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Human Services (AAS.HSP)
The Human Services degree is for students interested in helping people in need. Graduates can work at agencies that provide services such as substance abuse, mental health, developmental disabilities, child welfare, domestic violence, residential, sexual assault, financial assistance, homelessness, schools, prisons, food assistance, and aging services, etc. Classroom training and field experience prepare graduates of the Human Service program to provide greatly needed services to people who require assistance. Upon completion of this program, students can go either go directly to work or transfer to a 4-year University.The Human Services student has the opportunity to choose from seven areas of concentration: business, criminal justice, dietetics, education, health, psychology, and sociology. Fifteen semester hours are required from one of the seven areas to complete the program.
To be eligible for internships (work experience and seminar) the following must be completed: 30 semester hours of the required curriculum, Foundations of Human Services (HSP-103) and Social Welfare (HSP-122), and have a 2.0 GPA.
This program of study can lead to a bachelor's degree in human services, sociology, psychology, health studies, and social work. Students should consult with an advisor during their first year regarding specific transfer curricula and elective course work to facilitate a transfer.
Program requirements may change over time. Specific degree/graduation requirements are determined by a degree audit.
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Catalog Term Year: 2025 Summer
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First Year
First Semester
COREHSP-103
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
COREHSP-122
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
CORECIS-160
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENENG-119
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Credit Hours: 3.00
GENPSY-271
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
First Year
Second Semester
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COREHED-178
Credit Hours: 2.00
Credit Hours: 2.00
GENENG-121
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Second Year
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Credit Hours: 6.00
Credit Hours: 6.00
COREHSP-053
Credit Hours: 1.00
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COREHSP-054
Credit Hours: 2.00
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Second Year
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COREHSP-055
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COREHSP-056
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| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| GEN | ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway * ORENG-119Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts and writing, revising and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion.
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| GEN | ENG-120 | Composition I *ENG-120Students develop a writing process by reading and analyzing texts that illustrate various rhetorical strategies as well as writing, revising and editing short essays. Minimally, students must compose four formal, revised writing assignments, having one reach at least 1,250 words.
| 3.0 |
| GEN | PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology PSY-271Focuses on psychology as a science, presenting concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy and social psychology.
| 3.0 |
| CORE | HSP-103 | Foundations of Human Services HSP-103Foundations in the discipline of human services, including: historical origins, ethics and values, skill development, roles of the profession, career opportunities, challenges, examination of diverse and at-risk populations, and policy issues in human services.
| 3.0 |
| CORE | HSP-122 | Social Welfare HSP-122A study of the history, purpose, philosophy, methods and values governing social welfare, with an overview of the American social welfare system, programs and structure of service delivery. Examination of the relationships among social welfare systems and institutional structures.
| 3.0 |
| CORE | CIS-160 | Practical Software Applications CIS-160Provides an opportunity for students to learn computer concepts and to use word processing, spreadsheet, database management, and presentation software. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| GEN | ENG-121 | Composition II * ORENG-121Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
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| GEN | COM-111 | Intro to Speech Communication *COM-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selecting, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence and points of view to audiences.
| 3.0 |
| GEN | --- --- | Any IAI Math * OR--- ---
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| GEN | --- --- | IAI Physical or Life Science --- ---
| 3.0 |
| GEN | --- --- | IAI Physical or Life Science --- ---
| 3.0 |
| CORE | --- --- | Area of Concentration --- ---
| 3.0 |
| CORE | HED-178 | Responding to Emergencies HED-178The purpose of the American Red Cross Responding to Emergency course is to provide the citizen responder with the knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life.
| 2.0 |
| GEN | --- --- | IAI Humanities OR--- ---
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| GEN | --- --- | IAI Fine Arts --- ---
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| ELE | --- --- | Electives --- ---
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18.0 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| CORE | --- --- | Area of Concentration --- ---
| 6.0 |
| CORE | HSP-053 | Work Experience Seminar I *HSP-053This course accompanies the field experience class. These seminars give opportunity to provide individual assessment and assist with job competence.
| 1.0 |
| CORE | HSP-054 | Field Experience I *HSP-054This course provides 150 hours of supervised employment in various human service agencies.
| 2.0 |
| ELE | --- --- | Electives --- ---
| 6.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| CORE | --- --- | Area of Concentration --- ---
| 6.0 |
| CORE | HSP-055 | Work Experience Seminar II *HSP-055This course accompanies the field experience class. Seminars give opportunity to provide individual assessment and assist with job competence.
| 1.0 |
| CORE | HSP-056 | Field Experience II *HSP-056This course provides 150 hours of supervised employment in various human service agencies.
| 2.0 |
| ELE | --- --- | Electives --- ---
| 6.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 63.0 | ||
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| Area of Concentration - Business | |||
| CORE | BUS-151 | Financial Accounting *BUS-151A study of the financial statements, the accounting process and the principles and procedures underlying items on the financial statements.
