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Training course to advance global action and local initiatives against human trafficking
Human Trafficking is a global issue that is often misunderstood. There is a misconception that it is uncommon in the United States and that it won’t affect us as individuals or our loved ones. This human trafficking online training course aims to educate students about these myths to take action and make a difference in our communities. Prosecution in trafficking cases can take up to four years from the time of the initial crime, so helping to recognize and prevent trafficking, while learning how to support survivors are important aspects of this course.
Designed to equip you with the knowledge of human trafficking law, students will gain an understanding of how to identify human trafficking and necessary skills to become part of the solution of taking the lead in the fight against human trafficking globally and locally. We will examine ways in which human trafficking overlaps and intersects with community efforts underway in the name of immigrant rights, domestic violence, child welfare and labor rights.
This course serves as an ideal starting point for those eager to pursue careers in public health care and can stack into an MSU Denver credential or degree.
Why take this course?
Flexible schedule
The course can be completed in 4-8 weeks and is self-paced online.
Career advisement
Receive a personal advising session with an industry leader.
High job demand
Gain a competitive edge with a human trafficking certificate.
Career pathways after taking the Human Trafficking online certificate course
Approximate return on investment for each academic pathway
After taking the course, you can immediately enter the workforce or continue onto a degree through MSU Denver and increase your earning potential.
Pathway 1: Complete the Human Trafficking course and immediately enter the workforce in support roles.
- The median salary is $32,000 a year.
Pathway 2: Expand your learning and add an Undergraduate High Risk Youth Studies Certificate to your resume.
- The median salary is $35,000 a year.
Pathway 3: Continue your education by earning a bachelor’s degree in related fields at MSU Denver. The Human Trafficking course can count toward required courses in Human Services, Criminal Justice, or Social Work. Potential jobs include: prosecutors, victim advocates (PDs), victim services, detention center counselors, Social Workers, trauma counselors, family therapists, or crisis intervention counselors.
It’s important to note that counseling and support for human trafficking victims involves a combination of these professionals to provide comprehensive care and support personalized to an individual’s unique needs.
- The median salary is $50,200 a year.
About the Human Trafficking course: Education and advocacy
This course explores global human trafficking with a focus on efforts in Colorado. A review of multidisciplinary perspectives on labor and sex trafficking provides a comprehensive understanding of this human rights issue. Students examine the tactics used by traffickers to recruit and control victims and the effects of abuse on victims.
The Human trafficking online course provides an overview of U.S. federal and local laws to curb trafficking, including the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Finally, students evaluate global and local efforts of the current anti-trafficking movement, including ways to be involved.
The course is $450, with a $35 transaction fee per payment. There are no books to purchase.
- Registration opens in December
- Course begins – February 3, 2025
- Last day to register – February 10, 2025
- Course ends – April 4, 2025
Once you successfully complete the course, you can immediately enter the workforce with newly learned skills. You will receive a digital badge embedded with the competencies learned. You can include this badge on your resume, LinkedIn page, portfolio, or share it with an employer. Students will also receive a certificate of completion.
Students can also convert the course to three credits and continue to an MSU Denver certificate or degree. See FAQs for more information.
- Define and analyze the differences between the varying forms of human trafficking, drawing from global, federal and local policy/legislation.
- Identify the social and economic structures that support and allow human trafficking to persist.
- Identify and contrast forms of control used by traffickers.
- Examine the varying psychological, social and economic repercussions of abuse on trafficking victims and their communities.
- Gain tools and resources to curb trafficking and support survivors in the community
About your training course instructor
Anti-human trafficking advocate and course instructor
AnnJanette Alejano-Steele, Ph.D.
AnnJanette Alejano-Steele, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Health Professions (Public Health Program) at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Alejano-Steele has been teaching at MSU Denver since 1996, with dual-tenure in the Departments of Psychology and Gender Studies. In her administrative roles, Alejano-Steele has served as Chair/ Director of the Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy between 2004 and 2009, Interim Chair of the Department of Social Work and Interim Associate Vice President of Graduate Studies. She also served as Associate Dean for the College of Health and Applied Sciences between 2017 and 2021.
Dr. Alejano-Steele has taught about human trafficking since 2000 and researched and trained on the subject since 2005. Her health psychology expertise has focused on health access for underserved populations and community response to human trafficking. Over the last decade, she has served on five national and federal task forces focusing on trauma and human trafficking–three for the Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health on Trauma-informed Care, Administration for Children and Families and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; one for the American Psychological Association Task Force on the Trafficking of Women and Girls and the U.S. Bureau of Justice National Institute of Justice Expert Research Working Group on Human Trafficking.
Alejano-Steele received her doctorate in psychology from Michigan State University, NIH-supported postdoctoral work in psychology and medicine from the University of California, San Francisco.
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