PSYC 3340 Community Psychology and Drug Use Prevention

Students explore the principles of community psychology, systems theory, various types of prevention, resiliency, and environmental interventions used in community psychology. Through a service-learning assignment, students examine the relationship between problems such as teen pregnancy, homelessness, and substance use disorders within a social justice and systems framework. This course can be taken as a Social Influences group course or as a PSYC elective. This course is a required course for Psychology majors completing the Addiction Prevention concentration and meets the Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals' prerequisites for certification as a 'Certified Prevention Specialist' by providing the student with half of the 100 hours of substance use prevention training. Students from allied health professions may email the instructor to request permission to enroll.

Prerequisite

PSYC 1301 or instructor's permission

Offered

Fall