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| CORE | BUS-152 | Managerial Accounting BUS-152Examines managerial accounting concepts including cost classification, job order and process cost systems, cost-volume-profit analysis, absorption and variable costing, budgeting, standard costs, variance analysis, relevant costs for decision-making, activity-based costing, and capital budgeting.
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| CORE | BUS-200 | Legal Environ/Business BUS-200An introduction to legal systems and law, especially the U.S. legal system. Business-legal relationships in the areas of criminal law, torts, product liability, and contracts are examined. Consumer, labor, and environmental law are studied.
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| CORE | ECO-231 | Principles of Economics I (Macro) ECO-231Focuses on the nature and method of economics, basic supply and demand analysis, national income accounting, business cycles, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy, money and banking and monetary policy.
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| CORE | PSY-279 | Human Dev/Life Span PSY-279A study of the theories, research methods and findings in physical, cognitive and social-emotional development from conception through death.
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| Area of Concentration - Dietetics | |||
| CORE | HED-046 | Food Service Sanitation HED-046This course covers the principles of food microbiology, sources, and types of foodborne illness, personal hygiene, and all other rules and regulations for the safe handling of food.
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| CORE | HED-102 | Nutrition HED-102A course in nutritional education including: food groups, diet goals, energy nutrients, digestion, absorption and metabolism. Water, vitamins, and minerals will be studied. Diet analysis and disease of digestion will be covered.
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| CORE | ECO-231 | Principles of Economics I (Macro) ECO-231Focuses on the nature and method of economics, basic supply and demand analysis, national income accounting, business cycles, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy, money and banking and monetary policy.
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| CORE | CHM-151 | General Chemistry II *CHM-151Continuation of the general principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include solids/liquids, solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
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| CORE | PSY-279 | Human Dev/Life Span PSY-279A study of the theories, research methods and findings in physical, cognitive and social-emotional development from conception through death.
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| Area of Concentration - Education | |||
| CORE | EDU-100 | Introduction to Education EDU-100An overview of the American education system. Social, historical and philosophical foundations give perspective to an examination of current issues, policies and trends in the field of education, including cultural diversity. A 30 hours practical lab is required for this course.
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| CORE | EDU-190 | Introduction/Special Education EDU-190This course is designed to introduce the student to the study of exceptional children, including a survey of the child's developmental traits and examination of appropriate intervention techniques.
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| CORE | ECE-083 | Instructional Methods ECE-083This course enables students to do total program planning consistent with the developmental needs of children.
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| CORE | ECE-110 | Child Behavior Management ECE-110This course focuses on the use of positive redirective techniques in shaping behavior so children can learn self discipline and self control. Observation of discipline problems and analyzation of procedures are required of the student.
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| CORE | ECE-095 | Creative Activities for Children ECE-095This course provides students an understanding of the value of and practical experience in preparing creative activities and experiences for children. The student is given many opportunities to explore, develop, and appreciate various types of creative media for preschool children.
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| CORE | PED-172 | Bsc Act Elem/Sec Child PED-172Focuses on games and activities for elementary and secondary level including body mechanics, basic exercises and rhythms. Includes team games for secondary level.
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| CORE | PSY-274 | Child Development PSY-274Study of theories and research methods used to study development from conception to adolescence. Topics include physical, sensory, perceptual, cognitive, language, emotional, social and gender development as well as family, peer, and institutional influences on development.
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| CORE | EDU-103 | Teaching/Learning W/Technology EDU-103This course features practical ways to use various types of technology for the K-12 classroom teacher. This is a basic course in microcomputers, their operation and their utilization in K-12 classrooms. (Repeatable 3 Times)
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| CORE | EDU-200 | Educational Psychology EDU-200The application of psychology principles to education. Special emphasis on understanding growth and development, the learning process, motivation, intelligence, evaluation, measurement, creativity and the impact of culture on learning styles.
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| CORE | EDU-210 | Diversity in Schools and Societies EDU-210This course is a study of how schooling is shaped by and ought to respond to the social contexts in which it occurs, particularly in multicultural and global contexts.
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| CORE | HSP-120 | Introduction to Social Work HSP-120An introduction to generalist practice: Historical origins, values and ethics, practice methods, research considerations, and policy issues in social work. Examination of diverse and at-risk populations; the wide variety of problems workers confront, knowledge and skills of the worker.
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| Area of Concentration - Health | |||
| CORE | AHE-040 | Basic Nurse Assisting AHE-040This course is approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to provide instruction in basic nursing skills in the classroom, laboratory and clinical settings. Students who successfully complete the course will be eligible to take the State of Illinois certified nursing assistant (CNA) examination.
