11 courses with the subject MAH, 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.
This course will help students improve their academic and professional writing skills. By creating and refining a variety of professional documents (proposals, reports, web-based prose, PowerPoint presentations, and academic research), students will learn to write with clarity, conciseness, correctness and conviction.
This course focuses upon psychological development throughout life span. Emphasis is placed on developmental theories and concepts focused on biological, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of growth and change. Students have the opportunity for assessment of their own developmental process, self-needs and strengths. Theories are applied to students’ personal and professional experience.
This course evaluates the efficacy of the traditional Western-European paradigm underlying the social science field and social practice perspectives. Social science literature utilizes a myriad of theoretical perspectives and research approaches to enhance students’/practitioners’ understanding of various aspects of culture, race, sexuality, socioeconomic status, ability, gender etc. Emphasis is given to these and other constructs that are relevant for effective service delivery. Finally, the course reveals the elusive concept of privilege and power and how it is woven into the discourse and interaction between dominant and oppressed groups.
The course focuses on the principles of professional ethics in helping relationships with the primary attention given to ethical and philosophic traditions from a variety of continents and epochs in history. Consideration is given to multi-cultural concerns, codes of ethics in human services, and ethical issues faced by clients in helping relationships. Approaches to values are distinguished (e.g. philosophical, psychological and interdisciplinary).
It is only through effective and efficient management practices that human service agencies can achieve a broad humanistic vision. This course will provide students with a variety of management tools models and perspectives essential for creating and maintaining efficient practices and effective strategies within human services organizations.
This course focuses upon the descriptive analysis of data and presentation of findings. Research findings will be analyzed, findings presented, and collusions will be drawn. Additionally, recommendations for future study will be explored. Limitations to methodology will be documented along with implication of these limitations. Students will be introduced to research LINCOLN UNIVERSITY 2026
This course provides comprehensive attention to theory and research related to group dynamics and what makes groups function effectively. Types of groups are examined and roles and leadership in groups are studied. Additional topics to be explored are: a) groups as systems; b) group development, c) group decision-making, d) power in groups, e) conflict management, f) behavior in face-to-face groups relative to task completion, g) relationships among group members, h) technology and virtual groups, and i) facilitation of group context and process. Integration of knowledge is emphasized throughout the course via group assignments.
This course examines participatory planning as a systematic process for creating community change. It critically analyzes the sociopolitical context and core concepts of “planning for change,” major models and methods of practice, and practical tools for engaging community members, assessing community strengths and needs, setting goals and making action plans, building support and collaborative partnerships for implementation, and evaluation as a participatory community-based approach. Emphasis is placed on working with oppressed groups in racially segregated and economically disinvested areas.
This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to examine social welfare structure, policies and programs to understand their relevance to the delivery of human services to populations in need. The course examines social welfare policy historically, conceptually, and ideologically. Students will be able to identify basic issues, concepts, values, frameworks and ethical issues that define social welfare policy and influence their ability to work with diverse groups and populations at risk and to think critically using an analytic approach to highlight the forces/issues (political, economic, ideological) that facilitate or inhibit changes in social policies and human service programs.
This course will address the concept of case management as a mechanism used by human service systems to enable consumer access to the services provided as part of an agency’s or organization’s function. The case management concept will be discussed in relation to the history of social and human services development across various organizations, conditions and groups of people. The seven phases of case management will be included and discussed from various perspectives. Theories skills and techniques will be identified and practiced in relation to the seven components. Case management will be discussed in relation to social welfare and health care policies developed in the 1960s through present day legislation. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY 2026
Total 33 credits
Source: Lincoln University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
