HUMAN SERVICES CERTIFICATE
This certificate is designed to prepare students for entrylevel employment in human services by providing them with fundamental, vocational certificate-level knowledge of the methodologies of intervention at the individual, group, and community levels. Students working for certificates must have a basic knowledge of arithmetic, reading and writing in order to learn and work in the occupations they select.
| REQUIRED COURSES: |
Units |
| HUMSV170 |
Introduction to Human Services |
3 |
| HUMSV172 |
Group and Family Dynamics |
3 |
| HUMSV173 |
Helping and Interpersonal Skills |
3 |
| HUMSV179 |
Legal/Ethical Issues in Human Services |
3 |
| PSYCH132 |
Counseling Techniques |
3 |
| SOC110 |
Contemporary Social Issues |
3 |
| or |
| SOC141 |
Race and Ethnic Relations |
3 |
| Two other 3-unit Human Services courses |
6 |
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| A minimum of four Human Services courses required forthe certificate must be completed with a grade of C orbetter prior to field work courses. |
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| REQUIRED FIELD WORK COURSES:THE FOLLOWING TWO COURSES ARE TO BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY: |
Units |
| HUMSV195A |
Human Services: Intern Seminar I |
1 |
| HUMSV196A |
Human Services: Field Work 1 |
3 |
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| THE FOLLOWING TWO COURSES ARE TO BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY: |
Units |
| HUMSV195B |
Human Services Intern Seminar II |
1 |
| HUMSV196B |
Human Services: Field Work II |
3 |
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| REQUIRED GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES: |
Units |
| ENGL015 |
Preparation for College Writing |
4 |
| or |
| ENGL101 |
Freshman Composition |
4 |
| PSYCH100 |
General Psychology |
3 |
| SOC100 |
Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
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| Total Units |
42 |
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