The mission of the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies (DARS) is to provide students with the knowledge, clinical skills, and leadership tools to become counselor educators, clinical mental health, addictions, and rehabilitation counselors, and rehabilitation service providers in a culturally diverse and global society.
The DARS has established the following technical standards for the admission, matriculation, and graduation of students. Students are expected to meet these standards with or without reasonable accommodations. These standards will be referenced during student performance evaluations (see program student manual). Specifically, students will demonstrate: