Youth Development, Certificate

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 150 - Child and Youth Development CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• HUMS 155 - Family and Community in Youth Work CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• HUMS 201 - Internship I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• HUMS 250 - Content and Curriculum in Youth Work CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• HUMS 255 - Development of the Youth Professional CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

TOTAL CREDITS: 24

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.
• Articulate youth and family issues and be able to apply them to youth development.
• Demonstrate skills relative to working in a human services capacity.
• Describe family and community systems needed to support youth.
• Define and discuss the meaning of culture and cultural diversity.