HUS - Human Services
Emphasizes critical thinking skills necessary to understand complex issues surrounding child welfare and continuous preparation for meaningful adjustments to numerous crises encountered by children and families. Prerequisite: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology or SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology.
Broad overview of the profession of Human Services and the social welfare system. Examines historical developments of human services and social welfare and the knowledge, values and skills required to function in the role of a human services professional. Allows participants to evaluate their strengths as a potential human services professional. Introduces field experience. Prerequisite: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology or SOC 10153 Social Thought or SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology.
Explores historical, anthropological and theoretical perspectives of family. Dynamics of family relationships, communication styles and interactions addressed, as well as issues relating to dating, love and friendship, human sexuality, relationships, life styles, divorce, child rearing and other related issues. Prerequisite: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology or SOC 10153 Social Thought or SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology.
Designed around special theories, practices or interests of an individual or group of students.
In-depth analysis of case management as a key responsibility in the human service field.
Student's will select a human service topic and examine academic literature and research to understand the causality of the problem, prevalence of other problems generated as a result of the underlying issue/problem, societal conditions that precipitate and contribute to such problems and review literature that helps us understand approaches to overcoming problems in society through treatment, prevention, advocacy and other approaches.
Student's will select a human service topic and examine academic literature and research to understand the causality of the problem, prevalence of other problems generated as a result of the underlying issue/problem, societal conditions that precipitate and contribute to such problems and review literature that helps us understand approaches to overcoming problems in society through treatment, prevention, advocacy and other approaches.
Overview of emerging issues in social welfare. Topics including culture and diversity, social justice, privatization and emerging technologies in the field of social welfare.
Aids in understanding dynamics of strengthening communities through action. Covers skills and knowledge to promote and influence community change to overcome or prevent adversity such as domestic violence, teen-age pregnancy, inequality or problematic services delivery system. Introduces topics in applied social research and policy.
Study of theories and knowledge of human development across the lifespan within the wider context of a range of social systems. Social systems examined include individual, family, group, organizational, and community in which people live. The ways social sysstems promote or deter people in maintaining or achieving health and well-being are emphasized.
Examines aging from a broad perspective. Studies the causes and consequences of aging and its sociological and economic impacts. Prerequisite: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology or SOC 10153 Social Thought or SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology.
Effects of social policy on practice; social policy analysis; process of policy formulation as it relates to human services and other social welfare professions.
Identifies problems and issues that impact upon families in today's society. Provides strategies, programs and services for prevention, intervention and treatment.
Participation in comprehensive and validated educational and treatment program. Teaches how to guide families in establishing nurturing as a way of life and, thus improve family relationships. Hands-on experience with parents and children provides insight into family dynamics, knowledge of positive and effective parenting, and opportunity to monitor and evaluate progress. Participants may choose to facilitate the following groups: children (4-7, 8-12), adolescents, teen parents or adults.
Study of the function of marriage and family in contemporary American society, including the why of intimate relationships, couple/parent/child adjustment, three generational relationships, and the process of break-up and remarriage. CROSS LISTED WITH PSY 30654
Confronts subject of death from new and alternative perspectives. Explores attitudes of death and the dying process, rituals, theories and the social organization of death in many societies to gain knowledge in understanding feelings and attitudes toward death. CROSS LISTED WITH PSY 30954. Prerequisite: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology or SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology.
Examines backgrounds, needs and coping mechanisms of persons faced with family crises. Identifies resources for meeting crises such as abuse in the home, chemical dependency, unwed parenthood, divorce and remarriage, unemployment, long-term illness or disability and death of a family member.
Reviews basic research methods focusing on conceptual basis for experimentation. Includes basic design components such as control, sampling, data collection and analysis. CROSS LISTED WITH PSY 32253. Prerequisite: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology or SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology and MAT 32044 Statistics
Students travel to Chicago to learn about conditions of poverty, ethnicity in larger cities, race issues, everyday living for people who have been marginalized from mainstream society, communities in Chicago, social welfare system, and the social work by Jane Addams and her work at Hull House.
