HS 285A - Practicum: Human Services-Addiction Studies

Lab Hours: 15
Credit Hours: 5

Provides experience working on-site in a human service agency to integrate field and classroom experiences. Offers Addiction Studies students two different practicum sites, each at least two terms in length, during the Addiction Studies degree acquisition. The second practicum is more comprehensive and provides an opportunity to develop more advanced skills. Students in the post-baccalaureate Addiction Counselor Certification Program remain at one site for three terms.

Prerequisite: HS 103, HS 150, HS 155, and HS 170 for Human Services Addiction Studies (AS) degree students; or consent of instructor. Students in the Addiction Counselor Certification Preparation Post-Baccalaureate Program (ACCP) must have satisfactorily completed one term in the program including HS 103 and HS 155 or similar courses, and attend an orientation prior to consideration for practicum. Students must also register with the Addiction Counselor Certification Board of Oregon (ACCBO) prior to starting the first term of practicum. Students must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in HS 216 (or HS 217 once HS 216 is completed) to commence (or continue in) practicum at a second site. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)