Social Services Option

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 101.

2007 - 2008 HS Social Services Credits (66)

• HS 101 Addiction, Pharmacology and Physiology

• HS 103 Ethics for HS Workers

• 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 284S-288S Practicum

Support Courses

An additional 35 credits of specific classes outside the Human Services curriculum are required to be completed for a total of 101 program credits.

Updated February 2008 by Marketing and Student Recruitment.