Designed around special theories, practices, or interests of an individual or group.
Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistical techniques used in the social sciences. Topics include data collection procedures, measures of dispersion, correlation designs, probability, statistical inference, and analysis of variance. Crosslisted with PSY 36000 and SOC 36000.
Primarily focuses on use of family systems perspective to examine treatment of families affected by substance abuse. Effects of substance abuse across the life span of the family considered. Additional topics include intervention and relapse prevention.
Covers physiological requirements of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water. Examines effects of abused substances on nutrition, nutritional adjustments necessitated because of abuse and effects of substance abuse on states of the life cycle. Evaluates nutritional factors on the development of chronic illness.
Develops working knowledge of fund development process. Considers grant preparation and writing, annual and special appeals, board and donor relations, and issues in fundraising. Examines federal, state and private funding options; differences between for-profit and not-for-profit organizations; and management of grants, inclusive of budgets and evaluations of funded programs/projects.
Identifies set of basic skills for different settings in which helpers work. Describes wide array of human services intervention strategies, with particular focus on how to interview and/or counsel clients and make students aware of both the technology and art of human services practice. Prerequisites: HUS 20553 Social Welfare: Introduction to Human Service, HUS 30253 Social Policy and the Community, PSY 20153 Survey of Developmental Psychology.
Focuses on addiction to alcohol and other drugs has been portrayed in the American cinema for the past forty years. Explores how addiction has been portrayed and assists in learning about assessment, intervention and treatment through watching and critiquing these movies.
Expands knowledge of relationship, romance and sex addictions. Present case presentation method review based on research and experience. Presentation includes a hypothesis and intervention to address addiction.
Examines ethical theories and application to practice and management of social service agencies. Explores relationship between federal/state regulations and the effect on client and provider.
Introduces major systems and theories of counseling and psychotherapy including dynamics that contribute to an effective therapeutic approach. Use of didactic and experiential teaching methods. CROSS LISTED WITH PSY 40552
Examine systems framework, skills, analysis of issues and current intervention strategies for working with individual clients and groups in diverse social service settings. Develop and enhance interviewing and effective communication skills. Opportunity for observation and participation in direct practice within a social service setting. Awareness of technology and art of human services practice.
Emphasis on skill development working with individuals, groups, families and community resources. Interviewing and/or counseling clients;in-depth analysis of case management in social service professions. Students will have the opportunity to begin direct practice in a social service setting as part of class work.
Course focuses on continued skill development in working with groups and familes. Students practice skills by role playing and receiving feedback from instructor and classmates. Topics include facilitating support and therapy groups as well as couples and family counseling sessions.
Practices and expectations include goal and objective setting, journal writing, site meeting with the on-site supervisor and academic supervisor, on-going monitoring, and final formal evaluation.
Practices and expectations include goal and objective setting, journal writing, site meeting with the on-site supervisor and academic supervisor, on going monitoring, and final formal evaluation.
Course expands on addiction knowledge through reading and writing about addictions based on research found in literature review.
Examines ethical issues, ethical conduct and professional responsibility in addiction counseling. Topics include moral basis of ethical codes and assessment of values, attitudes and beliefs that influence decisions concerning professional and ethical issues.
Develops awareness of culture and history through examination of student's personal beliefs and attitudes towards multiculturalism, preconditions for change in different groups and qualities necessary for a culturally skilled counselor.
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Capstone course that provides student opportunity to integrate and synthesize key concepts and theories through analysis and evaluation of current topics and issues impacting the human services profession and its clients. Examines policy and legislation, agency mandates, trends in treatment, and evaluates the same for sustainability in society from three areas: equity, economic and environmental. Prerequisite: Most or all of the core required courses in the major must be completed or instructor permission.
Examination or project designed to assess the student's achievement of the goals of his/her major program.