Master of Science (M.S.) in Education, Addictions Abuse

The Addictions Counseling Track is designed to train professionals who will offer addiction counseling services in our community and the surrounding areas. The chief features of the program are a comprehensive 60 credit hour curriculum that satisfies Indiana requirements for professional licensure as a Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor. The program also contains several field experiences designed to train students in the most effective way possible to become addictions counselors.

Track Requirements

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.

First Year Courses

• EDUC-G 500 Orientation to Counseling
• EDUC-G 506 Personality Development: Growth of Normal and Deviant Styles
• EDUC-G 522 Counseling Techniques
• EDUC-G 523Laboratory Counseling and Guidance
• EDUC-G 575 Multicultural Counseling
• EDUC-P 514 Life Span Development: Birth-Death

Second Year Courses

• EDUC-G 505 Individual Appraisal: Principles and Procedures
• EDUC-G 510 Introduction to Alcohol and Drug Counseling
• EDUC-G 513 Legal and Illegal Drugs of Abuse
• EDUC-G 532 Introduction to Group Counseling
• EDUC-G 585 Contemporary Issues in Counseling
• EDUC-G 590 Research in Counseling and Guidance

Third Year Courses

• EDUC-G 507 Lifestyle and Career Development
• EDUC-G 511 Screening and Assessment of Alcohol and Drug Problems
• EDUC-G 512 Counseling Approaches with Addictions
• EDUC-G 514 Practicum in Alcohol and Drug Counseling (taken twice)
• EDUC-G 550 Internship in Counseling (taken twice)
• EDUC-G 592 Seminar in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention