Program Overview

Addiction and Mental Health Graduate Certificate Program

The Addiction and Mental Health certificate is an online program with a primary focus on advancing practice in addiction and mental health, particularly those requiring addiction and mental health services. Value is placed on the public/person perspectives as integral to advancing addiction and mental health practice and policy guided by collaboration in listening, planning, and enacting change that is helpful and empowering for clients and their identified supports.

Program Overview

The four courses are designed for working professionals, drawing on an advanced theoretical, experiential, and research base to enable graduates to integrate and demonstrate advanced practice and collaborative leadership.

Graduate Certificate Connect Dates

All courses in this program require students to attend instructor-led Connect Days, which are delivered online at scheduled dates and times. Students who do not attend Connect Days will normally be withdrawn from the associated course.

• Sept. 20, 2025: FALL 2025, NURS 612, 2 days (Sept 20 & Nov 22)
• Nov. 22, 2025: FALL 2025, NURS 612, 2 days (Sept 20 & Nov 22)
• Jan. 17, 2026: WINTER 2026, NURS 614, 2 days (January 17 & March 7)
• March 7, 2026: WINTER 2026, NURS 614, 2 days (January 17 & March 7)
• May 23, 2026: SPRING 2026, NURS 616, 2 days (May 23 & 24)
• May 24, 2026: SPRING 2026, NURS 616, 2 days (May 23 & 24)
• July 11, 2026: SUMMER 2026, NURS 618, 1 day (July 11)

Required Courses

• NURS 612 - Fall 2025: Theories and Models of Addiction and Mental Health: Advanced Assessment, Screening, and Practice Implications
  • Selected theories and models of addiction and mental health relevant to advancing specialized practice and including advanced assessment, screening, and implications for practice innovation and leadership.
• NURS 614 - Winter 2026: Therapeutic Practices: Treatment Planning and Recovery
  • Selected interventions and therapeutic practices for symptom management and optimizing functioning in recovery framework including therapeutic relationships, counseling (individual, group, family), motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychopharmacology, and mindfulness.
  • Prerequisite: NURS 612
• NURS 616 - Spring 2026: Integration of Addictions and Mental Health Knowledge, Values, and Practices
  • Specialized seminar focused on integration of advanced knowledge, practice, and ethics, and development of a proposal for a focused demonstration of advanced knowledge and practice in addictions and mental health.
  • Prerequisite: NURS 614
• NURS 618 - Summer 2026: Specialized Practice Demonstration: Advancing Addictions and Mental Health Practice
  • Students implement, evaluate, report, and formulate ongoing recommendations associated with a focused demonstration of advanced knowledge and practice in addictions and mental health nursing.
  • Prerequisite: NURS 616

Application Information

Applicants are encouraged to submit early as classes fill quickly. Applications are open from March 1 to June 30.