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Area of Study - Public Services (MET.HP.PUB)

If you are unsure about choosing your college major, you can select an Exploratory Area of Study. This gives you the opportunity to explore academic options before deciding on a particular major. You'll also have the chance to work closely with an academic counselor to weigh the benefits of each major and develop a personalized education plan that fits your interests. Classes within each area of study have been carefully designed to allow you the chance to explore and move you forward toward your further educational and career goals.

In the Public Services area of study, you will have the opportunity to explore a variety of majors that help you gain the knowledge and skills for a rewarding career providing care and services to others. Human Services and Law Enforcement majors prepare you for careers that make a difference in people's lives through the counsel or service you provide.

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First Semester			Hours
GEN	ENG-119	Composition I Pathway ENG-119 Composition I Pathway Students 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. Course Outline OR
GEN	ENG-120	Composition I ENG-120 Composition I Students 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. Course Outline	3.0
GEN	PSY-271	Intr/Psychology PSY-271 Intr/Psychology Focuses 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. Course Outline	3.0
GEN	HED-178	Responding to Emergencies HED-178 Responding to Emergencies The 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. Course Outline	2.0
GEN	SOC-282	Social Problems SOC-282 Social Problems An 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. Course Outline	3.0
GEN	COM-111	Intro to Speech Communication COM-111 Intro to Speech Communication Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selecting, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence and points of view to audiences. Course Outline	3.0
	Semester Totals		14.0

Total Program Hours

14.0

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* 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

Lake Land College

Area of Study - Public Services (MET.HP.PUB)

Catalog Term Year:

First Year
First Semester

ENG-119
Composition I Pathway

ENG-120
Composition I

PSY-271
Intr/Psychology

HED-178
Responding to Emergencies

SOC-282
Social Problems

COM-111
Intro to Speech Communication

Semester Totals

Total Program Hours

Area of Study - Public Services (MET.HP.PUB)

Catalog Term Year:

First YearFirst Semester

ENG-119Composition I Pathway

ENG-120Composition I

PSY-271Intr/Psychology

HED-178Responding to Emergencies

SOC-282Social Problems

COM-111Intro to Speech Communication

Semester Totals

Total Program Hours

First Year
First Semester

ENG-119
Composition I Pathway

ENG-120
Composition I

PSY-271
Intr/Psychology

HED-178
Responding to Emergencies

SOC-282
Social Problems

COM-111
Intro to Speech Communication