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3.00 Credits
The Independent Study is open to students majoring or specializing in History with the permission of the supervising instructor and the department. Meeting times and credit are arranged upon approval.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
1- 6 cr.
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3.00 Credits
3 cr. 3 hr. This core course serves as an introduction to the breadth and nature of human services work. Students will become acquainted with a variety of human service agencies at local, state and federal levels (i.e., their organization and administration, potential as hiring placements, and scope of services). The course facilitates students' awareness of the theoretical perspectives, issues and ideological dilemmas in the field of human services. The required supervised practicum experience ( 30 hours within a ten week time span) allows students to "shadow" human service workers in local agencies as they go abouttheir daily activities, thereby gaining firsthand understanding of the nature of the work and the realities of a profession in the discipline of social welfare. This course is a prerequisite for most other Human Services courses.
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3.00 Credits
3 cr. 3 hr. This course acquaints students with the services of a variety of public (federal, state and local) and private voluntary non-profit agencies which provide services for various populations. Students learn the range of services provided, how to make referrals to and obtain services from agencies, and how the agencies are operated (including staffing, funding, and administration). This course may emphasize special types of agencies/populations in different semesters. Prerequisite: HMSV 1100 168 College Catalog
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3.00 Credits
3 cr. 3 hr. This core course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to use research to inform practice in human services. Students will learn the basic ideas governing scientific inquiry in applied settings, including the formulation of research questions and review of related scientific literature. Emphasis will be placed on the basic skills, including appropriate statistical techniques, required to understand and participate in community needs assessments, program evaluations, consumer satisfaction studies and similar practical research projects. Students will develop an understanding of both the ethical considerations (including the role of institutional review boards) and the issues related to human diversity involved in performing, evaluating and using research with human participants. Prerequisite: HMSV 1100
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3.00 Credits
3 cr. 3 hr. This course focuses on the concepts and techniques of crisis intervention. Many individuals are faced with crisis situations, such as job loss, unwanted pregnancy, divorce, medical procedures, death and dying and so forth. Students are exposed to the specialized short-term techniques that have been developed to help people in these situations. A supervised practicum (30 hours) in an agency is required. Prerequisites: HMSV 1100, HMSV 2500, PSY 2350, or permission of the instructor
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3.00 Credits
3 cr. 3 hr. This course is designed to help the student, whose goal is to be involved in a helping profession, learn about the problems and processes of interviewing while developing basic skills needed to become an effective interviewer. The course includes assigned readings, class discussions, audio and videotaped simulated interviews, demonstrations and practice sessions. Students' self-evaluations of their performance in videotaped simulated interviews serve as primary learning tools. Prerequisite: HMSV 1100 and permission of the instructor. Students must pre-register in the semester prior to the course.
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3.00 Credits
3 cr. 3 hr. This core course focuses on group work in human services agencies and exposes students to the theories and techniques of working with clients in groups. Students have opportunities to observe and co-lead simulated groups. A supervised practicum (30 hours) in an agency is required. Prerequisites: HMSV 1100, HMSV 2500 and permission of the instructor. Students must pre-register in the semester prior to the course.
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3.00 Credits
3 cr. 3 hr. This course is designed for students who plan a career in the helping professions (including education), or who wish to understand the cognitive, emotional, social and biological correlates of alcohol and other drug abuse, or other addictive behaviors. A framework is presented for viewing such compulsive behaviors as part of a continuum from "normal" to "dysfunctional," and controversies in tfield are discussed. Students will be exposed to models of addiction, a classification of drugs, prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse, and information necessary to work with clients who are affected by addiction, including assessment and diagnosis, modalities of treatment, the role of support groups and relapse prevention. In addition to lectures and class discussions students are required to attend community support group meetings and to participate in a community prevention project (e.g., the Great American Smokeout). Prerequisite: PSY 1100
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3.00 Credits
3 cr. 3 hr. This course examines administrative functions and their relationship to organizational effectiveness and efficiency. The internal and external politics of agency survival are addressed, and theoretical concepts of management and leadership styles are explored. Lectures and class discussion are supplemented by panel discussions by practicing professionals, field-based classes, and current journal research. A supervised practicum (20 hours) in an agency is required. Prerequisite: HMSV 1100
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