5 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 1231Introduction to Human Services4
| Lecture This is a course designed to investigate the nature and scope of public service careers in a contemporary society. The course also examines the organizational structure of public service agencies and the effect that agency organization has on policy-making, planning, funding and relationships with other agencies. This course includes a 20-hour, outside of class, mini-internship.
| Lecture This course is presented as a general concept which is useful in all professions and occupations whose task is to help people deal with their relationships to other people, solve problems which inhibit capacity for healthy growth and development, and cope with the many social and environmental concerns which affect and control daily life. The primary focus is on interpersonal and planning skills which help people to be more effective as practitioners within the human services. Prerequisities: HSER 1231
| Lecture This course provides an analysis of the principles of interviewing; how to observe and communicate effectively, obtain information, give and interpret information, sense the impact of the situation on both the interviewer and the person being interviewed. This course is intended to develop a skill in establishing an interpersonal relationship. Prerequisities: HSER 1231 P a g e | 81
Variable credit | Internship This course encompasses fieldwork experience in a Human Service agency. The emphasis is an ongoing practical experience in using the techniques and knowledge gained in the classroom. The level of work progresses from the simple to the more complex and is under the direct supervision of agency professionals and the field coordinator. A weekly seminar to discuss the field experience is also required. A total of four credits is required. Four credits may be taken in one semester or two credits may be taken in each of two semesters. Prerequisities: HSER 1231, HSER 1232, HSER 1233
