AUT - Graduate Certificate and Diploma in Addictions
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Graduate Certificate and Diploma in Addictions
Programme Code: Graduate Certificate AK1017, Graduate Diploma AK1014
Level: 7
Points: Certificate - 60, Diploma – 120
Duration: Certificate - 6 months full time, Diploma - 1 year full time. Part time available for both
Venue: North Shore Campus
Start dates: 27 February 2012 + 16 July 2012
AUT University encourages early application. These qualifications will remain open until all places have been filled. Programmes open for semester two enrolment are subject to change.
Want to enrol in a programme: Apply online
Entry requirements
- University Entrance
- English Language Requirements
- A relevant professional qualification or experience approved by the dean (or representative) to be equivalent to a bachelors degree.
Overview
Addiction is a complex problem that affects the physical and mental health of individuals and their families and you with the knowledge and skills required to work effectively assisting people with addictions and has been developed to meet national addiction workforce standards and competencies. Areas of specialisation include: problem gambling; tobacco control; drug; alcohol and substance abuse; health promotion and early intervention; and treatment.
What these programmes cover
The qualifications identify: legal and ethical; biological; social; psychological; legislative; cultural; policy; prevention; and political considerations that apply to the addictions field.
Māori Health Papers
Students who seek careers with a Māori development perspective should select four Graduate Diploma in Addictions papers plus:
555339 Māori Health, Development and Environment
527872 Māori Health Promotion
567431 Applied Primary Māori Mental Health
567417 Utilising Supervision in Practice
Career opportunities
Graduates can work in:
- District health boards, e.g. Community Alcohol and Drug Services (CADS)
- The justice sector
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) associated with addiction service provision e.g. Odyssey House and Higher Ground
- Problem gambling
- Public health
- Smoking cessation
- Mental health
Addictions papers
Below is a summary only. For a comprehensive overview of the degree, please refer to the Academic calendar.
567532 Assessment and Intervention in Addiction
567533 Professional Practice in Addictions
PLUS TWO FROM:
567414 Drug and Alcohol Studies
567527 Advanced Intervention for Addiction
567528 Smoking Cessation
567529 Tobacco Control
567531 Presenting Populations in Gambling
567534 Gambling Studies
ADDITIONAL PAPERS FOR GRADUATE DIPLOMA
SELECT FOUR:
556301 Methods of Research and Enquiry
527872 Māori Health Promotion
555339 Māori Health, Development and Environment
566401 Psychopathologies
566503 Skills for Supporting Recovery in Mental Health
567100 Introduction to Applied Transactional Analysis
567403 Social and Cultural Analysis
567408 Counselling Skills for Professional Practice
567411 Recovery in Mental Health
567413 Child and Youth Mental Health Issues and Interventions
567417 Utilising Supervision in Practice
567424 Theory, Skills and Interventions II
567431 Applied Primary Māori Mental Health
775617 Introduction to Epidemiology
567523 Cognitive Behavioural Approaches