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| CORE | AHE-041 | Medical Terminology AHE-041This course focuses on basic vocabulary used in medicine, nursing and allied health occupations.
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| CORE | HED-270 | Community Health HED-270A study of public health, school health, occupational health, social and recreational services and self-care.
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| CORE | HED-102 | Nutrition HED-102A course in nutritional education including: food groups, diet goals, energy nutrients, digestion, absorption and metabolism. Water, vitamins, and minerals will be studied. Diet analysis and disease of digestion will be covered.
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| CORE | AHE-042 | Advanced Medical Terminology *AHE-042This course builds and enlarges on basic medical vocabulary used in medicine, nursing and allied health occupations.
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| CORE | HED-290 | Disease Processes *HED-290The course details with the epidemiology of the major communicable diseases and the causative factors of the degenerative diseases. Historical aspects of diseases are studied. The system of human immunity is the second unit covered.
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| CORE | ECE-102 | Health/Safety/Nutri/Yng Child ECE-102This course focuses on the health, safety, and nutritional needs of children in group settings as well as the personal health of the individual. Emphasis is placed on preventive health through education and the development of healthy habits.
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| CORE | PED-285 | Fitness for Life PED-285An individual approach to assist students to develop a lifetime of wellness through fitness. The course includes a thorough physical fitness/risk factor assessment battery. Students will be required 2 hours of physical workout a week.
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| CORE | EMS-050 | Emergency Medical Tech-Basic EMS-050This course provides the student with an understanding of his/her roles and responsibilities within the EMS system, including operations, patient assessment, and emergency medical care. Students successfully completing this course will be eligible to take the EMT-Basic licensing examination. (Repeatable 3 Times)
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| CORE | HSP-120 | Introduction to Social Work HSP-120An introduction to generalist practice: Historical origins, values and ethics, practice methods, research considerations, and policy issues in social work. Examination of diverse and at-risk populations; the wide variety of problems workers confront, knowledge and skills of the worker.
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| CORE | HED-200 | Principles of Health HED-200This course is designed to explore the most important health issues current and past. Helping students to make responsible decisions that will affect them throughout their life. Focus will be on interrelating behavior with one's own health decisions.
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| Area of Concentration - Justice | |||
| CORE | CJS-152 | Criminal Investigation I CJS-152Focuses on the fundamentals of investigation, crime scene applications, and investigative techniques and procedures. Upon completion of this course, the student will understand the theory and practicality of investigation from crime scene to courtroom.
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| CORE | CJS-160 | Criminal Evidence and Procedure CJS-160Focuses on the application of Constitutional law. Procedural responsibilities of the police as they apply to the constitutional rights of the individual will be emphasized.
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| CORE | CJS-166 | Corrections CJS-166Enables the student to develop an understanding of the current problems in correctional institutions. Sentencing trends, alternatives to incarceration, inmate life of population, and their effect on the system will be examined.
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| CORE | CJS-158 | Juvenile Justice CJS-158This course is designed to familiarize the student with development and trends in the juvenile justice system. It includes delinquency prevention, causation of juvenile crime and treatment and control of the juvenile delinquent.
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| CORE | CJS-150 | Intro/Criminal Justice CJS-150Focuses on an overview of the justice system with emphasis on the total system of police, courts, and corrections.
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| CORE | CJS-156 | Criminal Law CJS-156A study of the concept of social order, examining criminal law. Crime is defined and examined as is criminal responsibility, mental state, physical act and other fundamental legal doctrines.
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| CORE | HSP-120 | Introduction to Social Work HSP-120An introduction to generalist practice: Historical origins, values and ethics, practice methods, research considerations, and policy issues in social work. Examination of diverse and at-risk populations; the wide variety of problems workers confront, knowledge and skills of the worker.
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| Area of Concentration - Psychology | |||
| CORE | ECE-110 | Child Behavior Management ECE-110This course focuses on the use of positive redirective techniques in shaping behavior so children can learn self discipline and self control. Observation of discipline problems and analyzation of procedures are required of the student.
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| CORE | SOS-235 | Death and Dying SOS-235This course focuses on the psychological and sociological effects of dying and death in our modern American Culture. Major areas studied are: psychological changes a dying person experiences; survivors and grief; death and the child; the funeral; demography of death; contemporary issues.
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| CORE | PSY-275 | The Psychology of Maturity and Old Age *PSY-275Study of theories, research methods and findings in the physical, cognitive and social-emotional development of individuals past middle age.
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| CORE | PSY-274 | Child Development *PSY-274Study of theories and research methods used to study development from conception to adolescence. Topics include physical, sensory, perceptual, cognitive, language, emotional, social and gender development as well as family, peer, and institutional influences on development.
