HSE 110 Introduction to Human Services

Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Clinic: 0 Credits: 3

This course introduces the human services field, including the history, agencies, roles, and careers. Topics include personal/professional characteristics, diverse populations, community resources, disciplines in the field, systems, ethical standards, and major theoretical and treatment approaches. Upon completion, students should be able to identify the knowledge, skills, and roles of the human services worker.

Course is typically offered in Fall.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the completion of the course, the students should be able to do the following:

Examine the history of helping by identifying timeline events that illustrate the evolution of the human services field.
Assess historical and current legislation affecting service delivery.
Apply knowledge of human services values, attitudes, and ethical standards in human service practice.
Examine the systems model organization of Human Service delivery systems and the principles that guide their structure and functioning.
Evaluate how social categories such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, ability, sexuality, and religion - and the intersections of these identities - relate to human services delivery.