The two-year Human Services program is designed to meet an increasing need for paraprofessional human services generalists. The program is specifically designed to
• Prepare for employment as Human Service counselors, workers, and aides in areas of social services, vocational rehabilitation, mental health, child and family services, support services for seniors and people with disabilities and educational facilities.
• Provide additional training and skills to paraprofessional human service workers currently employed, enabling them to more effectively meet human services needs.
Projected annual completers: 5
The two-year Human Services program is designed to meet an increasing need for paraprofessional human services generalists. The program is specifically designed to
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
✓ Students will understand and demonstrate ethical behavior in a variety of challenging situations.
✓ Students will demonstrate communications skills [verbal, non-verbal, and written] that insure they can work effectively with clients and other professionals within the community.
✓ Students will display an understanding of and respect for other people and cultures.
✓ Students will demonstrate skills and abilities and appropriately apply knowledge to work settings and situations
✓ Students will understand their personal values and beliefs, and be able to compare and contrast them to the value and belief systems of other diverse groups within society.
This degree consists of 8 core classes, 1 elective course and 1 work experience or internship course.
Course | Title | Units | Year/Semester (Y1 or S1) |
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HUSEV 10 | Intro to Human Services | 3 | Y1 |
HUSEV 11 | Understanding Diverse Racial & Ethnic Cultures | 3 | Y1 |
HUSEV 23 | Legal and Ethical Aspects of Human Services | 3 | Y1 |
HUSEV 24 | Introduction to Case Management | 3 | Y1 |
HUSEV 27 | Introduction to Professional and Personal Growth | 3 | Y1 |
HUSEV 28 | Skills and Techniques of Group Counseling | 3 | Y2 |
HUSEV 29 | Family and Addiction | 3 | Y2 |
SOCIL 2 | Social Problems | 3 | Y2 |
Electives (choose one) ECE 3 HUSEV 25 HUSEV 30 PSYCH 46 SPEECH 7 | Child Growth and Development, Basic Counseling and Theory, Co-occurring Disorders, Abnormal Psych, Interpersonal Communications | 3 | Y2 |
Choose one: CWEE 45A, CWEE 45B, HUSEV 26A | Occupational Work Experience - Volunteer, Occupational Work Experience - Paid, Introduction to Supervised Internship | 2 | Y2 |
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