Substance Use Disorder Education Minor

Advisor: Katherine Ott Walter
Email: ottwalmk@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-8972
Substance Use Disorder Education Minor Website

Program Description

This cross-disciplinary substance use disorder education minor provides the student with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to assist communities in designing evidenced-based prevention/education programs to encourage healthy attitudes and behaviors toward alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Course work in this minor will help prepare the student for the Certified Prevention Professionals-ATOD exam, which they can take after one year of prevention-related paid work experience and additional prevention-specific training.

Minor Requirements

Students must complete 18 credit hours from the categories outlined below. Students must take one of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD) specific courses. The remaining 15 credits must be selected from the additional courses listed below, preferably one from each category. No more than three courses may be taken from a single subject area (PSYC, HTH, SOWK, etc.), and no more than three courses can count for both the student's major/additional minor and the substance use disorder education minor.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD)
Choose one of the following:		3
HTH 378	The Use and Effects of Drugs
PSYC 285	Drugs and Behavior
SOWK 327	Substance Use Interventions
Subtotal		3
Electives
Choose five courses from the list of courses below. No more than three courses may be taken from a single subject area, e.g., PSYC, HTH, SOWK, etc.		15
Prevention, Education and Service Delivery:
HTH 351	Health Behavior Change
JUST 221	Social Justice Theories
JUST 301	Advanced Level Special Topics in Justice Studies 1
JUST 345	Restorative Justice
PSYC 250	Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 308	Health Psychology
PSYC 335	Abnormal Psychology
SOWK 386	Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES)
SOWK 387	Working with Adolescents
Communication:
SCOM 370	Introduction to Health Communication
SCOM 470	Health Communication Campaigns
WRTC 484	Writing for Nonprofits
WRTC 486	Writing in the Community
WRTC 488	Writing in the Health Sciences
Community Organizing:
FAM/GERN/NPS/SOWK 375	Grant Writing for Agencies
HTH 456	Grant Writing in Health Sciences 2
NPS 300	Introduction to Nonprofits
Public Policy and Environmental Change:
PPA 359	Policy Analysis
PPA 462	Social Welfare and Local Government Policy
WRTC 326/SCOM 354	Environmental Communication and Advocacy
SOWK 335	Social Policy (SOWK majors only)
HTH 420	Global Perspectives on Alcohol and Drug Policies 2
HTH 422	Public Health and Healthcare Policy
Planning and Evaluation:
HTH 458	Health Program Planning and Evaluation
Subtotal		15
Total Credits		18

¹

When topics are minor related, to be approved by the coordinator.

²

Offered in summer only.