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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide an in-depth look at the effects of alcoholism and substance abuse on the family system. The unit of study is the family. Topics include a variety of approaches for assessing the family, designing intervention and treatment programs, addressing co-dependency treatment issues, including family roles. Personal and professional development is studied, especially the influence of co-dependency. Also included are the models of healthy, troubled and dysfunctional family patterns. Prerequisite: HUM 159 or Permission of Instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the domestic and global contexts of diversity, the impact of ethnicity, race, gender, ability/disability, socio-economic class and sexual orientation on our lives. Students will develop self awareness regarding their own feelings, assumptions and behaviours in relation to others different from themselves and will explore how these impact their personal values, belief system and interactions with others.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the functions, roles, and techniques essential for effective social work/ human services work. It encompasses social work values, knowledge and skills in the interviewing and the counseling relationship. Prerequisite: HUM 151 and HUM 153.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history of social welfare and institutionalized social services and the impact on social workers and other helping professionals. Topics include: child welfare, public health, racism, sexism and the evolution of social work as a profession. Prerequisite: HUM 151 and 153 or Permission of Instructor
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5.00 Credits
The Human Service Field Instruction and Seminar II is the second of a two-semester sequence of field internships. The indepth learning experience builds on the competencies of the first level and allows students to further develop the knowledge base of Human Services, Social Work, Counseling or Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling practice. Students will complete a 120-hour field placement at a site approved by the department. A medical exam, tuberculin test, background check and/or finger print review may be required. Prerequisite: HUM 164 or Permission of the Instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction and overview of the process of aging, including interactions between the biological, psychological, social, and economic aspects of aging in our society. Areas such as nutrition, health, housing, employment and retirement will be explored with an emphasis on the interdependence of all these areas. The present status of the elderly and possible changes that might prevent or remedy the problems they face in today's society will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce a study of families in crisis intervention dynamics as the major treatment methodology. Focus is on specific developments and situational crises, which interfere with family functioning and coping abilities. The course will discuss social services, institutional services, and the role of the crisis counselor.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an inter-disciplinary approach to social work and substance abuse counseling. Students will explore substance abuse treatment issues and theories, as well as the current alcohol and substance abuse service delivery system. The course will introduce the student to the knowledge and skills needed to assess, diagnose and treat substance abusing clients from a social work perspective. Prerequisites: HUM 159.
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3.00 Credits
This course will include a brief history of disabilities in our society, definitions and discussion of various disability groupings, providers, services and interventions as well as many of the current issues that individuals with impairments and disabilities face today. It considers the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1900 (ADA) and its effect on public awareness and attitudes. Prerequisite: HUM 151, 153 or Permission of Instructor.
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1.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to learn the theory of assertiveness training and a method for developing skills in assertive communication, to conduct oneself in an effective, direct appropriate manner in interpersonal situations, especially at work. Teaching approaches include lecture, discussion, modeling, role rehersal, videotaping, etc. Prerequisite: English and Reading placement must be at college-level proficiency.
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