Human Services

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Purpose Statement

The Human Services Program provides students the opportunity to develop the foundation of knowledge and skills required to work within the helping profession. The Department’s curriculum emphasizes course work that enhances self-awareness and increases understanding of personal values, while fostering appreciation of diversity and the needs of humanity. Education is provided in the areas of professional helping skills, behavioral theory, and current social issues. Students are equipped to conduct ethical practice, establish appropriate boundaries, and apply their skills within professional environments that offer services to people.

Program Goals

1. To facilitate an appreciation of self-awareness and the diversity of humanity, especially as this relates to the variety of human services careers.
2. To provide students with a core knowledge base in human behavior theory, research methods, and social welfare policy in preparation for a career and/or graduate study.
3. To promote understanding of the human services perspective related to individuals, groups, and communities.
4. To integrate healthy professional boundaries and best ethical practices within a human services capacity.
5. To demonstrate professional helping skills within the classroom and apply the skills within a professional environment.

Programs

• Human Services, A.A.S.
• Human Services, A.S.
• Human Services, B.A.
• Human Services, B.A.S.
• Human Services, B.S.
• Social Work, B.S.W.

• Human Services Minor
• Social Work Minor

• Crisis Prevention and Intervention Certificate

• Human Services Emphasis Requirements

Courses

• HSRV 335 - Social Research Methods SOWK Social Work Research Methods
• HSRV 336 - Human Services Administration
• HSRV 402 - Human Tragedies and Interventions
• HSRV 403 - Human Tragedy and Intervention
• HSRV 430 - Human Services in Schools
• HSRV 431 - Spirituality and Values in the Helping Profession
• HSRV 438 - Applied Interventions
• HSRV 439 - Professionalism in Human Services
• HSRV 451 - Family Therapy in Addiction Treatment
• HSRV 456 - Marriage & Family Counseling
• HSRV 457 - Drug Abuse Education & Prevention
• HSRV 458 - Child and Adolescent Counseling

• SOWK 110 - Social Work Bridge Course
• SOWK 131 - Intro to Social Work and Social Justice
• SOWK 132 - Social Welfare
• SOWK 234 - Social Work Practice Skills
• SOWK 237 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment
• SOWK 331 - Individual and Families Assessment
• SOWK 332 - Group and Organizations in Social Work Practice
• SOWK 333 - Human Diversity in Social Work Practice
• SOWK 334 - Introduction to Field Practice
• SOWK 335 - Social Research Methods
• SOWK 338 - Case Management
• SOWK 404 - Understanding Child Maltreatment
• SOWK 432 - Addictions and Recovery
• SOWK 433 - Social Policy and Practice
• SOWK 434 - Professional Ethics
• SOWK 436 - Human Diversity in a Global Society
• SOWK 437 - Mental Health Perspectives in Social Work
• SOWK 445 - Grief and Crisis Intervention
• SOWK 460 - Field Practice I
• SOWK 461 - Field Practice II

• SOCI 131 - Introduction to Sociology

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