Human Services, AAS

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE

• ENGL 111 - English Composition CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

• IVYT XXX - Ivy Tech Success Elective CREDIT HOUR MIN: 1

• MATH 123 - Quantitative Reasoning CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• SOCI 111 - Introduction to Sociology CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

PROFESSIONAL - TECHNICAL CORE

• HUMS 101 - Introduction to Human Services CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• HUMS 102 - Helping Relationship Techniques CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 [ ]
• HUMS 103 - Interviewing and Assessment CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 [ ]
• HUMS 201 - Internship I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 [ ]
• HUMS 202 - Internship II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 [ ]
• HUMS 206 - Group Process and Skills CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 [ ]
• HUMS 220 - Issues and Ethics in Human Services CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• HUMS 279 - Human Services Capstone Course CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2 ^ [ ]

STATEWIDE ELECTIVES

TOTAL CREDITS: 60

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^ Capstone Course

[ ]  Not offered in an online format.

DEGREE OUTCOMES

• Recognize the historical roots of human services.
• Recognize the factors that lead to the creation of the human services profession.
• Recognize and describe basic awareness of the organizational structures of communities.
• Demonstrate the ability to disseminate routine and critical information in a written or oral form to clients, colleagues, or other members of the related services system in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate the ability to maintain client confidentiality and appropriately use client data.
• Demonstrate the ability to gain self-awareness and to receive feedback in order to decrease the influence of personal biases, values, or personality styles in working with clients.
• Examine specialization within the field of human services.
• Demonstrate skills relative to working in a human services capacity.
• Demonstrate culturally sensitive interpersonal skills.
• Identify and demonstrate appropriate oral and nonverbal communication practices.
• Demonstrate knowledge of major concepts and theoretical perspectives of social sciences.
• Demonstrate proficiency in reading, evaluating, analyzing, and using material collected from sources to write texts in appropriate formats while controlling tone, syntax, grammar, and spelling.
• Interpret information that has been presented in mathematical form.
• Demonstrate skill in carrying out mathematical procedures flexibly, accurately, and efficiently to solve problems.
• Demonstrate knowledge of major concepts and theoretical perspectives of social sciences.