23 courses with the subject HS, 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.
HS 110Intro to Social & Human Services3
This course introduces students to the study of Social & Human Services with a focus on increasing understanding of human behavior within social contexts. The course explores theories and research to increase our understanding of human behavior, social structures, and the social context in which people live to be able to address social problems such as poverty, homelessness, and abuse with a focus on promoting well-being. Students are exposed to the fundamental principles of Catholic Social Teaching including human dignity, solidarity, and common good.
This course provides an overview of the theories and techniques that undergird an effective helping relationship. Students will review the theories and practices skills developed within these theories. Professional issues and ethics will be discussed as it related to these helping skills and helping relationships.
This course focuses on group dynamics, process, roles and procedures in human services. Students are exposed to theories and techniques, with the emphasis on the effective facilitation of groups in human service settings
Students will explore the steps in ethical decision-making through the use of case studies of ethical dilemmas. Professional codes of ethics will be examined.
C- or higher in HS110 or PC201 or SO201 or CJ201 This course explores the ethical, legal, and professional issues inherent in social and human services professions.
HS 301Seminar in Aging3
This course provides an overview of the social, psychological, and biological processes relevant to the aging process. It explores both the opportunities and challenges associated with aging, including changes in social roles, spirituality, health, and finances. Implications of these changes are discussed in terms of social policy and social services for aging persons.
This is a skills-based course that introduces students to case management in social and human services. Students will gain knowledge and skills in gathering, organizing, and documenting case information, and consider the role of diversity in cases. Students will assess client needs and determine the types of data necessary to ensure ethical delivery of services and appropriate referrals. Students will practice essential interviewing skills and explore best practices in documenting and managing information from interviews.
This course focuses on the theory and techniques involved in effectively managing immediate crises experienced by individuals, families and communities. The course is oriented toward practical skills necessary to understand the dynamics of the crisis, assure client safety, interview clients in a crisis, implement appropriate coping strategies, stabilize, and make appropriate referrals.
This course provides an overview of the major theories and constructs of human development, behavior, and diversity with a focus on the reciprocal relationship between individual behavior and social environments at both the micro- and macro level. Social systems and conditions that facilitate or inhibit functioning and interactions at various stages of development are discussed to enable students to engage in effective service delivery to individuals and groups of diverse backgrounds. The course examines policy and research implications of human behavior in social environments. In keeping with the School’s mission, special attention is given to vulnerable populations and how social systems promote or deter the development of individuals and families.
Students gain skills in formulating appropriate research questions, collecting and analyzing data, testing relationships between variables, assessing reliability and validity issues, and engaging in ethical decision-making related to scientific inquiry. The course prepares students to understand statistical analyses, with an emphasis on interpretation rather than mathematical calculations. Students critically examine research for the purpose of understanding the appropriate use and potential abuse of statistics in social and human service research. Basic statistical procedures used in evidence-based practice and program evaluation are covered including descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, understanding tests of significance, confidence intervals, confounding variables, power, and univariate and bivariate statistics.
C- or higher in MA135 This course introduces students to methods of scientific inquiry in social and human service practice and delivery, while developing students’ ability to read scientific literature and critically evaluate the research design and statistical analyses.
HS 361Substance Abuse & Addictions I3
This course is an introduction to substance abuse and addictions, and includes the biological, neurological, genetic, social, and environmental mechanisms of substance abuse and addiction. DSM-5 criteria for substance-related and addictive disorders are reviewed in addition to commonly occurring comorbid disorders. Special attention is given to increasing students’ ethical and cultural understanding of the problem and its treatment. The reciprocal impact of addictions on the micro and macro systems is discussed.
This course is a continuation of HS361 and focuses on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse and addictions. Student will consider the 12 core functions of the counselor treating addictive disorders and providing relapse prevention: screening, intake, orientation, assessment, treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis intervention, client education, report and record keeping, consultation with other professionals, and referral. Multiple pathways to recovery using evidence-based strategies are reviewed while students consider ethical and cultural issues involved in treatment and prevention.
Historical, social, cultural, political, psychological, and legal aspects of family violence will be considered, along with its impact on individual and family functioning. The role of substance use and addictions in family violence is also considered. Professional and social responses that include identification and reporting procedures, prevention strategies, interventions, community resources, educational initiatives, and responses to the disclosure of family violence in agency and private settings are considered.
C- or higher in CJ201, HS110, PC201, or SO201 This course examines family violence across the lifespan in the context of an ecological system’s framework.
