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| Semester: | Spring 2024 |
| Number: | 0613-378-041 |
| Instructor: | Bernadette Marson |
| Days: | TBA |
| Note: | Online, Asynchronous |
| Location: | Online |
| Credits: | 4 |
| Course Meets: | March 25 - May 15 |
| Notes: |
The Remaining Seats In The Course Are For Cpcs Students |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
This course explores addiction as a learned behavior with social and psychological causes. |
| Learning Goals: |
Course objectives: 1. Students will be able to use modern tools of research such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses to understand substance use disorders. 2. Students will enhance their Information Literacy by identifying needed information about substance use disorders, differentiate between sources in terms of validity and reliability, use electronic database literacy skills, access the valid and reliable information, using appropriate technology, evaluate the accessed information for relevancy to the given assignment, and use information ethically and legally. 3. Students will be able to articulate a coherent description of the prevalence and etiology of substance use disorders in the US today. 4. Students will enhance their Communication Skills by formulating clear, coherent ideas about substance use disorders with a particular purpose and audience, using written, oral, and/or electronic means. 5. Students will be able to formulate an intervention strategy for substance use disorders grounded in evidence based study and practice. 6. Students will be able to generate solutions to the issues about substance use disorders that are being studied, and consider refutations of these solutions. 7. Students will enhance their Civic Engagement by studying the historical and/or evolutionary development of humanity by addressing philosophical, ethical, and moral questions of knowing, being and actions regarding substance use disorders by respecting the common human need for mental and physical well-being. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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