Program Requirements

This undergraduate program consists of two tracks: Self-Designed and Service Provider

SELF-DESIGNED TRACK REQUIREMENTS

Total credits required: Self-Designed track 8 core credts/12 elective credits

Core Courses (8 credits)
FSoS 3426/5426 Alcohol and Drugs: Families and Culture (3 cr.)
SW 5709 Applied Psychopharmacology for Human Service Professionals (2 cr.)
PubH 3005 Fundamentals of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (1 cr)
NOTE: You must inform the teaching assistant for the course that you are an Addiction Studies certificate student in order to get the assignments that are related to your certificate program.
SW 5711 Co-Occurring Addictive and Mental Health Disorders (2 cr.)
NOTE: This should be taken after PubH 3003/6003 and SW 5709

Core courses must be taken for a letter grade (on the A/F grading basis) and completed with a grade of C- or better.

Elective Courses (12 credits from courses related to addictions)
The College of Continuing Education requires a statement of intention outlining your rationale, purpose, and goals specifically related to the electives you choose. Elective courses must be related to addiction studies and be approved by the addiction studies adviser.

Note: Elective courses may require prerequisites that are not part of the certificate program requirements and cannot be used toward certificate completion.

Planning Your Program of Study

The Planning Chart may be downloaded and used as a guide in planning your schedule of course work. Please note that certificates are to be completed within four years of your admission date.

Course descriptions and the semesters in which they are offered are in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Course guide provides more detailed information on courses offered this current semester.

Class schedule provides information on current terms for help in course planning and registration.

Completion Requirements
To be awarded a certificate, you must submit a completed Application for Undergraduate Degree form online. NOTE: The words Degree and Certificate are used interchangeably on the form . It is important for you to check the deadlines if you want to graduate in a specific term.

All courses in the certificate must be completed with a grade of C- or better. Core courses must be taken for a letter grade (on the A/F grading basis). Elective courses may be taken on the A/F grading basis or the S/N grading basis. The cumulative gpa for all certificate courses must be a 2.00 or better.

You must complete the certificate within four years of your admission date.

SERVICE PROVIDER TRACK

The undergraduate level service provider licensure track is designed to fulfill the academic requirements for both licensure and the certificate. After January 2008, to be a candidate for licensure, you must have a bachelor's degree, approximately 18 semester credits related to alcohol and drug counseling, and an internship of 880 clock hours. The internship experience will provide you with the opportunity to transfer the knowledge and skills gained in the academic portion of the service provider certificate to clinical practice. You may enroll for the internship sequence after the academic portion is completed. The course, "Professional Practice of Addictions Counseling," is a required prerequisite for the internship sequence and should be taken during the semester prior to registering for internship. Internships must be approved by addiction studies faculty.

You also must demonstrate competency in the required 12 core functions: screening, intake, orientation, assessment, treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis intervention, client education, referral, reports and record keeping, and consultation. The service provider track curriculum will train you in these required 12 core functions as required by the state for licensure.

Core Courses (30 credits)

You may need to choose a 1-2 credit elective to total 30 credits.
Suggested Course Sequencing

Foundation Course Work

PubH 3005 Fundamentals of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (1 cr.)
NOTE: You must inform the teaching assistant for the course that you are an Addiction Studies certificate student in order to get the assignments that are related to your certificate program.
FSoS 3426/5426 Alcohol and Drugs: Families and Culture (3 cr.)

Mid-level Course Work

EPsy 5401 Counseling Procedures (3 cr.)
NOTE: EPsy 540l should be taken before FSoS 3429/5429 or SW 4001-4002
SW 5709 Applied Psychopharmacology for Human Service Professionals (2 cr.)
FSoS 3429/5429 Counseling Skills Practicum I (3 cr.)
OR
SW 4001 Basic Social Work Counseling Skills (1 cr.) and SW 4002 Advanced Social Work Counseling Skills (1 cr.)
NOTE: IF you choose to take SW 4001 and 4002 you will need to take an additional 1 credit elective course.

Advanced Course Work

SW 5711 Co-Occurring Addictive and Mental Health Disorders (2 cr.)
NOTE: Take PubH 3005 and SW 5709 before SW 5711
SW 5810 Group Therapy: Theory and Practice (3 cr.)
UC 4001 Professional Practice of Addictions Counseling (4 cr.)
NOTE: You must have completed all course work before enrolling in UC 4001.

Internship

UC 4002 Internship I (8 cr.)
NOTE: Eight credits of Internship in Substance Abuse Counseling UC 4002 is designed to meet the 880 hours of internship required by the state for licensure. Please review the Internship Manual. The Internship is completed at the end of your course work. Fall and Spring Semester you may register for 2-6 credits and May Session/Summer Session you may register for 2-5 credits.
UC 4001 is a prerequisite for UC 4002.

Core courses must be taken for a letter grade (on the A/F grading basis) and completed with a grade of C- or better, except 4001 and 4002, which must be taken pass/fail.