Education and Social Sciences -25HC - Human Services - Adult Services
Program Overview
Catalog Description
Working with people through difficult times is not only personally satisfying, it can be a rewarding career. CLC's program prepares students for entry and middle-level positions in agencies and programs specializing in helping people at various stages of adulthood, from young adults to seniors. These opportunities may be in community-based not-for-profits, counseling agencies, programs for those with developmental disabilities, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities. Working under the direction of a social worker or other social services supervisor, a graduate may work as a human services assistant, mental health aide, client advocate, case management aide, life skills counselor, or similar positions with a focus on benefiting others.
Program Title
Plan Code
Award Type
Division
Free Form Requisites
First Semester | 17 Credits | |
Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
CLC120 ^ | College Success Seminar | 2 |
ENG121 | English Composition I | 3 |
PSY121 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
SWK121 + | Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
HUS140 + | Drugs and Society | 3 |
MTH140 | Contemporary Mathematics or | 3 |
Second Semester | 15 Credits | |
Course | Title | Hours |
CMM121 + | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
HUS123 | Introduction to Group Dynamics | 3 |
HUS128 | Introduction to Counseling Skills | 3 |
HUS154 | Ethics in Human Services | 2 |
HUS274 | Human Services Practicum Orientation | 1 |
SOC121 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
Third Semester | 17 Credits | |
Course | Title | Hours |
HUS121 | Health and Nutrition | 3 |
HUS170 | Human Services Practicum I | 4 |
HUS232 | Trauma and Violence | 4 |
SOC224 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
3 | ||
Fourth Semester | 15-17 Credits | |
Course | Title | Hours |
HUS171 | Human Services Practicum II | 4 |
HUS231 | Adult Development and Aging or | |
PSY220 | Lifespan Development | 3 |
PSY223 | Abnormal Psychology or | |
SOC223 | Being Different: The Sociology of Deviant Behavior | 3 |
SWK228 | Human Sexuality or other Concentration/Elective (see list below) | 3 |
HUS152 | Process Addictions/Impulse Disorders or other Concentration/Elective (see list below) | 2 |
HUS299 | Special Topics in Human Services or other Concentration/Elective (see list below) | 2 |
Total hours for A.A.S. Degree | 64 | |
Concentration/Elective Options | ||
Course | Title | Hours |
CRJ121 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
CRJ124 | Introduction to Corrections | 3 |
CRJ224 | Institutional Corrections | 3 |
CRJ227 | Community-Based Corrections | 3 |
CRJ230 | Principles of Courtroom Testimony | 3 |
HUS134 | Intimate Violence Crisis Response | 4 |
HUS152 | Process Addictions/Impulse Disorders | 2 |
HUS153 | Diverse/Multicultural Populations | 2 |
HUS156 | Pharmacology and Disease in Substance Abuse | 3 |
HUS234 | Child Maltreatment | 3 |
HUS299 | Special Topics in Human Services | 1-3 |
SWK228 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
^ CLC 120 is an institutional requirement for graduation.