Advanced Graduate Certificate in Addiction Studies

Plan Description

The Department of Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services offers an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Addiction Studies. The certificate program is designed for individuals already holding master’s degrees in counseling who are seeking to enhance their professional counseling practice and licensure options.

The Advanced Graduate Certificate in Addictions Studies meets the needs of health professionals such as marriage and family therapists, community counselors, rehabilitation counselors, school counselors, physicians, psychologists, social workers, and behavioral health therapists by providing graduate addiction training to help them address client needs.

Faculty members in the Department of Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services endeavor to promote excellence in counselor education and counseling research. Our graduate counseling programs prepare students to:

• Serve as professional counselors, advocates, and leaders who maximize opportunities for individuals, groups, and communities with a particular emphasis on helping underserved and oppressed client populations;
• Address developmental, academic, career, mental health, socio-cultural, and wellness needs of clients seeking counseling;
• Help individuals, groups and communities strive to find meaning, involvement, worth, and dignity in their lives;
• Engage in action research and program evaluations to further the knowledge base and best practice initiatives of the counseling profession; and
• Advocate with local, state, and national organizations to promote client and societal wellbeing.

For more information about your program, including your graduate program handbook and learning outcomes, please visit the Degree Directory.

Plan Admission Requirements

Application deadlines

Applications available on the UNLV Graduate College website.

Students must already be holding a master’s degree in counseling, or be currently admitted to the Clinical and Mental Health Counseling M.S. program at UNLV.

All applicants must review and follow the Graduate College Admission and Registration Requirements by submitting the following:

1. All post-secondary transcripts
2. Letters of recommendations
3. Resume/CV
4. Responses to the writing sample prompts

Students are accepted into a certificate program as described in the Graduate Catalog. The faculty and corresponding sub-disciplines and sub-plans within the described programs are subject to change at any time.

Plan Requirements

See Subplan Requirements below.

Subplan 1: Con-Current Master’s
Subplan 2: Post-Master’s

Subplan 1 Requirements: Con-Current Master’s

Total Credits Required: 12

Subplan 2 Requirements: Post-Master’s

Total Credits Required: 24

Plan Certificate Completion Requirements

The student must successfully complete the final project.

Students may apply for graduation up to two semesters prior to completing their degree requirements. All required forms must be submitted to the graduate college via the Grad Rebel Gateway.