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Introduction to Human Services

Credits: 3
Course Number: 10-520-101

Course Description

10-520-101 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN SERVICES...Examine the evolution of the human services field. Distinguish the various types of human service agencies and occupations available in the field. Demonstrate the qualities of the professionals. Assess boundaries and ethical issues commonly found in the human services profession. Apply reflective practitioner techniques.

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall

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Credit for Prior Learning

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What will I learn?

  1. Analyze the impact of social services on the human experience and how things have changed in past decades.
  2. Acquire first-hand experience by volunteering a minimum of ten hours in a human service agency.
  3. Examine the history of human services in the U.S.
  4. Determine the populations that various human services agencies serve.
  5. Characterize helping strategies between human service agencies.
  6. Identify the characteristics of the helping profession as linked to personal attributes.
  7. Discriminate between ethical and unethical behavior in human service personnel.
  8. Explain the personal qualifications necessary for employment in the human service field.
  9. Formulate a plan to avoid human service worker burnout.
  10. Explain how human diversity affects human service delivery.
  11. Develop a philosophy of life that includes valuing continual educational growth.

Class Details

Class Number:
21474
Delivery:
Blended - Less than 50% Online
Term:
Spring 2025
Session:
8W1
Instructors:
Michelle Grimm
Date Range:
-
Estimated Cost:
$496.55 *

Class Notes

  • This class is taught through a combination of in-person and online instruction. Students will attend live portions of the class at the dates, times, and location specified. The remaining instruction will be accessed anywhere using internet. For more information regarding this delivery and how to access your class, see www.nwtc.edu/blendedfaq.

Meeting Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location(s)
01/27/25 - 03/17/25 Anytime
Anytime
Online
01/27/25 - 03/17/25 M
12:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Green Bay Campus Room CC123

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