HS 370Social & Human Service Mgmt3
This course introduces students to essential theories and principles of social and human service administration and management, with a focus on nonprofit organizations. Topics covered including leadership, values, and management styles, strategic planning, budget and funding, human resource management, boards and other stakeholders, marketing, and communication.
Students will explore ethics and knowledge surrounding the methodology of choosing measurement tools and sampling design, conduct data analysis develop skills in data visualization and reporting, and focus on writing recommendations based on data.
C- or higher in HS350 or HS370, or permission of department chair This course introduces the students to the essential theories and concepts of needs assessments, program planning, program design, implementation, funding, and evaluation of effectiveness within a social welfare agency.
HS 372Conflict Resolution3
This course examines the nature of conflicts and various models of conflict resolution at the individual and group level as related to social and human service delivery. Students consider the role of values, communication style, and culture in the conflict and its resolution. Communication and management skills necessary for effective resolution will be considered including mediation, negotiation, and collaborative problem solving.
This course introduces students to social policy from a historical and contemporary perspective. Students examine the processes that influence social policy related to human service delivery. The impact of policy has on social justice and marginalized groups is examined.
This course introduces students to the history of social justice and advocacy, along with the conditions that lead to the need for social and human service advocates. The various roles of social and human service professionals, and processes in, advocating for individual, community, and social change are examined.
This one credit course prepares students for their field work experience. Students research potential sites, complete self-assessments and readings on self-care, prepare an appropriate resume, study and practice interview techniques, complete field placement paperwork, initiate interviews with possible placement sites, review literature about the population to be served, and complete the Field Placement Learning Agreement with agency. Placements are arranged by the student and must be approved by Program Chair the semester prior to taking HS383, HS384, HS483, or HS484.
This course will provide students with a supervised, field work experience, designed to build on the skills and concepts learned in the coursework. Students will work in a social service agency under the supervision of agency staff and College faculty. Work will be guided and evaluated by both the BAC faculty supervisor and the field placement supervisor. This is a 135-hour on-site course. While in the placement, students participate in a weekly seminar with Belmont Abbey faculty. Students taking this course may be required to take and pass a background check by the agency. Students are responsible for paying the background check fees. Background check procedures vary by agency, so students will wait until they have been accepted at a placement to complete the background check process. Students concerned about passing a background check should contact the program chair to discuss options. (3 credits)
B or higher in HS381 or permission from Department Chair.
HS 384Field Work in Addictions 14
This course will provide students with a supervised, field work in addictions, designed build on the skills and concepts learned in the coursework. Students will work in a social and human service agency providing prevention, assessment, or treatment of addictions under the supervision of agency staff and College faculty. Work will be guided and evaluated by both the BAC faculty supervisor and the field placement supervisor. This is a 180-hour on-site course. While in the placement, students participate in a weekly seminar with Belmont Abbey faculty. Students taking this course may be required to take and pass a background check by the agency. Students are responsible for paying the background check fees. Background check procedures vary by agency, so students will wait until they have been accepted at a placement to complete the background check process. Students concerned about passing a background check should contact the program chair to discuss options. (4 credits)
B or higher in HS381 or permission from department chair.
HS 483Field Work in Social Services 23
This course continues the field work at a social service agency under the supervision of agency staff and College faculty. Work will be guided and evaluated by both the BAC faculty supervisor and the field placement supervisor. This is a 135-hour on-site course. While in the placement, students participate in a weekly seminar with Belmont Abbey faculty. Students taking this course may be required to take and pass a background check by the agency. Students are responsible for paying the background check fees. Background check procedures vary by agency, so students will wait until they have been accepted at a placement to complete the background check process. Students concerned about passing a background check should contact the program chair to discuss options. (3 credits)
B or higher in HS383 or HS384; Junior or Senior status.
HS 484Field Work in Addictions 24
This course continues the field work in addictions under the supervision of agency staff and College faculty. This is a 180-hour on-site course. While in the placement, students participate in a weekly seminar with Belmont Abbey faculty. Students taking this course may be required to take and pass a background check by the agency. Students are responsible for paying the background check fees. Background check procedures vary by agency, so students will wait until they have been accepted at a placement to complete the background check process. Students concerned about passing a background check should contact the program chair to discuss options. (4 credits)
The capstone course is a comprehensive research project in which the student integrates their theoretical and experiential knowledge from across the Social & Human Services curriculum. Student will identify a social and human service issue or service gap, research the social, cultural and theoretical reasons for the gap, and discuss potential social, cultural, and theoretical solutions in a formal research paper of approximately 25 pages.
