23 courses with the subject HMSV, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HMSV 1001Mediation3
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This course will provide the student with 36 hours of mediator training (topics include alternative dispute resolution, conflict styles, the mediation process, and ethics, for example) and the application of mediation training to civil and criminal cases in the courtroom or the administration of a mediation services office. Cross-listed with CJ 1001
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This core course serves as an introduction to the breadth and nature of human services work. Students will become acquainted with a variety of human service agencies at local, state and federal levels (i.e., their organization and administration, potential as hiring placements, and scope of services). The course facilitates students’ awareness of the theoretical perspectives, issues and ideological dilemmas in the field of human services.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other spring This course explores ways individuals, communities, and governments provide formal and informal care, support, and service globally. A variety of approaches will be explored with consideration for diversity in cultural and social identity. Students will participate in a week-long study abroad trip to experience community-based helping and care.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
HMSV 2005Social and Cultural Diversity in Human Services3
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course is an introduction to the diversity encountered in human services, and the impact socio-identities have on individuals and groups. Students will examine privilege, racism, sex/genderism, ageism, ableism, etc., and how their individual and societal beliefs, myths, stereotypes, and biases impact the helping relationship and overall service provision.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
HMSV 2050Research Methods in Human Services Practice3
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This core course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to use research to inform practice in human services. Students will learn the basic ideas governing scientific inquiry in applied settings, including the formulation of research questions and review of related scientific literature. Emphasis will be placed on the basic skills, including appropriate statistical techniques, required to understand and participate in community needs assessments, program evaluations, consumer satisfaction studies and similar practical research projects. Students will develop an understanding of both the ethical considerations (including the role of institutional review boards) and the issues related to human diversity involved in performing, evaluating and using research with human participants.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: spring This course focuses on the concepts and techniques of crisis intervention. Many individuals are faced with crisis situations, such as job loss, unwanted pregnancy, divorce, medical procedures, death and dying and so forth. Students are exposed to the specialized short-term techniques that have been developed to help people in these situations. Students will have the choice of completing the agency-based practicum or completing a comparable alternative assignment.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course is designed to help the student, whose goal is to be involved in a helping profession, learn about the problems and processes of interviewing while developing basic skills needed to become an effective interviewer. The course includes assigned readings, class discussions, audio and videotaped simulated interviews, demonstrations and practice sessions. Students’ self-evaluations of their performance in videotaped simulated interviews serve as primary learning tools.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This core course focuses on group work in human services agencies and exposes students to the theories and techniques of working with clients in groups. Students have opportunities to observe and co-lead simulated groups. A supervised practicum (30 hours) in an agency is required.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year This course is designed for students who plan a career in the helping professions (including education), or who wish to understand the cognitive, emotional, social and biological correlates of alcohol and other drug abuse, or other addictive behaviors. A framework is presented for viewing such compulsive behaviors as part of a continuum from “normal” to “dysfunctional,” and controversies in the field are discussed. Students will be exposed to models of addiction, a classification of drugs, prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse, and information necessary to work with clients who are affected by addiction, including assessment and diagnosis, modalities of treatment, the role of support groups and relapse prevention. In addition to lectures and class discussions students are required to attend community support group meetings and to participate in a community prevention project (e.g., the Great American Smokeout).
