Human Services Course Descriptions
HMS 100 Introduction
to Human Services ... 3
Survey introduction to human and community needs and to concepts of
helping profession. Examination of community resources, relationship
of agencies and bureaucracies to total community, and worker's role
and responsibility in helping profession.
HMS 101 Human Services:
Theories and Skills ... 3
Overview of methodology used in helping profession. Includes analysis
of helping relationships, study of interpersonal skills and practice
techniques. Emphasizes process-oriented approach to solving individual,
family, and community problems. Spring.
HMS 102 Human Services:
Policy and Politics ... 3
Analysis of political process involved in formulation of social welfare
policies from a historical point of view. Federal, state, and local
programs examined in terms of skills and knowledge to effect program
planning and delivery. Fall.
HMS/CRJ 103 Addictive
Disease Concepts ... 3
Explores addiction from historical and theoretical background to current
concepts. Variety of addictive behaviors examined with special focus
on psychoactive drug dependency. Fall.
HMS/CRJ 104 Treatment:
Alcohol and Drug Abuse ... 3
Emphasizes concept of treatment of alcohol and drug abuse as a continuum
of processes from intervention through rehabilitation. Incorporation
of integral parts of continuum and ways in which it addresses needs
of people suffering from alcohol and drug abuse. Spring.
HMS 105 Financing Human
Services ... 3
Study of finance, organization, and administration for potential human
service executives. Emphasis on budget planning, budget control, techniques
of fund raising through independent campaigns, community chests and
united funds, sustaining memberships, capital campaigns, trust funds,
publicity, and promotional techniques. Spring.
HMS 106 Introduction to Youth
Services Management ... 3
Addresses needs and issues of potentially and presently employed residential
treatment workers, including philosophy of residential services, observation
and recording skills, problem-solving, group skills, and team approach.
Fall.
HMS 111 Group Practice
in Human Services ... 3
Focus on basic issues of group work in human services settings. Covers
theory behind group work practice, a study of various types of groups,
ethical issues, group leadership, and process of forming and working
with groups.
HMS 112 Interviewing
in the Helping Relationship ... 3
Provides integrated approach to basic helping skills, utilizing theories,
practice, and case application. Introduction to interviewing skills
for use in both professional and paraprofessional settings.
HMS 201 Human Services
Practicum I ... 3
Prerequisites: HMS 100, HMS 101. Field work experience in social, educational,
law enforcement (corrections), or other community service organization.
Supervision by practicum site professional and college faculty member.
Ten or more hours of work experience each week. Concurrent enrollment
in HMS 203 required.
HMS 202 Human Services
Practicum II ... 3
Prerequisites: HMS 201, HMS 203. Continuation of HMS 201. Depending
on student objectives, Human Services Practicum II may be in the same
organization or different one. Ten or more hours of work experience
each week. Concurrent enrollment in HMS 204 required.
HMS 203 Human Services
Practicum Seminar I ... 3
Prerequisites: HMS 100, HMS 101. Discussion and analysis in small groups
of the human services practicum experience. Special learning objectives
related to kind of work student will do in organization after completion
of program. Concurrent enrollment in HMS 201 required.
HMS 204 Human Services
Practicum Seminar II ... 3
Prerequisites: HMS 201, HMS 203. Continuation of HMS 203 with different
learning objectives. Related to work student will do after completion
of programs. Concurrent enrollment in HMS 202 is required.
HMS/CRJ 290 Special Topics
in Human Services ... 3
Credit for individual study or selected classes such as role of women
in criminal justice system, poverty and crime, police civil liability,
victims of family violence, sexual assault victims, child victims,
and victims of bias crime. Instructor's approval required.
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