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HSM470 - Evaluation of Research and Theory in Human Services
Course Description
This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to use research to inform practice in human services. Students will learn the basic ideas governing scientific inquiry in human services settings, including the formulation of research questions and review of related scientific literature. Emphasis will be placed on the skills required to connect theoretical knowledge with practical application to research with individuals, families, communities, and human services programs. Students will develop an understanding of both the ethical considerations and the issues related to human diversity involved in performing, evaluating, and using research within human services.
Credit Hours: 3
HSM476 - Seminar in Human Services
Course Description
In this preparatory course for the Capstone project, each student will propose and conduct a research project that integrates theory into practice. The primary purpose of the research project is to demonstrate application of knowledge and skills in human services. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all core and specialization coursework except HSM480.Â
Credit Hours: 3
HSM480 - Capstone: Human Services
Course Description
HSM480 is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned throughout their time in the Human Services Program. Through a capstone project, students will synthesize and integrate the Human Services knowledge, theories, and skills they have developed throughout their coursework to address an individual or community issue, problem, or information gap. Students should have gone through the entire degree path and have a working knowledge of what Human Services entails, including skills for serving individuals and communities in the field. On successful completion of the capstone course, students will have met all of the program outcomes for the Human Services degree.
Credit Hours: 3
HSM450 - Human Services Administration
Course Description
This course introduces students to human services management. Students gain a basic understanding of organizational management perspectives by exploring issues of staff supervision and oversight as well as administrative planning in a human services organization.Â
Credit Hours: 3
SOC460 - Community Development
Course Description
In this course, students examine urban and rural community development elements with particular attention placed on planning, zoning, land use, asset-based development, community issues, housing, community-based organizations, and globalization. Topics covered in the course are designed to prepare students for careers in community development-oriented human services organizations.Â
Credit Hours: 3
HSM400 - Crisis Intervention for Human Services Professionals
Course Description
This course explores the assessment of diverse crisis situations. It emphasizes the use of short-term intervention and problem-solving techniques to help individuals and families de-escalate crises and develop appropriate coping techniques. Students will explore the skills, techniques, and uses of crisis intervention. Prerequisite: HSM350.
Credit Hours: 3
HSM405 - Case Management in Human Services
Course Description
This course teaches the principles, practices, and issues in human services case management with emphasis on prevention and intervention strategies. Topics include listening skills, planning, assessment of community resources, referral procedures, general crisis intervention, and setting appropriate boundaries. Prerequisite: HSM400. Students cannot receive credit for HSM405 and HSC373 as they are considered duplicative.
Credit Hours: 3
HSM420 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Human Services
Course Description
This course explores the roles, functions, and legal/ethical responsibilities of human services workers, including the process of ethical decision making and awareness of the moral and legal complexities in the field of human services.Â
Credit Hours: 3
HSM350 - Intervention Methods in Human Services
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the theories, principles, and skills of the general helping process in human services practice. Students learn how to engage a client as well as assessment, intervention, and follow-up as applied to individuals, groups, and families. Prerequisite: HSM300.
Credit Hours: 3
HSM300 - Introduction to Human Services
Course Description
This course provides students with an overview of the human services field including theoretical models for delivery and the roles and responsibilities of human services workers. Students explore human services occupations, professional organizations, and community resources as well as ethical and legal issues. Students engage in several key areas of the human services field including but not limited to law, diversity, mental health, institutions, private and nonprofit organizations, and the scope of building a career in human services.
Credit Hours: 3
ORG300 - Applying Leadership Principles
Course Description
The opportunities for students, in this first course, for all majors are to learn personal and professional leadership styles and drivers by providing an overview of leadership basics. Leadership skills are utilized across fields of study. Regardless of the roles individuals assume in an organization, they will need to communicate effectively, influence others, and understand the way they respond to others and why. The course engages students in discussion, exploration, and application of leadership skills, principles, and practices. Students will learn about the relationships and connections leaders have with individuals and organizations. Topics include leadership communication, motivation, style, and characteristics.Â
Credit Hours: 3
SOC305 - Technology and Tools for the Global Information Age
Course Description
This course explores the influence of digital technology and tools in Human Service organizations through a review of scientific and technological developments. We examine theories of the technology-society relationship and seek to explain the underlying effects of ethics, social interaction and relationships, and economics in technological innovation. We review the growing number of technological tools available to meet organizational demands of Human Services and examine the consequences related to organizational structure, environment, health, work, and communication. Exploring selection, implementation, change management, and the role of leadership while learning to develop applicable strategies to meet organizational needs, you will learn to analyze issues that leaders must consider in technology implementations to engage stakeholders and high-level decision-makers.
Credit Hours: 3
SOC310 - Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
Course Description
This course provides a survey of historical and current issues related to race, class, and gender in society. The course includes a review of judicial, political, and economic influences on organizational diversity management which affect marginalized groups from a sociological perspective. This course fulfills a CSUG General Education Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
HSM320 - Human Development
Course Description
This course explores theories and research in human development. Topics include physical, language, intellectual, moral, personality, social, and emotional development as they relate to the human services professional.
Credit Hours: 3
SOC300 - Working in Modern Society
Course Description
An analysis of the conditions and challenges faced by workers in contemporary society, including the meeting of both employer and individual expectations. Focus includes the balancing of numerous factors including personal life, job commitment, and career management. This course fulfills a general education requirement for social sciences. Â
Credit Hours: 3
