Human Services

HMS 101 - Introduction to Human Services

Description: This course provides students with an understanding of the human services profession: its goals and objectives, theories and methods, and structures and organizations. Emphasis is placed on the role of the human service provider in working with youth, families, the aged and disadvantaged populations. SUNY GEN ED-n/a; NCC GEN ED-n/a Offered: On Occasion

Credit Hours: 3
Department: Social and Behavioral Science

HMS 102 - Interviewing in Human Service Practice

Description: This course teaches interview skills, cultural competency and assessment for beginning human service case managers. A variety of procedures for effective interviews in different areas of practice are studied and practiced along with the holistic case management process, which links vulnerable clients with appropriate services and supports. Skills of exploration listening and documentation are addressed. Traditional lectures, role playing and classroom experiential learning will be significant course components. SUNY GEN ED-n/a; NCC GEN ED-n/a Offered: On Occasion

Credit Hours: 3
Department: Social and Behavioral Science

HMS 117 - Introduction to Social Work

Description: This course focuses on roles helpers play and locations for social work practice. Topics include professional values, the knowledge base of the profession and introduction to case management. Interventions in individual and community life as well as policy formulation and implementation. Social welfare history is also presented and special attention is paid to working with populations at risk and the importance of cultural competency. Students begin to formulate a professional identity. SUNY GE-SDES, SSBS; SUNY GEN ED-n/a; NCC GEN ED-n/a Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Credit Hours: 3
Department: Social and Behavioral Science

HMS 200 - Human Service Skills

Prerequisites: HMS 117

Corequisites: HMS 117

Description: This course surveys the fundamentals of support services. It includes concepts and skills in counseling; interviewing techniques a review of case management, working with families and groups, cultural competency, research skills and bio-psychosocial assessments. *This course includes an applied learning component. Students who have taken CSW 200 will not receive credit for HMS 200. SUNY GEN ED-n/a; NCC GEN ED-n/a Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Hours: 3
Department: Social and Behavioral Science

HMS 205 - Human Services Internship

Prerequisites: HMS 117 and permission of instructor.

Description: The course includes seventy-five field hours spread out across the semester, plus one and 1/4 seminar hours per week. Students are placed in an established human service agency under professional supervision. Class work focuses on the practical aspects of working in a human service agency, such as: professional responsibilities; supervisory and organizational skills; values and ethics and stress management. Special attention is paid to cultural competency and professionalism. SUNY GE-SDES, SSBS; SUNY GEN ED-n/a; NCC GEN ED-n/a Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Credit Hours: 3
Department: Social and Behavioral Science