• Fifteen credits of course work in alcohol studies which must be passed with a minimum grade average of B, of which 9 credits must be earned from the major course offerings described below. The remaining 6 credits may also be distributed among the approved courses within the student's discipline or another discipline.

• For students in graduate programs with a clinical component, e.g. clinical psychology, some applied clinical experience with alcoholic and alcohol-abusing clients is expected. To fulfill this requirement, students must have the equivalent of two terms of one-day-per-week practicum in an alcoholism treatment setting.

This is equivalent to N6 credits, 3 of which may be applied to the 9-credit course requirement listed above. Non-clinical practica, e.g. criminal justice, are vailable to interested students in other disciplines through special arrangement, but are not required.

• Satisfactory completion of a research or scholarly project in the field of alcohol studies, including, but not limited to the Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation.

• Approval by the Director of the Certificate program and by the director of the student's graduate degree program. Only students matriculated in a degree program may participate in the certificate program, although others may take courses with permission from their course instructors. Further information is available from the director of the program.