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Health and Human Services
Interdisciplinary Courses

The College of Health and Human Services

BENJAMIN CUELLAR, Dean
McLane Hall, Room 191
(559) 278-4004

Certificate in Alcohol/Drug Studies

Certificate of Advanced Study in Interprofessional Collaboration

Health and Human Services

The College of Health and Human Services offers the following interdisciplinary courses as general electives open to all students. These courses provide students with an opportunity to interact with various university disciplines that have a common purpose and with professionals who are working cooperatively in an interdisciplinary setting.

Certificate in Alcohol/Drug Studies

A certificate of special study is awarded to those students who successfully complete a minimum of 12 units of interdisciplinary academic coursework in the area of alcohol and drug abuse. Students seeking the certificate:

1. must have completed two years of college or two years of experience related to the field of alcohol/drug abuse, and
2. must be regularly enrolled in the university.

All coursework must be taken for a letter grade and completed with a grade of C or better in each of the 9 required units and the 3 units of electives. The following list includes the course requirements for the certificate:

Requirements (9 units)
H S 110: Drugs, Society, and Health
H S 111: Alcohol and Alcoholism
S WRK 129: Treatment of Chemical Dependency

Elective(s) (3 units)
CRIM 141: Alcohol, Drugs, and Criminality (3 units)
S WRK 122T: Counseling the Family of the Alcohol/Drug Abuser (3 units)
W S 150T: Women, Children, and Alcohol (1 unit)
W S 150T: Women and Alcohol (1 unit)
CRIM 190, H S 190, S WRK 190, or W S 190: Independent Study on selected aspects of alcohol/drug abuse (1 unit)

Total (12 units)

For further information you may contact the Department of Health Science at (559) 278 -4041.

Certificate of Advanced Study
in Interprofessional Collaboration

This 15-unit program consisting of five courses is offered through the College of Health and Human Services and the School of Education and Human Development. The program provides graduate students and practicing professionals a convenient way to gain essential skills in the area of interprofessional collaboration while earning university credit and an academic certificate at the completion of the program. See the Special Programs section of this catalog.

COURSES

Interdisciplinary Health and Human Services (HHS)

10. Exploring Health Careers (2)
Explores various career choices available in the fields of health and human services. Used in conjunction with preprofessional preparation advisement program in the area of prehealth careers. (See Preprofessional Preparation.) (1 lecture, 2 lab hours) CR/NC grading only.

100T. Selected Topics in the Health Professions
(1-3; max total 6 if no topic repeated)
Interdisciplinary topics of current interest covering subject matter that is appropriate for all health professional disciplines. Topics are rotated each semester. Field assignments may be required. (Formerly HSW 100T)

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