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: fall This course examines administrative functions and their relationship to organizational effectiveness and efficiency. The internal and external politics of agency survival are addressed, and theoretical concepts of management and leadership styles are explored. Lectures and class discussion are supplemented by discussions from practicing professionals, field-based classes, and current journal research. A supervised practicum (20 hours) in an agency is required.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
HMSV 3410Building Community Supports for Persons with Disabilities3
Credit(s) Offered: annually The purpose of this course is to introduce students to issues, policies, laws and emerging practices regarding educational and community services for persons with disabilities and other marginalized groups. Social Role Valorization, Person Centered Planning, Self-determination and competency based assessment will be features. A forty-five hour field practicum is a required component of this course.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every spring semester An introduction to the history of social policies and policymaking addressing needs of older adults and their families. Students learn skills in critical policy analysis, by examining individual experiences of aging (and impacts of sociocultural diversity), family and community responses to aging needs, and social policies to address those needs. *Field Experience: This course requires the successful completion of a 45-hour supervised experience in a elder services agency. Students must complete the practicum in order to receive a passing grade for the course.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course provides students with an overview of the abuses of power within the family and within interpersonal relationships. Students will learn about the symptoms of major types of maltreatment, the impact of abuse and neglect on child development and adult functioning, and the dynamics of abusing/neglectful families. They will explore the role of substance abuse and domestic violence on the integrity of individual family members. Students will examine the forms of abusive and neglectful practices against family members of all ages, from the prenatal period to elders. Students will become acquainted with protective agencies, including DCF, DPPC, and Elder Affairs, and will learn how to file reports, assess cases, and provide case management and treatment options. In addition to being exposed to didactic material, students will be challenged to examine their own attitudes, prejudices and reactions to abused and neglected individuals and the systems that try to help them, including protective and legal.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: once per year This course is an introduction to the history and trajectory of mental and behavioral health policies in the United States. Students learn skills in analysis and application of mental and behavioral health policies and systems of care from a prevention, intervention, culturally-informed framework. This course focuses on the presentation, risk and correlated factors, treatment, advocacy, and family and social factors impacting behaviors and mental health from a broad, strengths-based perspective. Students will examine how current US policy impacts or impedes wellness from a mental and behavioral health perspective, particularly from a social and cultural identity standpoint. Students will also compare policy across the US and other countries. *Field Experience: This course requires the successful completion of a 45 hour supervised experience in a mental or behavioral health program or agency. Students must complete the practicum in order to receive a passing grade for the course.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This core course expands on Interviewing Techniques and further provides practical experience in assessment skills and intervention strategies. The course approaches clients in context as members of families, schools and other groups. Special focus is given to (1) understanding family systems theory and how it can be applied to interventions with families and within schools and agencies; (2) developing a working understanding of the DSM classification system for mental disorders, including the ethical issues involved in diagnosing and choosing treatments for clients; (3) designing behavioral interventions; and (4) applying a culturally sensitive perspective to working with clients. Repeated presentations of case studies will give students an appreciation of the experience of working with ongoing cases.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This core course focuses on the process of assessment in a variety of human service settings. It is designed to provide the knowledge and practical skills necessary to collect, organize, interpret, analyze, and report on information related to clients’ needs, functioning and progress; to establish and monitor service plans; to broker services; and to evaluate service provision. Examples of assessment in schools, courts, hospitals, clinics, and other human service agencies will be provided. Students will focus on understanding and applying the assessment process through a cultural and social identity sensitive lens.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course expands on Interviewing Techniques and supports learning in Assessment by providing practical experience in understanding and implementing intervention strategies. A special focus will be given to working with individuals and families, drawing from problem management approaches and addressing motivation-to-change issues in a generalist practice setting.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This core course is designed to develop student awareness of the professional issues that affect the roles and responsibilities of human service workers, with particular emphasis on the supervisory relationship. Students explore the dilemmas and challenges that face the practitioner within the context of legally and ethically responsible human service work. A stronger knowledge is gained of the rights and responsibilities of client, human service worker and supervisor.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This core course focuses on the process of case management in a variety of human service settings. It is designed to provide the knowledge and practical skills necessary to collect, organize, interpret, and report on information related to clients’ needs, functioning and progress, to establish and monitor service plans, to broker services, and to evaluate service provision. Examples of case management in schools, courts, hospitals, clinics, and other human service agencies will be provided. A supervised practicum (90-hours) in an approved setting is required. During this practicum, students will become familiar with the agency’s philosophy and operation, including procedures and formats for data/information gathering; case reporting; case conference; record storage, release and transmittal; and procedures to ensure security and confidentiality of all case materials.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester Internship is the structured experience that allows senior Human Services majors to integrate and apply skills and theory in a field-based setting under the supervision of a qualified professional. Placements may be direct service or administrative. Examples of the wide variety of settings include mental health agencies, social services, hospitals, prisons, family service agencies, probation departments, residential programs, elder services, community advocacy organizations, crisis centers, and human resource departments. While in placement, students participate in a weekly seminar on campus, in which they share their experiences and develop a heightened awareness of their placement site and the larger system of human services. 6 credits requires 225 internship hours, 9 credits requires 337.5 internship hours, and 12 credits requires 450 internship hours.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
6
Credits (max)
12
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Completion of all core courses in Human Services and successful completion of the Internship eligibility requirements. Students must have completed their
HMSV 4900Independent Study1-6
Credit(s) Independent Study is offered by request to outstanding students of junior or senior standing and requires approval of the professor, the Human Services Review Committee, and the chairperson of the Behavioral Sciences Department. Independent Study may take the form of special advanced readings or projects, or of problem formulation and research.
Subject
HMSV
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
6
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
