Professional Helping Skills Track
Bachelor of Science in Human Development
Human Services Concentration
The professional helping skills track is for students interested in careers or graduate programs related to helping individuals, families, and communities with the problems they face. Students will not be trained as therapists but will have begun the process of developing the skills necessary for effective intervention including professional ethics, assessment, and communication in helping relationships. Students will also be exposed to theories of intervention, particularly those related to family systems. They may choose coursework related to issues such as deviant behavior, multicultural communication, mental illness, social relationships, and addictions. (9 credits)
REQUIRED COURSE:
- HD 3334 Individual and Family Interventions
SELECT ONE COURSE FROM:
- HD 3234 Child/Youth Community Services
- HD 4114 Community-Based Services for Older Adults
- HD 4334 Perspectives on Addiction and Family Systems
- HD 4964 Human Services Field Study
(Students choosing this option will complete an additional field study beyond that already required for the major, but completed in conjunction with the one required for the major.)
AND AN ADDITIONAL COURSE SELECTED FROM:
- SOC 2024 Minority Group Relations
- SOC 2404 Deviant Behavior
- SOC 4714 Sociology of Mental Illness (Pre: SOC 1004)
- PSYCH 2054 Psychology of Personality (Pre: PSYC 2004)
- PSYCH 2084 Social Psychology (Pre: PSYC 2004)
- PSYCH 3014 Abnormal Psychology (Pre: PSYC 2004)
- HUM/COMM 3204 Multicultural Communication
- UAP 4184 Community Involvement
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