Human Services
Interpersonal Communication Skills
Students will focus on the knowledge and basic skills for effective interpersonal communication. They will also develop an awareness of their own style of communicating. Students will be expected to achieve competency in areas of verbal and nonverbal communication.
Corequisites: part-time-HSWC 1160 & CMNS 1110: full-time- HSWC 1145 & 1160 & CSWC 1170 & CMNS 1110
Introduction to the Community: Context for Professional Practice
Students will focus on the development of a professional identity through the examination of various roles in Human Services practice. They will explore ethical decision-making, critical issues of Human Services and current legal and policy trends.
Prerequisites: part-time-HSWC 1110 & 1160, & CMNS 1110.
Corequisites: full-time-CSWC 1130 & 1170 & HSWC 1110 & 1160 & CMNS 1110. part-time-CSWC 1130 & 1170.
Life Span: Change and Development
Students will explore the human passage from conception to death. Drawing on theory and personal experience, they will investigate and reflect on human development, change, and diversity in relation to self and others.
Corequisites: part-time-HSWC 1110 & CMNS 1110. full-time-HSWC 1145 & 1110 & CSWC 1130 & 1170 & CMNS 1110.
Wellness: Taking Care of Self
Students will explore how their actions, thoughts, feelings, and spiritual beliefs impact on their ability to work and live effectively. They will articulate and implement a personal wellness plan. Students will learn ways to take charge of one’s life and to feel good about one’s self.
Prerequisites: CMNS 1110
Corequisites: HSWC 1210
Group Dynamics
Students will examine the general principles and processes of collaborative planning and decision making. They will explore the effect of one’s own attitude, skills, ethics, knowledge, and culture on self and the group. Group planning, leadership and membership will be emphasized using the framework of self, theory and practice.
Prerequisites: HSWC 1110 & CMNS 1110
Corequisites: HSWC 1205
Community Living
Students will explore the parameters of “community living” and examine associated legal, social, and ideological principles with an emphasis on developing ethical, professional practitioners who respect the autonomy and right to self-determination of people with mental disabilities. They will explore diverse professional roles, practice skills and support strategies that are required to facilitate individual “quality of life”.
Prerequisites: HSWC 1145 and CMNS 1110
Millwright Trade Safety Corequisites: CSWC 1230
Wellness: Self and Others
Students will explore how self awareness, interpersonal skills, and attitudes can promote effective performance as a human service practitioner. They will discuss wellness plans for work environments and balancing home and work life.
Prerequisites: HSWC 1205
Support Networks
Students will investigate and reflect on the impact that multi-generational family systems and various social relationships have on the development of self and on community membership. They will explore the parameters of working with families that have a child with a mental disability, and examine roles and strategies adopted by human service practitioners in facilitating the development and maintenance of personal relationships and support networks.
Prerequisites: HSWC 1245