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| CORE | PSY-279 | Human Dev/Life Span PSY-279A study of the theories, research methods and findings in physical, cognitive and social-emotional development from conception through death.
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| CORE | PSY-272 | Intimate & Family Relationships PSY-272Examines how intimate relationships are formed maintained and how they sometimes fail. Theory, research methods and research on attraction, parenthood, multigenerational families, communication, interdependency, love, sexuality, conflict, power and violence. Explores the changing views of sexuality, families and marriage.
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| CORE | PSY-277 | Social Psychology *PSY-277Study of social behavior including research methods, attitude formation and changes, social cognition, interpersonal relations, group processes, and social influences.
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| CORE | PSY-273 | Abnormal Psychology *PSY-273Takes an integrative approach to psychopathology. Areas of study include research methods; clinical assessment and diagnosis; descriptions, causes and treatments of the major psychological disorders; and legal and ethical issues in abnormal psychology.
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| CORE | HSP-101 | Dynamics of Domestic Violence HSP-101Study of dynamics of Domestic Violence, focusing on program philosophy, cultural diversity, direct relation of substance abuse, crisis intervention, understand IL Domestic Violence Act, criminal aspects, battering treatment & how Domestic Violence affects children & our society.
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| CORE | HSP-120 | Introduction to Social Work HSP-120An introduction to generalist practice: Historical origins, values and ethics, practice methods, research considerations, and policy issues in social work. Examination of diverse and at-risk populations; the wide variety of problems workers confront, knowledge and skills of the worker.
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| Area of Concentration - Sociology | |||
| CORE | ANT-200 | General Anthropology ANT-200The course provides an introduction to cultural and physical anthropology. Human and animal behavior is studied by using the comparative method. Some of the topics covered are: religion, magic, kinship, sex roles, human evolution, race, archeology and primates.
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| CORE | CJS-150 | Intro/Criminal Justice CJS-150Focuses on an overview of the justice system with emphasis on the total system of police, courts, and corrections.
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| CORE | SOC-280 | Introduction to Sociology SOC-280Study of human interaction focusing on social influences shaping personality, structure and dynamics of human society. Topics include: sociological perspective, culture, society, social interaction; social change in global perspective; socialization; families; social class; and social stratification; race and ethnicity; and deviance.
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| CORE | SOC-282 | Social Problems SOC-282An issue oriented course. Among the issues covered are how sociologists view social problems, the changing family, poverty, race and ethnic relations, aging, crime and criminal justice, human sexual behavior, problems of physical and mental illness, urban problems, and other areas based upon student interests.
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| CORE | SOC-284 | Sociology/Deviant Behavior SOC-284Nature and dynamics of deviant behavior. The course includes theories of deviance, social control and forms of deviant behavior. Forms may include drug use, sexual behavior (prostitution and pornography), personal violence, crime and delinquency and mental disorders.
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| CORE | SOC-286 | Racial and Ethnic Groups SOC-286An examination of American racial and ethnic diversity with an attempt to understand racial and ethnic relations. The examination is made emphasizing the sociological perspective while including material from the other social sciences.
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| CORE | HSP-120 | Introduction to Social Work HSP-120An introduction to generalist practice: Historical origins, values and ethics, practice methods, research considerations, and policy issues in social work. Examination of diverse and at-risk populations; the wide variety of problems workers confront, knowledge and skills of the worker.
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Faculty Contact: Madison E. Dailey
Faculty Email: mdailey@lakelandcollege.edu
Faculty Phone: 217-234-5361
Email: counsel@lakelandcollege.edu
Faculty Contact: Madison E. Dailey
Faculty Email: mdailey@lakelandcollege.edu
Faculty Phone: 217-234-5361
* There are prerequisites, course requisites, or minimum placement test scores for this course.
** Electives must be approved by the Program Coordinator
+ Course only offered fall semester
++ Course only offered spring and summer semester
+++ Course only offered spring semester
++++ Course offered in summer term only
^ SOS 050 Human Relations and PSY 271 Introduction to Psychology cannot be used as a social science elective
^^ Consult Academic Advisor for appropriate course
^^^ Course requires a 30-hour practicum experience in addition to classroom lecture hours
^^^^ ECE 120 and ECE 125 must be taken the same semester
** Electives must be approved by the Program Coordinator
+ Course only offered fall semester
++ Course only offered spring and summer semester
+++ Course only offered spring semester
++++ Course offered in summer term only
^ SOS 050 Human Relations and PSY 271 Introduction to Psychology cannot be used as a social science elective
^^ Consult Academic Advisor for appropriate course
^^^ Course requires a 30-hour practicum experience in addition to classroom lecture hours
^^^^ ECE 120 and ECE 125 must be taken the same semester