Addictions Studies Minor

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An undergraduate minor in Addictions Studies from the College of Health and Human Services is available to students majoring in other fields. This minor is particularly appropriate for those students whose chosen career area will bring them into contact with substance abusers and their collaterals.

Requirements for the Minor

Students must meet all university requirements for a minor.

In addition, students must:

1. complete at least nine hours of the required course work listed below at Governors State University; and
2. submit transfer courses to the minor advisor for approval by the first week of the term of intended graduation.

Required Courses (18 Hours)

• ADDS - 5100 Substance Abuse: Current Concepts (3)
• ADDS - 5520 Cultural Considerations (3)
• ADDS - 4150 Addictions: Recovery Process (3)

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• ADDS - 3260 The Adolescent Substance Abuser (3)

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• ADDS - 4180 Substance Abuse: A Systems Approach (3)

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• ADDS - 3200 Screening, Referral, and Treatment Planning (3)
• ADDS - 4220 Clinical Techniques in Substance Abuse (3)

Total - 18 Hours