Sober College University Signature Courses
Signature courses are the foundation of the Sober College University academic experience. All courses are three credits offered through the Sober College school of Addiction Studies by Andrew Jackson University. These courses have significant academic and therapeutic value with extreme attention to content relevant to young adults. With these courses we are able to fulfill our mission of giving academic credit for treatment related activities.
PSY 210: Topics In communication: Understanding Chemical Dependency
In this course, we will cover the processes of addiction, treatment and recovery. We will provide guidelines for understanding substance abuse and addiction as a disorder, recovery as a long-term developmental process, and relapse as a process that can be effectively prevented or managed should it occur. The course is designed to utilize the 12-step program to show students how to break the addiction cycle, build a foundation for recovery, and develop a quality long-term recovery. We will describe the basic principles of relapse prevention, the common warning signs that lead from stable recovery to alcohol and drug abuse, and how to establish both a relapse prevention and relapse early intervention plan. Individual research and personal response assignments will provide opportunities for students to articulate and integrate personal life experience in the recovery process. Attention will also be given to the impact of addiction on families.
Criminal Justice 451: Drugs Use and Abuse (3 Credit Hours)
A study of drugs and drug-taking behavior including such topics as alcohol and other depressants, stimulants, tobacco addiction, psychedelics, marijuana, and over-the-counter or prescribed medicines. Outlining drug problems in America, citing drug classifications, and discussing the "drug scene" and health-related consequences of drug abuse. This course will also review the origins of drug-taking behavior, describe predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors in the use and abuse of drugs, and discuss current theories on drug abuse and drug dependence.
English 120: Composing Personal History (3 Credit Hours)
Composing your personal history is a tough task. This course makes it easier by breaking it down into how to get started, remembering your life in segments and events, compiling it all together and providing useful hints in creating your life's work. Students will examine their life in detail to the present writing about what they've done, where they've been and get a feel for what they want to try next. A life's work will be immortalized in print.
CM 495: Introduction to Film (3 Credit Hours)
This course will teach you strategies for film analysis, provide you with analytical tools and allow you to proceed from the individual film analysis to an analysis of film culture as a whole.
CM 220: Fundamentals of Speech (3 Credits)
A study in the fundamental principles of oral communication and application with emphasis on the construction and delivery of various types of speeches.
CM 458: Conflict Management (3 credits)
Conflict is part of everyday life and is probably no less important than laughter, anger, love, sex, and play. Conflict is neither good nor bad in and of itself and can reveal injustices, prompt change, and be a source of personal growth, social transformation, and reconciliation. Conflict can also breed resentments and alienation, and may be waged with destructive violence, including war. What tools can individuals, groups, and governments use to manage, transform, or wage their conflicts in largely constructive ways? In this course, we will explore potentially positive conflict management tools like active listening and communication skills, principled negotiation, various forms of mediation, and nonviolent action.
Courses in Development:
History 101: History of Drugs and Alcohol in Music
Sociology 101: A Study of Emotional Intelligence as in Integrative Psychological Process
Women's Studies
Fitness and Nutrition
Health and Wellness
