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  1001 Burkemont Avenue, Morganton, NC 28655-4504

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Human Services Degree - Suggested Course Schedule (pdf version)

For more information contact Kathryn Gerarden at (828) 438-6091.

The Human Services Technology Curriculum prepares graduates to fulfill a wide range of consumer needs in a variety of human services settings, in order to enable people to live a more satisfying, more autonomous, and more productive life.

This profession is charged with the responsbility to close the gap between traditional services systems and the needs of the person, and make society more whole in the process. 

The goals of this program are to prepare individuals: For a career in the human services professions, to effectively match consumer needs with available    community resources; to increase the capacity for self-awareness and personal growth;  to develop a thoughtful, genuine, and empathic attitude toward human beings; to implement knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to help people help themselves

Graduates should find job prospects as: Care Worker, Youth Worker, Social Worker Assistant, Rehabilitation Case Worker, Community Worker, Community Outreach, Family Support Worker, Adult Day Care Worker, Juvenile Court Liaison, Group Home Worker, Intake Interviewer, Programs Serving the    Elderly, Mentally Impaired, or Developmentally Delayed.

 

 

 

 

Fall Semester I

SHC

ENG

111

Expository Writing

3

HSE

110

Introduction to Human Services

3

HSE

123

Interviewing Techniques

3

PSY

150

General Psychology

3

SAB

110

Overview of Substance Abuse

3

Total:

 

15

 

 

 

 

Spring Semester I

SHC

ENG

112

Argument-Based Researach

3

HSE

112

Group Process I

2

HSE

125

Counseling Skills

3

PSY

281

Abnormal Psychology

3

SAB

135

Addictive Process

3

Total:

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

Summer Semester I

SHC

DRA

122

Oral Interpretation

3

HSE

212

Group Process II

2

PSY

241

Developmental Psychology

3

SOC

210

Introduction to Sociology

3

Total:

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

Fall Semester II

SHC

HSE

160

HSE Supervision Clinical

1

HSE

163

HSE Clinical Experience

3

HSE

220

Case Management

3

HSE

225

Crisis Intervention

3

HSE

245

Stress Management

3

SOC

213

Sociology of Family

3

Total:

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

Spring Semester II

SHC

CIS

111

Basic PC Literacy

2

HSE

210

Human Services Issues

2

HSE

260

HSE Supervision Clinical II

1

HSE

264

HSE Clinical Experience II

4

Choose One:

 

 

MAT

140/140A

Survey of Mathematics/Lab

4

BIO

140/140A

Environmental Biology/Lab

4

BIO

110

Principles of Biology

4

Total:

 

 

13

Total Semester Hours Required for Degree: 69

       

Western Piedmont Community College
An Equal Opportunity Institution
1001 Burkemont Ave., Morganton, NC 28655-4504
(828) 438-6000,  TDD (828) 438-6066
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