Course Descriptions
HS 101 - Introduction to Human Services (3 credits)
This course is an introduction to human services as a profession. It provides the student with an overview of the customs and cultures of ethnic groups including, but not limited to, African-American, Asian and Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino American, Native American. Special Populations, including persons with disabilities, sexual minorities, women, and youth, are examined. This course also reviews the historical development of social services and explores the societal values that served as the catalyst for the implementation of social services policies. Community services with an emphasis on cultural awareness are identified and legal and ethical issues are discussed.
HS 203 - Counseling Techniques (3 credits)
This course will focus primarily on acquiring the skills needed to personalize the student's counseling style. Through lecture; role play, and case material, the student will also learn to incorporate his/her personal style into counseling sessions.
Prerequisite: HS 101
HS 204 - Group Dynamics (3 credits)
This course will focus primarily on acquiring the skills to facilitate a group, understanding group process and factors involved in group cohesions and conflicts, communication styles, and role identities within the group. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, readings, and experience facilitating a group, the student becomes familiar with group dynamics, as well as various group leader roles.
Prerequisite: HS 203
HS 207 - Human Services Program Fieldwork I (4 credits)
Students are placed in an agency in order to gain experience with the needs and behavioral responses of clients, and to acquire a working knowledge of social service activities, responsibilities, and resources. Fieldwork is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to practice the skills and knowledge learned in the classroom in an agency/institution environment. By working with professionals, clients, and patients, the student will learn to function effectively as a member of a human services team.
Prerequisites: HS 203, PS 102, PS 203.
HS 208 - Human Services Program Fieldwork II (4 credits)
Students are placed in a second social service agency to expand their knowledge and experience in client contact and the responsibilities and activities essential to the delivery of social services. Fieldwork is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to practice skills learned in an agency/institution environment. Working with professionals, clients, and patients will assist students to function effectively as a member of a human services team. This course is the Capstone Experience.
Prerequisite: HS 207
HS 209 - Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior (3 credits)
This course focuses on drug and alcohol use in modern society. Students learn about: various types of drugs (both licit and illicit); the effects of drugs on the mind and body of the individual user; the repercussions felt by a drug user’s family, friends, and society; and current methods of intervention and treatment.
HS 210 – Counseling and Treatment of Addictions (3 credits)
In this course, the student acquires the skills necessary to work in the field of addictions and develops the counseling skills needed to treat the addicted population. Also emphasized is the ability to diagnoses and assess addiction problems using the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).