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Substance Abuse Counseling (HL)

Career, Certificate (C1)

This program will provide human service professionals and others the education necessary to enter into careers related to substance abuse. This program leads directly into the two-year degree Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program. Experience has shown that people with a minimum of one year of recovery have a better chance at success in this field of study.

Course See
Note
 Course Title Credits
  DRG101   Substance Abuse and Society 3
  DRG204   Physiological & Medical Aspects of Substance Abuse 3
  HUS101   The Human Services Worker 3
  PSY102   Introductory (General) Psychology (OL) 3
  CMP101   Composition 1 (OL, CT) 3
  DRG201   Substance Abuse Counseling for Individuals 3
  DRG206   Prevention of Substance Abuse 3
  HUS102   Helping Skills in Human Services 3
  HUS108   Pharmacology for Human Services 3
 Program Information
 • This certificate program can be applied as the first year in the Associate Degree "Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation (HA)" program.

North Shore Community College reserves the right to make changes in courses, program requirements, policies, and regulations as circumstances dictate. There is no guarantee that any listed course will be offered in any given semester.

For more information, contact us at (978) 762-4000 or hsylvets@northshore.edu .

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