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Human Services: Community Service and Social Welfare (A.A.)
Human Services: Community Service and Social Welfare (A.A.)–This program leads to the Associate of Arts degree and is designed for those students who intend to transfer to a baccalaureate program in social work or a related human services field. The program includes a broad variety of required and elective courses in community service (social-work oriented courses), social sciences, humanities, literature, science and math, and addictions. Various articulation agreements are in place for successful graduating students.
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Human Services
A.A. Program
Hegis Code: 5506
Total Credits: 64
First Semester | Credits |
---|---|
ENG 100 Enhanced Composition I or ENG 101 Composition I or ENG 108 The Craft of Composition / Honors English I (1) |
3 |
HMS 117 Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
PSY 203 General Psychology I | 3 |
Science Elective (2) | 3 |
SOC 201 Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
Total Semester Credits | 15 |
Second Semester | Credits |
AHS 131 Anatomy and Physiology I, or AHS 132 Anatomy and Physiology I, or BIO 101 Introduction to College Biology I |
4 |
ENG 102 Composition II or ENG 109 The Art of Analysis / Honors English II |
3 |
Fine/Performing Arts Elective (3) | 3 |
HIS 104 History of the United States since the Civil War | 3 |
HMS 102 Interviewing in Human Services Case Practice | 3 |
Total Semester Credits | 16 |
Third Semester | Credits |
Foreign Language Elective (4) | 3 |
HED 231 Death Education: A Health Perspective or HED 251 Human Sexuality or HED 271 Alcoholism, Addictions and Abusive Behavior |
3 |
HMS 200 Human Service Skills | 3 |
Literature Elective (5) | 3 |
MAT 102 Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
Total Semester Credits | 15 |
Fourth Semester | Credits |
COM 101 Interpersonal Communications, or COM 103 Public Speaking, or COM 123 Argumentation and Debate, or COM 202 Persuasive Speaking. |
3 |
Elective | 3 |
HMS 205 Human Services Internship | 3 |
Humanities Elective (5) | 3 |
MAT/CMP Elective | 3 |
SOC 209 Race, Class, Ethnicity, or SOC 220 Sociology of the Family, or SOC 222 Sociology of Gender, or ANT 204 Cultural Anthropology. |
3 |
Total Semester Credits | 18 |