10 courses with the subject BHS, 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.
BHS 3003Introduction to the Helping Professions
The Introduction to the Helping Professions course is meant to help the student to understand the variety of areas one can impact the world in the area of Human Services. It is designed to provide a strong foundation for those who desire to work in a variety of menta health, correctional, educational, and social services settings wher the emphasis is upon the helping relationship.
Human development across the life span addresses the nature and needs of individuals throughout all developmental levels from birth Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2025-26 to the end stage of life, following a developmental thematic approach (i.e., psychological, sociological, moral, career development, and physiological). Thematic approaches and stage theories are the platform that students will use to explore techniques that may be applied directly in organizations providing human services.
This course is a broad-based study of the family that specifically focuses on contemporary shifts in the modern American family structure. Significant attention is paid to social historical context, cultural diversity, and economic conditions that bear on family life. The emotional and behavioral aspects of marriage and family life such as love, communication, and conflict are considered, and problems including intimate violence, child abuse, poverty, separation, and divorce are explored. The decision to have children is discussed as is the experience of parenthood including roles and relationships of parent and children.
This course serves as an introduction to the phenomenon of drug use and abuse in society, beginning with a historical perspective and continuing to the present day. Psychological, physical, socio- economic, and spiritual ramifications of drug use and abuse are examined. Prescription and recreational drugs are addressed, with special attention to commonly abused drugs. Drug abuse signs and symptoms as well as the role of substance abuse professionals in treatment, relapse prevention, and the recovery process are delineated.
BHS 3123Understanding Addiction and Addictive Behavior
The student will gain an understanding of Drug Use and Abuse, beginning with a historical perspective and continuing to the present day. Psychological, physical, socio-economic, and spiritual ramifications of drug use and abuse are examined. Students examine and reflect on the impact of substance use disorders on society as a whole, communities, family systems, and individuals. Distinctions are made between the use and abuse of various substances with emphasis on human behavior associated with experimentation, drug use, dependency, drug abuse, and addiction. Current substance abuse prevention strategies at the local, state, regional and national level are described, with focus on the role of the substance abuse counselor in prevention.
Case Management (CM) is a process, a best practice, a skill set, and a professional self-management tool utilized by Human Services professionals (e.g., substance abuse counselors). This course covers the following CM topics: documentation, interviewing, taking social histories, administering and interpreting assessment forms, referencing and applying the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) designations to special problems (i.e. substance use disorders), receiving and releasing information, as well as planning continual recovery strategies for clientele. Learners will explore the client/consumer planning process; making referrals and assembling a treatment or service record; recording significant case events using non-judgmental behavioral language; monitoring services; and the process of case termination. Attention will be l given to CM ethics and the self-care necessary for Human Service e professionals and substance abuse counselors to maintain a healthy professional life in an emotionally demanding occupation. BHS/PSY 4053 Counseling and Psychotherapy Counseling and Psychotherapy supplies an overview of the major theories of counseling as well as practical techniques and 1 3 1 | Page
BHS 4073Internship I and II (Completed twice fortotal)6
The Substance Abuse Counselor Certificate may be completed and earned independently of and prior to completion of a Bachelor’s degree. Total 45 BHS | Human Services Courses
Treatment Systems provides a review of historic and current treatment approaches to substance abuse. From individual interventions to support groups, treatment options based in traditional and alternative medicine are analyzed and rated in terms of efficacy. Local, state, regional, and national treatment resources are identified. Ethical standards for intervention, case management, and treatment methods are stipulated. The role of the substance abuse counselor in intervention, treatment and recovery is of focus. PSY | Psychology Courses
