| SUBSTANCE ABUSE REHABILITATION COUNSELOR
Certificate AL
Purpose: This curriculum is designed to fulfill the Virginia
state educational requirements for the certification of substance
abuse counselors. To meet substance abuse counselor certification
requirements, the applicant is expected to meet specific education
requirements including didactic and experiential learning with
a supervised internship required.
Individuals desiring skills and knowledge in this career field,
but not seeking State Certification may also enroll.
Cooperative Education: Students in this curriculum will participate
in at least 3 semester hours of Cooperative Education unless
they already have equivalent experience. For further information,
contact the Alexandria Campus Cooperative Education Office.
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One Year |
1st Semester |
2nd Semester |
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ENG |
111 |
College Composition I or |
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SPD |
110 Intro. to Speech Communication |
3 |
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HMS |
121 |
Basic Counseling Skills I |
3 |
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HMS |
141 |
Group Dynamics I |
3 |
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HMS |
251 |
Substance Abuse I |
3 |
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HMS |
266 |
Counseling Psychology |
3 |
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PSY |
232 |
Life Span Human Dev. II |
3 |
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SDV
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Elective |
1 |
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HMS |
142 |
Group Dynamics II |
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3 |
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HMS |
145 |
Effects of Psychoactive Drugs |
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3 |
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HMS |
252 |
Substance Abuse II |
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3 |
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HMS |
258 |
Case Mgt. & Substance Abuse |
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3 |
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HMS |
290 |
Coordinated Internship or |
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HMS |
297 Cooperative Education |
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3 |
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1 ___ |
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Social Science Elective |
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3 |
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Total Credits/Semester |
19 |
18 |
Total credits for the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Counselor
Certificate = 37.
1 The social science elective may be selected from the economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthropology) courses listed on pages 40-41. |
