Program Goal
The two-year program combines academic work with twenty-five credits of practicum to prepare graduates to work at entry-level jobs in the field of social services.
The Social Services Option requires 25 practicum credits (field experience) to be completed in the area of social services.
The total number of credits for the two-year professional technical program is 106.
HS Social Services Courses (65 credits)
- HS 101 Addiction, Pharmacology and Physiology
- HS 103 Ethics for HS Workers
- HS 129 Understanding Grief, Loss and Transition
- HS 150 Personal Effectiveness
- HS 152 Stress Management
- HS 154 Community Resources
- HS 155 Interviewing Theory & Techniques
- HS 156 Counseling Theories
- HS 170 Introduction to Practicum
- HS 211 HIV, TB & Infectious Diseases
- HS 213 Multicultural Practice
- HS 260 Group Dynamics
- HS 265 Casework Interviewing
- HS 266 Case Management
- HS 284S-288S Practicum
Support Courses (41 credits)
An additional 41 credits of specific classes outside the Human Services curriculum are required to be completed for a total of 106 program credits.
Updated January 2011 by the Human Services Program.