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Mental Health/Substance Abuse & Addictions, AAS


  • Academic Year: 2019-2020
  • Division / Department: Human Services & Education / Mental Health/Social Work
  • Degree Code: MH.SA.AAS
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Successful completion of this program opens doors to employment or a better position in social welfare, governmental and community service agencies. Graduates can make significant contributions wherever people are employed to help others with social- and mental health-related situations.

This specialty provides training and courses for persons working toward state recognition as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) certification and/or those persons interested in working in areas of substance abuse/addiction with children, adolescents or adults. The substance abuse/addiction curriculum prepares persons for entry-level employment in the field of addictionology as well as fulfills needs of those currently working in the field of substance abuse.

A grade of C or better is required for all mental health courses for graduation.

Semester I

PMHS 1291 Special Topics in Psychiatric/Mental Health Services 2 hours
SCWK 1321 Orientation to Social Service 3 hours
DAAC 1304 Pharmacology of Addiction 3 hours
DAAC 1317 Basic Counseling Skills 3 hours
Mathematics (college-level) 3 hours
14 hours

Semester II

PMHS 1267 Practicum - Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Tech 2 hours
DAAC 2307 Addicted Family Intervention 3 hours
DAAC 1319 Substance-Related & Addictive Disorders 3 hours
DAAC 2330 Multicultural Counseling 3 hours
PSYC 2301 General Psychology or
SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology
3 hours
14 hours

Semester III

DAAC 1309 Assessment of Substance-Related & Addictive Disorders 3 hours
DAAC 1311 Counseling Theories 3 hours
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 hours
DAAC 2266 Practicum - Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 2 hours
DAAC 2354 Dynamics of Group Counseling 3 hours
Language, Philosophy, & Culture elective OR
Creative Arts elective
3 hours
17 hours

Semester IV

PSYT 2331 Abnormal Psychology 3 hours
CMSW 1341 Behavior Modification & Cognitive Disorders 3 hours
SCWK 1303 Ethics for Social Service Professionals 3 hours
SOCW 2361 Introduction to Social Work 3 hours
ENGL 1302 Composition II OR
ENGL 2311 Technical & Business Writing
3 hours
15 hours
Total hours:60 hours

Creative Arts

ARTS 1301 Art Appreciation 3 hours
ARTS 1303 Art History I (Prehistoric to the 14th Century) 3 hours
ARTS 1304 Art History II (14th Century to the Present) 3 hours
DRAM 1310 Introduction to Theater 3 hours
DRAM 2361 History of Theater I 3 hours
DRAM 2362 History of Theater II 3 hours
HUMA 1315 Fine Arts Appreciation 3 hours
MUSI 1306 Music Appreciation 3 hours
MUSI 1308 Music Literature I 3 hours
MUSI 1309 Music Literature II 3 hours
MUSI 1310 American Music 3 hours

Language, Philosophy, & Culture

ENGL 2321 British Literature 3 hours
ENGL 2322 British Literature I 3 hours
ENGL 2323 British Literature II 3 hours
ENGL 2326 American Literature 3 hours
ENGL 2327 American Literature I: Up to the Civil War 3 hours
ENGL 2328 American Literature II: Civil War to the Present 3 hours
ENGL 2331 World Literature 3 hours
ENGL 2332 World Literature I: Up to the 17th Century 3 hours
ENGL 2333 World Literature II: 17th Century to the Present 3 hours
ENGL 2341 Forms of Literature 3 hours
FREN 2311 Intermediate French I 3 hours
GERM 2311 Intermediate German I 3 hours
HUMA 1301 Introduction to Humanities I 3 hours
HUMA 1302 Introduction to Humanities II 3 hours
PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy 3 hours
PHIL 1304 Introduction to World Religions 3 hours
PHIL 2306 Introduction to Ethics 3 hours
SPAN 2311 Intermediate Spanish I 3 hours
SGNL 2301 Intermediate ASL I 3 hours

Math

MATH 1314 College Algebra 3 hours
MATH 1316 Plane Trigonometry 3 hours
MATH 1324 Mathematics for Business & Social Sciences 3 hours
MATH 1325 Calculus for Business & Social Sciences 3 hours
MATH 1332 Contemporary Mathematics (Quantitative Reasoning) 3 hours
MATH 1342 Elementary Statistical Methods 3 hours
MATH 1350 Mathematics for Teachers I (Fundamentals of Mathematics I) 3 hours
MATH 1351 Mathematics for Teachers II (Fundamentals of Mathematics II) 3 hours
MATH 1442 Elementary Statistical Methods 4 hours
MATH 2305 Discrete Mathematics 3 hours
MATH 2318 Linear Algebra 3 hours
MATH 2320 Differential Equations 3 hours
MATH 2412 Pre-Calculus Mathematics 4 hours
MATH 2413 Calculus I 4 hours
MATH 2414 Calculus II 4 hours
MATH 2415 Calculus III 4 hours