Addictions Counseling Major Courses

Introduction to Substance Use Disorders and Addiction Counseling | ADC 30000
Examines substance use disorders and process addictions inclusive of compulsive sexual behaviors, eating disorders, and pathological gambling.

Human Development and Addiction | ADC 30003
Examines theories and research of human growth and development. Focus on developmental diagnostic and assessment tools, strategies, and their application to addiction counseling.

Theories of Personality and Addiction | ADC 40000
Examines psychoanalytic, behaviorist, cognitive and humanistic theories of personality development.  Emphasizes their application within addiction counseling.

Psychopharmacology and Addiction | ADC 40003
Examine psychoactive and addictive properties of the major drug classification. Also examines psychopharmacology treatment interventions and their application to addiction counseling.

Psychopathological and Co-Occurring Disorders | ADC 40006
Study of biological, psychological and sociocultural influences contributing to abnormal behavior patterns, includes substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders. Focuses on intake, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and case management of various psychopathological and co-occurring disorders.

Clinical Addiction Counseling Issues | ADC 40009
Examines the processes of client screening, intake, assessment, treatment planning, crisis interventions, case management reports, record keeping, and client education in addiction counseling.

Multi-Cultural Competencies in Addiction Counseling | ADC 40012
Study of multicultural issues to include integration, discrimination, prejudice, the social dynamics of conflict, and assimilation.  Includes a focus on their application to addiction counseling.

Professional Responsibility: Legal and Ethical Issues of Addiction Counseling | ADC 40015
Examines addiction counseling professional responsibilities, legal standards, and ethics issues.

Special Issues in Addiction Counseling | ADC 40018
Examines prevention and harm reduction in addiction counseling.  Includes a focus on IV and sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS/HIV and Hepatitis C.

Families and Addiction | ADC 40021
Examines addiction and substance misuse in the family system.  Emphasizes client education, prevention, as well as individual and family system approaches to intervention.  Includes a focus on issues specific to women.

Group Counseling in Addiction | ADC 40024
Examines addiction counseling skills required to perform therapeutic group sessions.  Focuses on types of groups, client placement, group development, stages of treatment, client confidentiality, client education, and the client referral process.

Seminar in Addiction Counseling | ADC 49000
Capstone course that guides students in development of an integrative e-portfolio project that demonstrates personal achievement of learning outcomes in the addiction counseling major.  Culminates in a major professional portfolio project, guided by licensure standards and includes investigating and discussing a major issue or issues within the field and presented in seminar form in class.

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Clinical Licensing/Certification Concentration Track Option

Students in this track must also complete Praticums I and II.

Practicum/Internship I | ADC 40027
150 hours of clinical addiction counseling work experience in a supervised setting.  Fifty percent of the practicum hours must be completed in direct client contact.  The practicum is designed to develop addiction counseling skills through practical application in an addiction counseling setting.  Students work under the direct supervision of an approved onsite supervisor and a faculty supervisor.  Capstone assignments throughout Practicum I and II guide students in the development of an integrative e-portfolio project that demonstrates personal achievement of the learning outcomes in the addiction counseling major. Enrollment requires advisor approval.

Practicum/Internship II | ADC 40030
150 hours of clinical addiction counseling work experience in a supervised setting.  Fifty percent of the practicum hours must be completed in direct client contact.  The practicum is designed to develop addiction counseling skills through practical application in an addiction counseling setting.  Students work under the direct supervision of an approved onsite supervisor and a faculty supervisor.  Capstone assignments throughout Practicum I and II guide students in the development of an integrative e-portfolio project that demonstrates personal achievement of the learning outcomes in the addiction counseling major. Enrollment requires advisor approval.

Note: Practicum/Intership III and IV may be needed for students residing in states that require more than 300 clock hours of practicum.

Practicum/Internship III | ADC 40033
150 hours of clinical addiction counseling work experience in a supervised setting.  Fifty percent of the practicum hours must be completed in direct client contact.  The practicum is designed to develop addiction counseling skills through practical application in an addiction counseling setting.  Students work under the direct supervision of an approved onsite supervisor and a faculty supervisor.  Enrollment is for students residing in states that require more than 300 clock hours of practicum.

Practicum/Internship IV | ADC 40036
150 hours of clinical addiction counseling work experience in a supervised setting.  Fifty percent of the practicum hours must be completed in direct client contact.  The practicum is designed to develop addiction counseling skills through practical application in an addiction counseling setting.  Students work under the direct supervision of an approved onsite supervisor and a faculty supervisor.  Enrollment is for students residing in states that require more than 300 clock hours of practicum.
 

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