  Legal Philosophy, Rights, and Justice
01:790:401  American Constitutional Law I
01:790:404  Politics of Criminal Justice
01:790:406  Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
01:790:409  Courts and Public Policy
01:790:426  Gender, Public Policy, and the Law
Religion
01:840:425  Seminar on Law and Religion
Sociology
01:920:349  Law and Society 
01:920:222  Criminology
01:920:304  Sociology of Deviant Behavior
01:920:361  Sociology of Drug Use
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
01:988:307  Women and the LawPublic history explores interpretations of the past produced for the general public in a variety of different settings such as museums, archives, historical preservation, monuments, etc. The certificate in public history consists of the following five courses:

1. History Workshop 01:506:299
2. Public History: Theory, Method, and Practice 01:506:301
3. Introduction to Oral History 01:506:302 or Digital History 01:506:303 or a class on digital humanities (01:506:299 and 01:506:301 should be prerequisites for coursework in oral history or digital history)
4. One elective. See history department's website for approved electives: https://history.rutgers.edu/academics/public-history.
5. Public History Internship 01:506:451

STEM in Society Certificate

The certificate in STEM and society examines science, technology and engineering, environment, medicine, and quantification in their historical contexts from the ancient world to the 21st century. The certificate in STEM and society consists of five 3-credit courses, passed with a grade of C or better, from the following list:

01:506:226 Contemporary Challenges in International Health
01:506:227 Health, Culture, and Society
01:506:233 History of the Future
01:506:247 The Seas Around Us: Ocean History in Global Perspective
01:506:249 Climate Politics: ADeep History01:506:250 Science, Collecting, and Power01:506:251 History of Science and Society
01:506:250 Science, Collecting, and Power
01:506:251 Science and Society
01:506:252 History of Technology and Society I
01:506:253 History of Technology and Society II
01:506:254 History of Oil
01:506:255 Science, Nature, and Empire
01:506:321 Disease in History
01:506:322 Black Death to Obesity Epidemic: History of Public Health in the West
01:506:324 History of AIDS Pandemic
01:506:325 Living on the Edge: Human Societies in Extreme Environments
01:508:255 Global Environmental History
01:508:328 History of Health and Healing in Africa
01:508:364 Environmental History of Latin America
01:510:248 The Last Climate Crisis: Histories of `The Little Ice Age¿ c. 1300-1800
01:512:121 Health and Environment in America
01:512:210 Food in the United States and the World
01:512:221 Abortion: The Collision of History, Law, Religion, Medicine, and Human Rights
01:512:229 History of Medical Ethics
01:512:230 History of Medicine in Film
01:512:235 Accidents and Disasters in the United States and the World
01:512:237 Data: A Social History
01:512:321 Health Care and Society in America
01:512:322 Drugs: A Social History
01:512:323, 324 History of the North American Environment
01:512:328 Science in American Culture
01:512:329 Technology and Nature in American History
01:880:210 The Edison Effect: Technological Innovation in American Culture
01:880:212 Science and Dollars: The Business of Innovation Since the Age of Edison