Race, Ethnic, and Diversity Studies is a course that draws from several disciplines to reaffirm the basic American values of justice and equality by teaching a basic vocabulary, a basic history of immigration and conquest, principles of transcultural communication, legal liability, and the value of aesthetic production to increase the probability of respectful encounters among people.

All college students, regardless of their college major, need to be able to make reasonable decisions about fiscal, environmental, and health issues that require quantitative reasoning skills. An activity based approach is used to explore numerical relationships, graphs, proportional relationships, algebraic reasoning, and problem solving using linear, exponential and other mathematical models. Students will develop conceptual and procedural tools that support the use of key mathematical concepts in a variety of contexts.

In this course, students examine characteristics of professionalism and effectiveness as a human service practitioner. They analyze professional ethical codes and standards for the major helping professions, and they practice applying them in a variety of case scenarios. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to apply the professional ethics of a human service practitioner to social and ethical issues.

This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the major counseling theories, their techniques and the applications of these to various situations. The student will be able to practice the use of these counseling techniques in initiating, structuring and terminating a counseling session.

In this course, students explore a wide variety of community agencies, resources, and programs. They assess their functions, funding sources, clients served, and eligibility requirements. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to identify and describe the characteristics of a variety of community agencies, resources, and programs.

This course introduces students to some of the major theories and topics of psychology, including the physiological basis of behavior, personality and learning theories, memory, states of consciousness, stress, research methods, intelligence, human development, psychopathology, and social behavior.

This course is designed for learners to develop knowledge and skills in all aspects of the writing process. Planning, organizing, writing, editing and revising are applied through a variety of activities. Students will analyze audience and purpose, use elements of research, and format documents using standard guidelines. Individuals will develop critical reading skills through analysis of various written documents.

In this course, students explore concepts related to interviewing and documentation skills as practiced in human services agencies. They analyze and practice skills associated with active listening, proper attending, case planning, assessment, social history, and summary recording. Upon completion of the course, students will develop techniques for conducting an interview and apply case management and documentation skills as practiced in human services agencies.

In this course, students examine the scope of the human service field and the principles of the human service profession. They explore human services agencies and delivery systems and the typical roles and duties of human service workers. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to explain the role of the human service worker and the environments in which they practice.

This course introduces students to the use of a PC through hands-on practice. Students explore the fundamentals of using digital technologies to connect, learn, and engage. Students will use the version of Microsoft Office software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint) in use at Gateway Technical College. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to use MS Office applications.