Addiction Studies

Entrance essay for Masters in Addiction Studies to Capella University Please answer all questions and highlighted bullets 1. Rationale for seeking specialization the Addiction Studies program. This section must address: Your clear understanding of the program area, with attention to licensure/certification and the role of a licensed addiction treatment professional/addiction counselor. The clear link between the program you selected and your career goals. Your carefully considered reasons for seeking a graduate degree in Addiction Studies (beyond merely being a good listener or wanting to help others). 2. Impact of previous employment, volunteer work, and other human service or counseling experiences This section must address: Key experiences in your employment or volunteer work that influenced your decision to apply for the program. If you have no experience in human services, please identify specific ways you could gain related experience, such as volunteer work. 3. Culturally relevant interpersonal skills This section must address: Your ability, based on life experience, to relate interpersonally to individuals from different cultural contexts (e.g. age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc.) in both individual and small group settings. Your understanding of the importance of culturally relevant interpersonal skills in the role of an addiction treatment professional, and at least 2 steps you plan to take to further the development of these skills. 4. Self-awareness This section must address: Life experiences that may have heightened your level of self-awareness, impacted your decision to apply to the program, and influenced your career goals. The characteristic ways in which you process life events and challenges, and how those ways have helped you develop strengths relevant to your chosen program area. Your discussion of self-awareness should demonstrate emotional stability and readiness to undertake a graduate degree program in addiction treatment. 5. Future professional goals in addiction treatment This section must address: Your specific career goals and the licensure/certification requirements you will need to achieve them. Since licensure/certification requirements vary from state to state, be specific about the requirements in the state where you intend to work as an addiction treatment professional.

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