This course focuses upon developing speaking, verbal and nonverbal communication, and listening skills through individual presentations, group activities, and other projects.

In this course, students explore substance abuse disorders. They examine the assessment, counseling, and case management of substance abuse disorders. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to explain the role of the human service worker in AODA Rehabilitation.

In this course, students examine group dynamics, strategies, and therapeutic processes. They analyze the five stages of group development and explore various counseling approaches and their application to the group. Students engage in simulated counseling scenarios in which individual behaviors and motivations are identified. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to explain how to lead informational and supportive groups using a solution-focus model.

In this course, students practice applying professional Human Services skills and techniques in a Human Services setting. Under supervision, students will work directly with clients at a human service agency. Students will reflect on the demonstration of their skills with their peers. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to competently apply professional Human Services skills and techniques.

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.