Human Services

Human Services

A.A.S. Degree (D,G,W)

The Human Services program provides students with an educational foundation which will allow them to successfully gain entry-level employment within the human services arena and/or to succeed in continuing their education at a baccalaureate level upon graduation. The curriculum and individual courses consist of a balance between providing students with a strong theoretical and content foundation as well as an experiential, skill-development component in order to prepare students to continue their education and/or to allow them to interface competently and ethically with clients and colleagues in a career setting.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

1. Create and maintain effective and professional documents relevant to Human Services agencies.
2. Interact ethically and professionally within the Human Services field.
3. Apply information to identify client's strengths, weaknesses, and resources to create a treatment plan.
4. Provide effective client services at an entry level by utilizing professional Human Services principles and practices.
5. Establish effective working relationships within the Human Services arena.
6. Apply basic management and leadership skills in Human Services environments, including time management, organization, and the ability to follow directions.
7. Utilize feedback to assess the effect of oneself on Human Services outcomes and make adjustments accordingly.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

General Education

ENG 101	Composition I	3
ENG 102	Composition II	3
MAT 152	Quantitative Reasoning	3
PSY 121	General Psychology	3
PSY 223	Abnormal Psychology	3
SSC 100	First Year Seminar	1

Program/Major Concentration

BIO 110	Essentls-Anatomy & Physiology	4
DAC 141	Intro Drug & Alcohol Counseling	3
DAC 230	Assessment & Documentation in Addictions Counseling	3
HMS 121	Introduction to Human Services	3
HMS 122	Theories of Counseling	3
HMS 123	Dynamics/Group Communication I	3
HMS 221	Ethical Problems and Issues	3
HMS 243	Directed Practice I	6
HMS 244	Directed Practice II	6
PSY 127	Human Development	3
SOC 111	Sociology	3
SOC 223	Intercultural Communications	3
HMS 223	Social Policy/Program Planning	3
	Or
DAC 240	Families & Addiction	3
HMS 225	Interviewing/Counseling Skills	3
	Or
DAC 225	Drug & Alcohol Counseling	3

Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

PROGRAM SPECIFIC ADVISEMENT STATEMENT

Delaware Tech does not apply blanket age limits to courses for the purposes of transfer in, meeting selective admission programs' ranking/entrance procedures, or meeting program requirements for award completion. There is a 10 year age limit on HMS 244 which can be applied to program completion for the Human Services program.

Semester 1

SSC 100	First Year Seminar	1
ENG 101	Composition I	3
HMS 121	Introduction to Human Services	3
MAT 152	Quantitative Reasoning	3
PSY 121	General Psychology	3
SOC 111	Sociology	3

Semester 2

ENG 102	Composition II	3
HMS 122	Theories of Counseling	3
HMS 123	Dynamics/Group Communication I	3
DAC 141	Intro Drug & Alcohol Counseling	3
PSY 223	Abnormal Psychology	3

Semester 3

PSY 127	Human Development	3
HMS 221	Ethical Problems and Issues	3
HMS 225	Interviewing/Counseling Skills	3
	Or
DAC 225	Drug & Alcohol Counseling	3
DAC 230	Assessment & Documentation in Addictions Counseling	3
HMS 243	Directed Practice I	6

Semester 4

Or

BIO 110	Essentls-Anatomy & Physiology	4
SOC 223	Intercultural Communications	3
HMS 223	Social Policy/Program Planning	3
	Or
DAC 240	Families & Addiction	3
HMS 244	Directed Practice II	6

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 65 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).

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