This class helps the student examine the economic, social, and political aspects of children's issues. It also addresses the U.S. welfare system, including proprietary, private, voluntary, and governmental agencies.

Identifies basic theories and facts about the aging process leading toward application of methods and techniques of serving the aged. Student will be encouraged to develop an understanding of the psychological and sociological experience of the older adult population.

The student is given the opportunity to demonstrate understanding of more advanced social work skills and techniques used in the field. This course will meet in a weekly seminar to monitor progress and address concerns.

Students will learn about crisis theory and its application to a variety of clientele and contexts. Students will also learn and practice a variety of verbal and non-verbal approaches to working with the client in crisis, steps in maintaining safety and will demonstrate their learning through direct, hands on approaches. Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to obtain a certificate in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention through the Crisis Prevention Institute. This course does not teach CPI restraint methods.

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.