14 courses with the subject CHSV, 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.
F (3 SH) This course will introduce students to the field of Human Services and prepare them to work as professionals in a variety of service settings. Students will learn the history, theories, and purposes of Human Services, as well as get exposure to the multitude of helping settings in which graduates work.
This course will introduce students to the field of Human Services and prepare them to work as professionals in a variety of service settings. Students will learn the history, theories, and purposes of Human Services, as well as get exposure to the multitude of helping settings in which graduates work.
This course provides an introduction to social justice studies. Students are offered a comprehensive overview of the ways injustice manifests in contemporary society and how narratives are built to maintain structures of privilege and/or marginalization. Questions of power, discrimination, institutionalized deprivation and oppression are explored through surveying philosophical, theological, sociological, cultural, feminist, environmental and political theories of justice. Cross-listed: SJUS 202G and SOCY 204.
This course provides students the opportunity learns professional skills and shadow professionals at their worksites. With the help of their professor, students will select one or more counseling and/or human services organizations and observe day-to-day- tasks completed by various professionals. Students spend approximately 5 workdays in the field, totaling 40 hours. Experiential observation is complemented by individualized mentor meetings with faculty.
Planning, executing and analyzing the outcomes of program evaluation in human service fields. Basic statistics, evaluation methods and the use of evaluation outcomes to improve services will be stressed. Prerequisite: CHSV 201S
This course focuses on learning essential elements of the counseling relationship and specific skills necessary for effective counseling. Students will be expected to develop a personal understanding of the presence, empathy, boundaries, and the stages of psychotherapy. Students will also be expected to develop a variety of communication skills, including empathic listening, support, confrontation, and non-verbal communication. Cross-listed: PSYC 425
Specialty Studies (21 Semester Hours)
This course introduces students to older adults, which will comprise the majority of health care recipients in students’ future careers. Physiological/psychological functioning, common health problems, and the nurse’s role in caring for older adults are addressed. The course incorporates service-learning activities in a local continual care community setting. Cross- listed: NURS 309.
Students are given an opportunity to develop beginning skills in providing direct services to clients in a variety of
This course builds on the foundational skills learned in CHSV 305, Counseling I, and expands development of skills and interventions used in clinical mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, counseling/clinical psychology, and clinical social work. Advanced skills and interventions include learning theory and practice in the areas of crisis intervention and addictions. Prerequisites: PSYC 201S, CHSV 201S, CHSV 305
This course involves the application of learning principles to solve practical problems of behavior. Students complete a self- modification project of their choosing. The project includes planning, measurement, record keeping, change implementation, and an oral report integrating behavior principles with their own behavior modification experience.
Provides opportunity for exploration in depth of selected topics and areas of interest to the human services field. Topics include families and children in crisis, homelessness, job skills training, meeting the needs of diverse populations and crisis assistance. Prerequisite: CHSV 201S
This is the capstone course in human services, an overview of past and present approaches to providing human services. Psychological and sociological research bases for current human services practices will be emphasized. A major paper is required. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing, and CHSV 201S.
Source: Pfeiffer University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
