Substance Abuse Prevention
This cross disciplinary substance abuse prevention minor provides the student with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to assist communities in designing science-based prevention programs to encourage healthy attitudes and behaviors towards 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.
| Required Courses | Credit Hours |
| One of the following (Foundational Knowledge): | 3 |
| HTH 230. Community Health | |
| GPSYC 160. Life Span Human Development | |
| FAM/GERN/NPS/SOWK 375. Grant Writing for Agencies | |
| HHS 415. Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare: An Interprofessional | |
| Approach | |
| One of the following (Education and Skill Development): | 3 |
| HTH 451. Health Behavior Change | |
| PSYC 308. Health Psychology | |
| One of the following (Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug-specific): | 3 |
| HTH 378. The Use and Effects of Drugs | |
| PSYC 285. Drugs and Behavior | |
| One of the following (Public Policy-specific): | 3 |
| PPA 359. Policy Analysis | |
| PPA 462. Social Welfare and Local Policy | |
| SOWK 335. Social Policy (SOWK majors only) | |
| One of the following (Population-specific): | 3 |
| PSYC 250. Introduction to Abnormal Psychology | |
| PSYC 335. Abnormal Psychology | |
| SOWK 386. Youth Empowerment Strategies | |
| SOWK 387. Working with Teenagers | |
| Required Capstone Course | 3 |
| HTH 458. Program Planning and Evaluation | |
| HTH 389. Practicum/Internship (Optional) | 1-3 |
| 20-21 | |
