Professional Studies, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, (B.P.S.)

University of Memphis

Students in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services concentration will select from a set of courses in alcohol & drug abuse and social and public service. Prior work experience is welcomed and evaluated through portfolio assessment. Internships are also included in this concentration. Persons pursuing this degree typically provide services to those disabled by alcohol and drug abuse, including abusers, families, friends, colleagues, and associates. Wishing to build upon knowledge and experience in alcohol and drug abuse treatment, persons served by these guidelines will seek careers in Alcohol & Drug Abuse (A&D) Services as providers of social and public services in hospitals, social service agencies, employee assistance programs, churches, etc. Some may wish to continue their education in graduate-level programs.Professional Core (6 hours)COUN 4611 - Intro to Counseling Credit Hours: (3)COUN 4621 - Human Interactions Credit Hours: (3)SWRK 3010 - Soc Response to Human Need Credit Hours: (3)Alcohol and Drug Core (6 hours)ANTH 4531 - Alcohol/Drugs/Culture Credit Hours: (3)CJUS 4152 - Drug Misuse and Abuse Credit Hours: (3)COUN 4783 - Alcohol/Drug Abuse Services Credit Hours: (3)PSYC 3507 - Alcohol/Drugs/Behavior Credit Hours: (3) (Prerequisites: PSYC 1030, PSYC 3010, PSYC 3020)Professional Writing (3 hours)ENGL 3601 - Technical and Profess Writing Credit Hours: (3)ENGL 3604 - Persuasive Writing Credit Hours: (3)Social and Public Services (15 hours)Choose from the following:CJUS 4533 - Juvenile Delinq Theory/Process Credit Hours: (3)COUN 4781 - Strategy/Crisis Intervention Credit Hours: (3)POLS 3213 - Intro to Public Policy Credit Hours: (3)PSYC 3102 - Psychopathology Credit Hours: (3)PSYC 3103 - Child Psychology Credit Hours: (3)PSYC 3106 - Social Psychology Credit Hours: (3)SOCI 3501 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior Credit Hours: (3)SOCI 4851 - Medical Sociology Credit Hours: (3)SOCI 4852 - Sociology of Mental Illness Credit Hours: (3)SWRK 3902 - Human Behavior/Soc Envrnmnt Credit Hours: (3) (Prerequisites: SWRK 2911, SWRK 2010 BIOL 1010(TNe))Guided Electives and Internship (15 hours)Guided Electives - Choose any 12 hours from courses in the Coordinated Study that have not already been taken.UNIV 4110 - Internship Credit Hours: (3-6)Thematic Studies (6 hours)Senior Project (3 hours)The senior project is a student’s culminating experience or capstone designed to synthesize and integrate the content of a student’s program of study. The senior project is intended to fuse the two or more academic areas that comprise the student’s coordinated study (major) into an academically-relevant example of scholarship. Students will complete a thesis, task-based, or artistic project on a topic of their choice with approval of their senior project instructor. The senior project is completed during a student’s final semester. Students will be assigned to a specific section based on their concentration.UNIV 4995 - Senior Project Credit Hours: (3) (completed during the final semester)ElectivesMay be chosen to bring the total number of hours to 120 with a minimum of 42 upper-division hours.

College of Professional and Liberal Studies