Addictions Counseling & Prevention to USD

  • This plan may be laid out using a Third Semester as a summer semester based on course availability.
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These are the recommended courses for transfer into a specific major at the University of South Dakota, but other courses may be accepted. Pathways are based on a four-semester, 16-17 credit per semester layout (more depending on USD’s requirements) - reducing the number of credits taken per semester increases the number of semesters enrolled.

Term 1
ENG-105
Composition I
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is an exploration of writing as a process with attention to audience, purpose and patterns of exposition.
Pre-requisite: Recommended ACT Composite of 22. Students may complete aýwriting sample to gauge preparedness for the course and thenýaccess instructional staff and resources in the CometýLearning Center both before and during the course to beýsuccessful.
PHI-105
Introduction to Ethics
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces fundamental theories of moral behavior, examines important concepts and arguments used in moral reasoning, and applies ethical theories to contemporary personal and social issues.
POL-111
American National Government
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
This course is an introduction to the American system of government, including the U.S. Constitution. Basic philosophies, general principles of federalism, civil liberties, public opinion, political parties and interest groups, the electoral process, and the structure and function of national government will be covered.
PSY-111
Introduction to Psychology
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces students to the scientific study of mental processes and behavior with emphasis on psychological theories. This course explains the importance of evidence-based approaches in practice and literature. Students apply critical thinking in relation to research methods and ethics in the field of psychology.
SDV-108
The College Experience
FA
SP
SU
1
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces students to the College's expectations, environment, and resources so that students may become more competent participants in the learning process.
SOC-110
Introduction to Sociology
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is a survey of the fundamental concepts used in the study of human social interaction with emphasis on group aspects of social behavior. Subject areas include research methods, theory, culture and social structure, socialization, groups and formal organizations, deviance and social control, stratification, race and ethnicity (including whiteness), major social institutions, and social change.
16
Term 2
BIO-163
Essentials of Anatomy & Phys
FA
SP
SU
4
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This is a terminal one-semester lecture and lab course covering the structure and function of the human organ systems and their organs. It also includes an introduction to medical terminology, homeostasis, basic cell and tissue structure and function. Students are required to identify specific organs including the major bones, the major muscles and the major blood vessels.
ENG-106
Composition II
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is a continuation of ENG 105 with emphasis on developing more complex, sophisticated forms of exposition. It includes a research paper requiring library research, documentation, and bibliography.
Pre-requisite: Take ENG-105 Composition I
PSY-121
Developmental Psychology
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course examines the process of human development. It covers the entirety of people's life span from embryogenesis to death through the biopsychosocial lens.
Pre-requisite: Take PSY-111;
SOC-180
Social Work Interact Skills
FA
SP
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course focuses on students gaining an understanding and beginning mastery of interpersonal and interactional helping skills utilized by social workers in practice. The organization of the course and the learning methods used focus on both didactic and experiential learning. The content of the course is taught through lecture, discussion and interactional laboratory sessions in which the students learn through individual and group exercises, role play and activity experiences. This course is required for social work students transferring to USD and for WITCC's Addictions Counseling program.
SOC-216
Study of Alcohol Use & Abuse
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is a survey of the historical and contemporary use, abuse and addictive nature of ethyl alcohol and the symptomatology and treatment of alcohol dependence. Students will be provided with a basic knowledge of the nature, scope and complexity of alcohol dependence and the wide range of current approaches to its treatment and prevention. Special attention will be given to issues of racial-ethnic and spiritual diversity within the context of alcohol use, abuse and recovery.
16
Term 3
ART-101
Art Appreciation
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course explores the creative process emphasizing art as a visual form of communication. It presents useful criteria for evaluation and enjoyment of art through the development of visual vocabulary and knowledge of art processes, as well as art in a historical context.
MAT-121
College Algebra
FA
SP
SU
4
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course addresses linear functions and inequalities, quadratics, conics, polynomials and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, linear systems, matrices and determinants. Additional topics may include sequences, series, permutations, combinations, and probability. Completion of Pre-requisite course or alternative assessment required for enrollment.
Pre-requisite: MAT-102 Intermediate Algebra or ACT Math Score of 21 orýALEKS assessment score of 32.
PSY-241
Abnormal Psychology
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course will introduce students to theories of psychopathology, behavioral changes, and treatments associated with abnormal behavior. All categories and disorders within the DSM-5-TR will be evaluated. Emphasis on the public's view of stigma and misinterpretation of abnormal disorders will also be addressed.
Pre-requisite: Take PSY-111;
SOC-212
Diversity
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course utilizes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to studying gender, race, class, sexuality and other markers of diversity. The curriculum highlights the duality of oppression and privilege and the ways in which race, gender, class and sexuality shape daily life. Special focus is on learning how to demonstrate course concepts as social action. Social justice is practiced as students become educated in these concepts of diversity and engage in diversity conscious social action.
SOC-217
Study of Drug Use and Abuse
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course provides students with an understanding of the fundamentals of mood-altering chemicals other than ethyl alcohol, and, theories, symptomatology and drug related illnesses (HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C). Students will also gain an understanding of the wide variety of perspectives related to the legality and/or illegality of many mood-altering chemical substances. Varying approaches to treatment and prevention of drug abuse will also be explored. Special attention will be given to issues of racial-ethnic and spiritual diversity within the context of drug use, abuse and recovery.
16
Term 4
MUS-100
Music Appreciation
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
A general course designed to make the student more aware of musical form, media, genres, musical periods, and the essential role of music in life and culture. Emphasizes the development of tools for intelligent listening and appreciation.
PSY-295
Cooccurr & Addictive Disorders
SP
3
Sioux City
This course will introduce students to mental illness through the lense of susbtance-specific assessment and intervention. Practical content includes assessment, intervention methods, and treatment outcome evaluation with an emphasis on the empirical literature. A wide variety of clinical methods and issues will be reviewed and evaluated.
Pre-requisite: Take PSY-111
SOC-120
Marriage and Family
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course examines the family as a basic institution. Special focus is given to the marital life cycle: courtship, dating, marriage, the childbearing years, parent-child relationships and marriage during the middle and older years. This course examines the implication of marital dissolution and the family, as they exist under modern social conditions. Focus is given to contemporary variations of the family commonly referred to as intimate relationships (co-habitation, hooking up and gay marriage). This course is a required component for USD, BCU and BVU Social Work transfer programs.
SOC-210
Men, Women and Society
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This interdisciplinary course is designed for first or second year students to explore men?s and women?s experiences in American society and the role that ideas about sexual differences have played in shaping those experiences. Areas of inquiry will include, but are not limited to, the following: the construction of gender roles and sexuality; the relationship between gender and other social, political, and legal structures and institutions; and the interplay of gender with race, class, and ethnicity in cultural perceptions and expectations of both men and women. This course will strive to assist students in formulating questions about gender as it relates to their on-going work in various disciplines across the curriculum.
SOC-250
Sociology of Deviance
FA
SP
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course consists of theoretical analysis of the relation of deviant group behavior and subcultures/countercultures to community standards of conventional behavior as expressed in laws and norms. Analysis of social control settings and mechanisms and the relationship between social deviance and social control efforts at both the micro, mezzo and macro levels are emphasized.
SPC-112
Public Speaking
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
The course combines theory of speech communication with public speech performance skills. Emphasis is on speech delivery, preparation, organization, support, and audience analysis. Practice of skills is through presentation and exercise.
18
University of South Dakota
Contact the Advising Team at University of South Dakota regarding program-specific coursework.
Last Updated on June 29, 2024