Overview

Given the interplay of societal, political, psychosocial, and biological influences on addiction, transdisciplinary approaches are needed to reduce the addiction epidemic.

Overview

Faculty with addiction expertise are members of various academic units across University of Southern California.

The Institute for Addiction Science integrates and mobilizes USC’s intellectual resources while leveraging the diverse and populous backdrop of Los Angles to yield evidence with local, state, national and global implications.

Our mission is motivated by the unfortunate truth that addiction is a wicked problem and leads to an array of recalcitrant epidemics that plague society. Cancer, cardiovascular disease, sexually transmitted infections, mental illness, violence, unplanned pregnancy, obesity, child abuse, poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and social inequities are each associated with addictive behaviors.

The Institute’s matrixed model integrates scholars from diverse fields to engage in colloaborative inter-disciplinary research, education, and service programs. This is achieved by a specalized infrastructure that: (1) empowers meaningful interconnection and synergy; (2) fosters incubation of creative ideas; and (3) translates ideas into action with real world impact. IAS supports seed funding for developmental formative research that provides proof of concept for risky ideas, specialized scientific facilities, and support services that improve research efficiency and quality, recruitment of faculty and students, cross-discipline training programs, diversity and inclusion initatives, and other opportunititic activities that actualize the Institute’s vision and mission.

The USC Master of Addiction Science (MAS) is designed for students interested in transdisciplinary and inter-professional approaches to the study of addiction. At the present time there are courses offered across multiple disciplines that allow students to gain a perspective in addiction from an array of science and policy aspects.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Buzzed: Modern Substance Use and Addiction
Issues in Prevention and Cessation of Drug Use
Pharmacotherapies for Pain
Opioids
Foundations of Health Behavior
Principles of biostatistics
Principles of Epidemiology
Ethics, Drugs, and Society
Systems of Recovery for Mental Illness in Adults

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

32 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Los Angeles, United States

Disciplines

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Other requirements

General requirements

A Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
Official transcripts from each accredited college or institution attended
A minimum of 3 letters of recommendation
A Personal Statement of approximately 1,000 words
Response to program prompts (approximately 250 words)
A curriculum vitae (C.V.) or resume
TOEFL/IELTS scores if international student

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

71808 USD / year

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71808 USD / year

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71808 USD / year

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Living costs

Los Angeles

United States

1520 - 2570 USD / month

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