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HUMAN SERVICES

HMS 109 (3 CR.)

STRUCTURED CAREER PLANNING IN HUMAN SERVICES

Overviews human services as a career field. Teaches career development skills for personal career planning and for use with clients. Includes a 9-hour computer component (word processing). Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 121 (3 CR.)

BASIC COUNSELING SKILLS I

Develops skills needed to function in a helping relationship. Emphasizes skills in attending, listening, and responding. Clarifies personal skill strengths, deficits, and goals for skill improvement. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 122 (3 CR.)

BASIC COUNSELING SKILLS II

Expands the development of counsELIng skills needed to function effectively in a helping relationship. Emphasizes skills in responding, personalizing, summarizing, and initiating. Clarifies personal skill strengths, deficits, and goals for skill improvement. Develops plans for achieving personal and program goals. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 141 (3 CR.)

GROUP DYNAMICS I

Examines the stages of group development, group dynamics, the role of the leader in a group, and recognition of the various types of group processes. Discusses models of group dynamics that occur as a result of group membership dynamics. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 142 (3 CR.)

GROUP DYNAMICS II

Examines group dynamics, group leadership, group cohesion, transference, and group helping through experiential involvement in group facilitating and leadership. Increases group skills through active classroom participation in group experiences. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 145 (3 CR.)

EFFECTS OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS

Provides information on the biochemical, physiological, and behavioral aspects of substance addiction and reviews the symptoms of addiction. Emphasizes areas of chemical dependency, medical epidemiology, physiological threats of addiction, and methods of identifying multiple drug abusers. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 225 (3 CR.)

FUNCTIONAL FAMILY INTERVENTION

Provides an understanding of functions and dysfunctions within the family. Emphasizes the development of effective skills through an interpersonal/interactional approach to family intervention. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 228 (3 CR.)

PRODUCTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

Develops problem-solving and program-development skills needed to function in helping relationships. Emphasizes skills-training within the classroom and application of the skills in other settings. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 251 (3 CR.)

SUBSTANCE ABUSE I

Provides knowledge, skills, and insight for working in drug and alcohol abuse programs. Emphasizes personal growth and client growth measures in helping relationships. Stresses various methods of individual and group techniques for helping the substance abuser. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 252 (3 CR.)

SUBSTANCE ABUSE II

Prerequisite is HMS 251. Expands knowledge and skill in working with the substance abuser. Focuses on assisting substance abusers in individual and group settings and explores client treatment modalities. May provide opportunities for field experience in treatment centers. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 255 (3 CR.)

ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE

Examines adaptive and injurious effects of alcohol on the adolescent. Teaches adolescent developmental tasks, behavior concepts, and principles. Explores specific treatment modalities. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 258 (3 CR.)

CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Focuses on the process for interviewing substance abuse clients. Includes intake, assessment, handling denial, and ending the interview. Teaches skills for writing short-term goals and treatment plans with emphasis on accountability. Examines various reporting devices. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 265 (3 CR.)

PERSONALITY THEORY

HMS 265 and PSY 225 cannot both be taken for credit toward graduation. Studies the theories of personality and their relationship to counsELIng. Emphasis is on the historical perspective, view of human nature, contributions, and limitations of each theory. Lecture 3 hours per week.

HMS 266 (3 CR.)

COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY

Studies major counsELIng theories, their contributions and limitations, and the application of each to a counsELIng interaction. Students develop their own personal counsELIng theory. Lecture 3 hours per week.

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