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for California State University, Fresno.

Health and Human Services
Interdisciplinary Courses

The College of Health and Human Services

BENJAMIN CUELLAR, Dean
McLane Hall, Room 178
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 certificate programs open to all students. These programs 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.

Additional interdisciplinary courses offer students from any discipline both basic and continuing professional education.

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)
HS 110: Drugs, Society, and Health
HS 111: Alcohol and Alcoholism
SWRK 129: Treatment of Chemical Dependency

Elective(s) (3 units)
Select 3 units from the following listings:
CRIM 141: Alcohol, Drugs, and Criminality (3 units)
WS 115: Women, Children, and Alcohol (1 unit)
WS 150T: Women and Alcohol (1 unit)
CRIM 190, HS 190, SWRK 190, or WS 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 Kremen 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

Health and Human Services (HHS)

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. FS

HHS 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. FS

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