Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for AD 244G Fall 2026


Course Number:
AD 244G
Course Title:
Advanced Motivational Interviewing
Credit Hours:
2
Lecture Hours:
20
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Provides advanced training in motivational interviewing (MI). Explores topics such as: ambivalence, discord, and change talk. Covers MI techniques with specific populations and contexts related to addiction counseling. Prerequisites: AD 120E, AD 121E, AD 122E, AD 124E, AD 141E, AD 144E, HUS 101, HUS 102, HUS 108, and (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

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

  1. Apply advanced MI techniques and strategies in a clinical practice.

  2. Demonstrate principles of ambivalence and discord in MI and how to integrate them.

  3. Apply MI techniques in a variety of cultural contexts. 

  4. Develop advanced effective strategies for promoting and eliciting change talk in MI.

  5. Apply ethical principles in MI practice.