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 are planned as part of the "Professional Practice" course and 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)
FSoS 3426/5426 Alcohol and Drugs: Families and Culture (3 cr)
SW 5709 Applied Psychopharmacology for Human Service Professionals (2 cr)
SW 5711 Co-Occurring Addictive and Mental Health Disorders (2 cr)
(SW 5711 should be taken after PubH 3003/5003 and FSoS 3429/5429 Counseling Skills)
PubH 3003/5003 Fundamentals of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (2 cr)
FSoS 3429/5429 Counseling Skills Practicum I (3 cr)
FSoS 5150 Group Therapy: Theory and Practice (3 cr)
EPsy 5401 Counseling Procedures (3 cr)
(EPsy 5401 should be taken before FSoS 3429/5429)
AddS 4001 Professional Practice of Addictions Counseling (4 cr)
AddS 4002 Internship I (4 cr)
AddS 4003 Internship II (4 cr)

Courses are listed in the University of Minnesota undergraduate catalog.

Completion Requirements
To be awarded a certificate, you must submit a completed Certificate Completion Form to the College of Continuing Education. Core courses must be completed with a grade of C- or better, and your cumulative GPA for all certificate courses must be a 2.0 or better. You must complete the certificate within four years of your admission date.