Entrance/Admission Requirements

Certificate Graduation Requirements

To graduate with a certificate, students must have demonstrated eligibility for ENG 101  or ENG 101A . Refer to Academic Regulations on Graduation Requirements .

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Certificate Requirements: 24 credits

• HUS 101 - Human Service and Addiction Counseling Ethics in Practice 3 credit hours
• HUS 102 - Physiological Aspects of Chemical Dependence 3 credit hours
• HUS 114 - Counseling, Assessment and Case Management 3 credit hours
• HUS 115 - Fieldwork: Counseling, Assessment and Case Management 3 credit hours
• HUS 130 - Introduction to Family Counseling 3 credit hours
• HUS 140 - Topics in Alcohol and Drug Counseling: Co-occurring Disorders 3 credit hours
• HUS 141 - Group Dynamics 3 credit hours
• HUS 200 - Addiction Treatment Delivery 3 credit hours

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Summarize the field of human services and addiction professionals’ obligations to adhere to legal, ethical and behavioral standards of conduct in the helping relationship.
2. Demonstrate basic counseling and case management skills and techniques to facilitate client services.
3. Design a plan to assess clients, design and implement specific and measurable goals.
4. Describe the administrative aspects of service delivery.
5. Develop interpersonal skills with clients and team members and demonstrate professional behaviors.
6. Examine how their own values, personalities, reaction patterns, interpersonal styles, limitations and self-care practices impact their role as a human services professional.
7. Analyze the importance of family, social networks, and community systems in the treatment process.
8. Identify community resources.
9. Examine diverse cultures and incorporate the relevant needs of culturally diverse groups, as well as people with disabilities, into clinical practice.
10. Demonstrate effective group facilitation skills.
11. Identify and explain a variety of models and theories of addiction. 
12. Describe the behavioral, psychological, physical health, and social effects of psychoactive substances on the person using and significant others.
13. Describe the philosophies, practice, and policies of models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for addiction and co-occurring disorders.
14. Employ screening instruments to gather initial data about substance use and co-occurring disorders from the client that is sensitive to age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and disabilities.
15. Demonstrate knowledge of individual therapeutic modalities that facilitate behavioral change.
16. Complete required fieldwork with the Human Services Department and apply meaningful connections between classroom learning and experiences in the field.

This program aligns with all the college’s core competencies.

Related Offerings

Students may wish to also review requirements for the related majors or programs linked below.

• Addiction Counseling (A.A.S.) 

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