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Dec 21, 2025
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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
Justice Studies Graduate Certificate
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The Graduate Certificate in Justice Studies (JUST) offers graduate students the opportunity to develop a unique approach to the critical study of justice, knowing that no single vision exists nor works to solve all injustice issues. Students will examine foundational theories and approaches to justice across a wide variety of topics at local and global levels, choosing from a wide array of methodological approaches. This certificate offers the training needed for analyzing social, economic, cultural, political, and legal inequalities while promoting pathways to more just societies. The Justice Studies Program also serves as home to the curriculum of the Appalachian Justice Research Center, with its research focus on regional community justice issues and the Appalachian Justice Research Lab.
If you are a currently enrolled master’s or doctoral student who would like additional training in the study and/or envisioning of justice, the Justice Studies program unites students and faculty across disciplinary boundaries to critically analyze and strategically create social change through projects focused on equity and social transformation, an excellent complement to any primary graduate degree.
Home department: Interdisciplinary Programs . Certificate Coordinator: Tyler Wall (Department of Sociology)
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Campus Code
Knoxville Campus Graduate Certificate Type
Add-on Credit Hours Required
12 graduate credit hours Admissions Standards/Procedures
- Prospective candidates for the certificate must apply directly online through the Office of Graduate Admissions and must meet the general requirements for admission to the Graduate School.
- Students must be admitted to the certificate program prior to completing six credit hours toward the certificate.
- The Justice Studies graduate certificate is intended as additional study for graduate students who are concurrently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in another discipline at the University of Tennessee.
Academic Standards
Students must maintain a minimum 3.00 graduate grade point average throughout the program. Required Courses
Students must complete 12 graduate credit hours of coursework, selected in consultation with the JUST program chair, who must approve each student’s courses. The twelve (12) graduate credit hours must include: Six (6) credit hours from a 500-level JUST course, the Appalachian Justice Research Lab, and/or a non-JUST course with program chair approval.
Recommended courses include: Three (3) credit hours from a LAW or MLS (Master of Legal Studies) course listed below:
Three (3) additional credit hours in the student’s discipline, with approval from the JUST program chair.
Non-Course Requirements
To receive the certificate, students must: |
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