Addictions Minor Students
The University of Idaho Addictions Minor is designed to provide all coursework required for an individual to become an Addiction’s Counselor in Idaho or Washington. This includes all coursework required by licensing agencies in both states. A student must be enrolled in a degree program at the University of Idaho to earn a minor. PSYC 101 is a prerequisite for all the courses for the Addictions Minor. All courses listed here are currently offered through Independent Study in Idaho. For more information, see the University of Idaho Addictions Minor Program or contact Benjamin Barton at barton@uidaho.edu.
Addictions Minor Courses
Psyc 101: Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Psychology topics: Including sensation and perception, learning and thinking, motivation, personality and adjustment, social processes, psychological testing; emphasis on fundamental principles. Prerequisite: noneshort description of course/information.
Courses for the Addictions Minor listed below are sponsored by the University of Idaho and are only available through ISI.
Psyc 470: Introduction to Chemical Addictions
Understanding how individuals develop an addiction to psychoactive chemicals and how they recover from such an addiction; recognition, assessment, and treatment of various chemical addictions and how to do interventions for addicted individuals and their families; topics include drugs of abuse, symptoms and warning signs of chemical addiction, assessment, codependency, interventions, treatment, and recovery. Prerequisite: Psyc 101. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Psyc 570: Introduction to Chemical Addictions
Psyc 472: Introduction to the Pharmacology of Psychoactive Drugs
Overview of neural mechanisms, behavioral responses, and addictive aspects of psychoactive drugs. Prerequisite: Psyc 101. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Psyc 572: Introduction to the Pharmacology of Psychoactive Drugs
Psyc 473: Blood and Airborne Pathogens: HIV/STDs/Hepatitis/TB
Overview of HIV/AIDS, TB, and other STDs; preparing counselors to work with clients to prevent these diseases or counsel clients who have acquired these diseases; making counselors examine issues related to human sexuality and biases about sexually related topics. Prerequisite: Psyc 101. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Psyc 573: Blood and Airborne Pathogens: HIV/STDs/Hepatitis/TB
Psyc 474: Record Keeping and Case Management in Chemical Addictions Counseling
Exploration and examination of the sequence of events and services that clients encounter as they begin and move through the treatment process in a typical addictions treatment setting, as outlined in the Twelve Core Functions and Global Criteria of the International Certification Reciprocity Consortium (ICRC); study of the Twelve Core Functions and the Addiction Counseling Competencies relevant to each area. Prerequisite: Psyc 101. Additional projects/assignments required for the graduate credit. Psyc 574: Record-Keeping and Case Management in Chemical Addictions Counseling
Psyc 475: Professional Ethics in Addictions Counseling
Overview of ethical issues and decision making related to addictions counseling; ethics related to harm reduction models and other issues. Prerequisite: Psyc 101. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Psyc 581: Professional Ethics in Addictions Counseling
PSYC 476/576 Relapse Prevention in Chemical Addictions Counseling
Overview of addictions relapse, issues and triggers related to relapse, prevention of relapse, and issues related to addictions relapse in general. Prerequisite: Psyc 101. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Psyc 576: Relapse Prevention in Chemical Addictions Counseling
Psyc 478: Individual & Group Therapy Techniques in Chemical Addictions Counseling
Techniques related to individual and group counseling of chemical addictions clients; helping skills such as active listening, problem solving, paraphrasing; numerous role plays and other practicum exercises; information about group therapy with actual experience of being part of a group. Prerequisite: Psyc 101. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Psyc 578: Individual & Group Therapy Techniques in Chemical Addictions Counseling.
Psyc 482: Client Screening, Assessment, and Placement
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of substance abuse screening and assessment. This includes information related to interviewing techniques, substance abuse diagnosis, testing instruments, client placement, and issues or problems that influence the assessment environment. Prerequisite: Psyc 101. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Psyc 582: Client Screening, Assessment, and Placement.ription of course/information.
FAQs
ISI courses are open-enrollment, so you can register for an ISI class whenever it works best for you. It can take up to three business days to complete your registration and receive a registration confirmation email. Instructions for how to set up accounts and log on to your course are included in the registration confirmation email.
Follow these instructions to register:
- Select a course from Courses.
- It is recommended that degree seeking students obtain written confirmation that credits earned through ISI will be accepted and applied to their degrees as expected prior to registration.
- Review Course Fees and Refund Schedule.
- Register for a class online. It can take up to three business days to complete your registration and receive a registration confirmation email. Instructions for how to set up accounts and log on to your course are included in the registration confirmation email. You do not need to apply for admission to any of the cooperating schools.
- Order textbooks and other course materials from an online bookseller or from the VandalStore.
No, ISI courses do not qualify for payment via financial aid funds. ISI courses also do not count toward credit-hour load and cannot be used to establish full or part-time status or determine eligibility for financial aid or loan deferment.
Please see Course Fees.
Students have 12 months from registration to finish a course and, if needed, one four-month extension may be purchased. ISI courses match on-campus counterparts in content and standards, with a per-credit workload equivalent to on-campus courses. Expect a minimum of three months to complete most ISI courses.
Students work at their own pace with a weekly assignment submission limit specified on the course Canvas page. Grades are typically received within two weeks, but instructors may take longer based on weekly submission limits. Please allow for additional time during holidays and instructor vacations. For those needing to complete courses in less than three months, email indepst@uidaho.edu before registering.
Students receive grades for assignments within two weeks after the submission date, but instructors are not required to grade faster than the number of assignment submissions allowed per week (see individual course syllabi for details). Additional grading time may be needed during holidays, vacations, or instructor illness.
Some ISI courses host their exams on Canvas, while others require in-person proctoring. If a course requires proctoring, you will need to submit a proctor request form. Email the ISI office for proctor information. Please note: proctored exams are paper-based and are not returned to students.
Student responsibilities for proctored exams:
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Find a qualified person to proctor exams in an education setting and return exams to the ISI office. (Proctor qualifications are listed on proctor request form.)
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Complete proctor request form and submit it at least two weeks before the first exam. Each ISI course needing a proctor requires a separate proctor request form.
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Schedule time with proctor to complete exams.
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Pay any proctoring fees.
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Show government issued ID before taking exam.
- The instructor submits a final course grade after all assignments and exams have been graded.
- An ISI employee processes the grade card, and the student will receive a Course Completion Letter in their Vandal email account. This letter contains information on how to request a transcript through the course sponsoring institution (all completed courses are recorded on a transcript at the institution that sponsors the course).
- Wait at least three business days after receiving the Course Completion Letter before contacting the transcript office; the Office of the Registrar must record the grade before the course will appear on a transcript.
- Official transcripts may be purchased from the credit-granting institution credit-granting institution. ISI does not send out transcripts.
- For contact information and information on which semester a final grade is recorded on the transcript, see Cooperating Institutions and locate the Transcripts section.
Instructors are available to answer questions concerning grading and may be contacted as specified in Canvas. It can take three business days to receive a response from an instructor.
View the Library Science Sequence of Classes to find the order in which to take classes to meet all prerequisites.
Each member institution of the ISI cooperative (see Cooperating Institutions) is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), the region’s accrediting agency. Independent Study in Idaho is a member of the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) and the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA) through the University of Idaho.
See Idaho authorization information for distance education specific to each state.