Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College · Courses
HSER
6 courses with the subject HSER, 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.
HSER 1001Introduction to Human Services3
This course provides a theoretical overview of beginning concepts in human services including the history and future of human services, the social welfare system, strategies of intervention, the helping role, professional ethics, diversity, values and human services. Also integrated into the course is a special focus on Human Service practice within the American Indian community.
An introduction to the helping process, the course surveys the basic elements and contemporary strategies used in the field including case management, problem assessment, planning, documentation, professional ethics, and evidence-based practice. Basic skill development will be enhanced through case management and coordination along with service-learning activities within the community. The course will also address the unique helping process with American Indian communities and diverse groups.
This course is designed to increase the student's level of competency in conducting effective counseling interviews and establishing and developing counseling relationships. Using case study, classroom participation, and videotape, the student will develop competency in listening, influencing, and intervention skills, basic counseling skills, and the skills involved in conducting full interviews, including skills in working with special populations and situations, including cultural and gender issues. Additional content on counseling Indigenous populations.
The course is designed as an introduction to the study of family systems theory, family dynamics, and the major theories of family counseling. Students will develop an understanding of family systems, develop basic skills in counseling family systems, and participate in classroom and outside assignments designed to increase awareness of the development of family dynamics within their own family system and across the changing sociological and cultural spectrum. Also, integrated into this course is a special focus on American Indian family systems and cross-cultural practice methods.
This course is the off-campus experiential learning component of the program. The emphasis is on gaining practical experience in using the techniques and knowledge gained in the classroom. Students will complete the contracted hours of supervised experience at the selected practicum site. Students will choose, with instructor approval, the site for the practicum, and determine objectives and goals of the practicum with the field supervisor and the instructor. Students will complete all requirements of the written contract, plus arrange and meet with the instructor on a weekly basis.
This course is the off-campus experiential learning component of the program. The emphasis is on gaining practical experience in using the techniques and knowledge gained in the classroom. Students will complete the contracted hours of supervised experience at the selected practicum site. Students will choose, with instructor approval, the site for the practicum, and determine objectives and goals of the practicum with the field supervisor and the instructor. Students will complete all requirements of the written contract, plus arrange and meet with the instructor on a weekly basis. Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Catalog 2026-2027 Page 147 of 180
