SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING

Associate Degree

Degree Plan Number 443125

The Substance Abuse Counseling Program is designed to prepare qualified and competent graduates to enter the field of human services and to provide specialized services to individuals and their families who are experiencing the affects of substance abuse. Completers of the program will have the necessary educational requirements to become eligible for testing and certification as Certified Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (C.A.D.A.C.) and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors (L.C.D.C.). Students will gain required work experience as Counselors-in-Training (C.I.T.) upon completion of the required hours of classroom instruction. A special section of cooperative work experience will provide a structured supervised practicum in off-campus approved laboratory training sites.

SEMESTER I CREDIT
HOURS
SWAT 1370 Orientation to Social Services 3
SWAT 1371 Basic Interviewing and Counseling Skills 3
SCAT 1370 Physiology of Addiction 3
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3
MATH 1314 College Algebra or
MATH 1332 College Mathematics or
MATH 1371 Business Mathematics or
MATH 1342 Introductory Statistics 3

TOTAL 15
SEMESTER II CREDIT
HOURS
SCAT 1371 Alcoholism Counseling 3
SWAT 2375 Social Work Methods and Procedures 3
PSYC 2301 Introduction to Psychology 3
SPCH 1311 Introduction to Speech Communication 3
SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology 3

TOTAL 15
SEMESTER III CREDIT
HOURS
SCAT 2371 Prevention of Substance Abuse or
SWAT 1374 Adolescent Life Cycle 3
SCAT 2372 Family Intervention in Substance
Abuse and Dependency or
SWAT 2374 Special Problems of Youth 3
SWAT 2377 Group Work Intervention 3
SWAT 7371 Cooperative Work Experience or
SWAT 7471 Cooperative Work Experience 3-4
Elective Any Non-SCAT or Non-SWAT Course 3

TOTAL 15-16
SEMESTER IV CREDIT
HOURS
SCAT 2370 Alcoholism Treatment Models or
+Elective 3
SCAT 2373 Issues in Substance Abuse and
Dependency or
++Elective 3
SCAT 7472 Cooperative Work Experience 4
CISC 1470 Introduction to Computer
Concepts and Applications
4
SPAN 1411 Beginning Spanish* or
+++Elective Humanities/Fine Arts 3-4

TOTAL 17-18
Minimum Hours Required 62

ELECTIVES
+Social Work Electives--must be selected from the following:
SWAT 1372 Abnormal Behavior 3
SWAT 1373 Aging in America 3
SWAT 2370 Introduction to Social Work 3
SWAT 2372 Life Cycle of the Aged 3
SWAT 2376 Special Topics in Social Services 3
SWAT 2378 Human Behavior & Social Environment 3

++Electives--must be selected from the following:
ECCD 1370 Early Childhood Development, 5-12 3
ECCD 2375 Abuse Within the Family 3
PSYC 2306 Human Sexuality 3
PSYC 2314 Developmental Psychology 3
PSYC 2316 Psychology of Personality 3
SOCI 2306 Human Sexuality 3
SOCI 2301 Marriage and Family 3
SOCI 2319 American Minorities 3
SOCI 2320 Field Studies in American Minorities 3
+++Electives--must be selected from the following:
HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities 3
PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy 3
PHIL 1370 Critical Thinking 3
PHIL 2303 Logic 3
PHIL 2307 Introd. to Social & Political Philosophy 3
PHIL 2306 Ethics 3

*American Sign Language may not be substituted for this course.

NOTE: Students enrolling in this program who plan to transfer to a four-year institution should consult an advisor or counselor regarding transfer requirements and the transferability of these courses to the four-year institution of their choice.