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HUMAN
SERVICES
COURSE
DESCRIPTION
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SS11 / HUS101 -
INTRODUCTION
TO SOCIAL WELFARE |
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Survey of
historical, social, political and economic influences on
social welfare system in United States. Includes
examination of prevailing social problems of concern to
human service professionals, descriptions of current
public welfare programs and their predecessors, and
overview of fields of practice in social welfare.
Requires 25 hours of volunteer service in local social
service agency. Open to all students. Serves as
unrestricted, liberal arts or social science elective
for students not enrolled in Human Services Program.
Offered daytime in fall semester and evening in spring
semester.
Credits: 3.
No prerequisite.
Offered On: Ammerman Campus, Eastern Campus, Grant Campus
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SS12 / HUS103 -
INTERVIEWING
IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE |
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Overview
of theory and skills integral to the interview as part of
the social work process of helping. Includes discussions
and demonstrations of stages of the professional helping
interview, impact of interviewer attitudes,
cross-cultural interviewing, types of social work
interviews and general principles of interviewing.
Role-play and classroom experiential learning are
significant course components. SS11 must be completed
prior to or simultaneously with this course to proceed
in the program courses. Offered day and evening only in
spring semester. (2 hrs.lecture, 2 hrs. laboratory.)
Credits: 3.
Prerequisite or
corequisite: SS11 with grade of C or
better.
Offered On: Ammerman Campus |
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SS22 / HUS201 -
HUMAN
SERVICES SEMINAR AND FIELD
PRACTICUM I |
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Involves
classroom study plus 12 hours per week of off-campus
field work. Students are placed in social work agency
where they receive intensive supervised experience in
working with people. Classroom work emphasizes sharing
of field experiences and development of student's own
use of him/herself in role of helping professional.
Explores issues relating to professional ethics and
responsibilities, process recording, confidentiality,
termination, current professional issues and theories of
helping. Registration in this course requires students
to purchase liability insurance through the college.
Offered daytime only; fieldwork component completed
primarily during day hours. Enrollment requires
permission of instructor and completion of preplacement
essay.
(3 hrs. seminar, 12 hrs. laboratory.) (offered
fall semester only)
Credits: 6
Prerequisites: admission to
Human Services curriculum and
grade of C or better in SS11 and SS12;
Corequisite:
SS30.
Offered On: Ammerman Campus
Course Fee applies |
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SS23 / HUS211 -
HUMAN
SERVICES SEMINAR AND FIELD
PRACTICUM II |
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Involves
classroom study plus 12 hours per week of off-campus
field work. Students are placed in social work agency
where they receive intensive supervised experience in
working with people. Classroom work emphasizes sharing
of field experiences and development of student's own
use of him/herself in role of helping professional.
Explores issues relating to professional ethics and
responsibilities, process recording, confidentiality,
termination, current professional issues and theories of
helping. Registration in this course requires students
to purchase liability insurance through the college.
Offered daytime only; fieldwork component completed
primarily during day hours. Enrollment requires
permission of instructor and completion of preplacement
essay. (3 hrs. seminar, 12 hrs. laboratory.) (offered
spring semester only)
Credits: 6
Prerequisites:
admission to Human Services curriculum
and
grade of C or better in SS22 and SS30.
Offered On: Ammerman Campus
Course Fee applies |
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SS30 / HUS205 -
THEORY AND METHODS OF HELPING IN THE
HUMAN SERVICE
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Teaches
process of assessment and helping as collaborative
endeavor focusing on consideration of person’s strengths
and ecosystem variables. Particular attention paid to
professional ethics and cultural competence in
empowerment-based practice.
(3 hrs. lecture.) (Offered
online or days only in fall semester)
Credits: 3.
Prerequisites: grade of C or better in SS11 and SS12.
Corequisite: SS22.
Offered On: Ammerman Campus |
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