+ Associate of Applied Science in Human Services
Tatiana
W. Panas, Ph.D., program director
This
program prepares students for employment as paraprofessionals in
social and human service agencies. It also provides a means for
those currently employed in these organizations to improve their
proficiencies and move toward promotion. The two-year degree program
combines academic courses and a supervised field experience, and
may be applied toward several baccalaureate programs offered by
the College of Health and Human Services.
The
human services program trains the student to deal with a broad range
of human service issues, populations and agencies.
Learning
Outcomes
Graduates
from the program will possess the following knowledge and skills:
- A basic level
of clinical skills;
- A basic level
of skill in case management theory and practice;
- An understanding
of the major contemporary approaches to understanding human behavior;
- An understanding
of basic descriptive statistics;
- The ability
to dialog theory with practice.
First
year
- General education
- ENG 112
(3)
- BIOL
104 (4)
- General
education electives (6-7)
- Basic courses
- MATH
115 (3)
- CS 100
(3)
- SOC 101
(3)
- POLS
110 (3)
- Professional
core
- PSYC
101 (4)
- SOWK
110 (3)
Second
year
- General education
- Basic courses
- Professional
core
- SOWK
227 or SOC 316 (3)
- DHS 330
(3)
- PSYC
405 (3)
- ECON
200 (3)
- SOC 301
or PSYC 311 (3)
- PSYC
310, SOWK 320 or 321 (3)
- SOSC
289 or SOWK 325 (3)
- Professional
elective
- Select
one course: (3)
PSYC 303; PSYC 305 or any other PSYC course; SOC 202, 231,
361, 441 or any course listed in the program core by the College
of Health and Human Services for the bachelor
of science degree in social work.
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