Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for AD 130F Fall 2025


Course Number:
AD 130F
Course Title:
Women and Addiction
Credit Hours:
3
Lecture Hours:
30
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Provides an exploration of the biopsychosocial factors that shape gender roles with an emphasis on women in addiction. Explores the impact these factors have on addiction, mental health, and behavior in addiction treatment. Prerequisites: AD 120E, AD 121E, AD 122E, AD 124E, AD 140E, AD 141E. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

  1. Explain treatment options, interventions, and processes as informed by biopsychosocial considerations for women and non-binary populations including harm reduction and cultural humility. 

  2. Develop strategies for working through transference and counter-transference when working with women and non-binary population