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HUS 1500 Introduction to Human Services
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The role of the human service professional. Overview of the settings and methods relevant to human service work. Basic concepts, philosophy and issues in human services. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 3420 Human Services Leadership
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Basic consideration of supervisory skills in human services environments. Explores concepts of problem solving, decision-making, supervisor/ employee relationships, motivation, working climate and appraisal of individual and team performance. Emphasis will be on leadership skills in service productivity fields. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4050 Directed Studies
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Student works independently on a field problem or a research problem in consultation with an instructor. | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4100 Law and the Citizen
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The basic concepts of civil law as they affect the average citizen. Real estate, banking, mortgages, credit law, wills, torts, consumer law, concepts of legal rights, legal aide, how to use small claims courts, how and when to sue, marriage and divorce law, workers rights. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4220 Ethics and Values in Health Service
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Designed to help the human service professional understand the major contemporary value and ethical problems confronting the human services professional. Topics include: forces that influence ethical decision-making in institutional settings; professional ethics in context; critical analysis of professional codes of ethics; the nature of values and selected ethical issues affecting the professional and personal life of a human service professional. Note: this course meets Objective 6A in the University Core. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4370 Counseling Process in Human Service
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Nature and goals of counseling. Theories of counseling applied in the helping professions. Counseling techniques and supportive approaches with patients, families, students, clients and others. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4390 Practicum in Human Relationships
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A course in human development based on the psychological framework of identity seeking. Learning to understand self as a means of better understanding and acceptance of others. Developing an awareness of the relationships between environments, cultures and human behavior. Acquiring skills in observing, listening and communicating. Theoretical knowledge and experience gained through participation in the group process. Training provided for persons preparing for any of the helping professions. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4410 Multicultural Understanding
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Designed to promote understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures in America, this course also examines such issues as ageism, racism, sexism and the disparity of power. Impact of these concepts in human service institutions such as prisons, hospitals, schools, etc. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4570 School Violence
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This course looks at the various ways that violence intersect with our educational institutions, especially K-12 public and private schools. School shootings, gang violence, predatory violence on those going to and from school will be examined. The role of culture and pop culture in furthering such violence, non violent conflict resolution, and special police liaisons as methods of reducing violence are examined. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4840 Psychology and Law
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This course looks at all of the ways that the field of psychology impacts on the legal system. Specific areas of interest include the insanity defense, civil and legal competencies, psychological screening of police and security officers, the psychology of eye witness identification, truth and lie detection, false confessions, and jury selection and court room behavior. l | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4910 Internship in Human Services
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A supervised work experience in a human service agency under the direction of both a faculty advisor and a field supervisor. The student works in an institutional setting in various roles in order to become more familiar with the practical problems in human service delivery. Students must spend a minimum of 15 hours per week in this capacity during the semester and maintain a log of their work activity. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4940 Creative Problem Solving Human Servies
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A review of accepted ways of addressing and resolving complex problems typically associated with the delivery of human services. Classroom exercises foster creative thinking through the use of exercises, simulations, role plays, etc. Techniques such as brainstorming, force-field analysis and survival scenarios are utilized to attempt breakthroughs in thinking. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4950 Human Resources Development
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Looks at human resources from the viewpoint of vocational development. Special emphasis is placed on the role of work in human functioning. Factors in vocational choice and job satisfaction are examined. The course fosters an understanding of the social context in which individuals function and of the barriers that are created to full human functioning. The social context includes ethnicity, social class, age, family, adaptation to change and belief-value systems. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4960 Fundamentals of Statistics
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An introduction to statistics as they are used in the social sciences, including the basic logic underlying descriptive, inferential and non-parametric statistics, a knowledge of the concepts involved and some familiarity with basic formulas. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4970 Victimology
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An examination of the process that a victim of crime experiences. Psychological stages through which victim's pass. Crisis intervention with crime victims as well as means of prevention. Specific crime patterns and implications for victims. Consideration of victim response to such events as natural disasters, loss of loved ones, etc. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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HUS 4990 Integrating Seminar in Human Services
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Research and analysis of a significant problem in the field of human services including a formal presentation of findings. Provides students with an opportunity to integrate a specific problem with the total field of human services and supporting disciplines. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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