HUMAN SERVICES COURSES (HUMSV)
HUMSV 110 - INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN SERVICES
Prerequisite: COMPASS reading score of 81 or higher, or equivalent, or department approval. This course provides an introduction to the field of human services, its basic principles, and the roles and functions of the human services professional. The characteristics of populations with whom the human services professional works will be a focus of this course, along with current social issues and ethical codes workers in this field face.
3 Credit Hours (TC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 111 - HUMAN SERVICES APPLICATIONS I
Prerequisite: Approved reading placement score, or equivalent, or department approval. In this course, students will gain a practical understanding of their role in the helping professions. They will become familiar with the characteristics and types of problem behavior of specific at-risk populations as well as basic skills and techniques necessary to work successfully with those clients.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 114 - INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
This course teaches students about the major types of developmental disabilities, including information about their incidence, casual factors, significant characteristics, treatment, and prevention.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 120 - SURVEY OF PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION
This course is an introduction to the concept and application of psychiatric rehabilitation. The course has four major themes - the understanding of psychiatric disability and current approaches to treatment; the mental health system and surrounding legal issues; psychiatric rehabilitation through vocational skills training; and family and community support systems. Under the direction of an on-site agency supervisor, students will also spend thirty- two hours in observational experiences. Observation and interactive experiences will focus on inpatient milieu and general activities, case management, vocational training, skills training, and consumer activities.
4 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 2
HUMSV 121 - PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION SKILLS
In this course the student will learn about a rehabilitative approach to serving individuals with serious mental illness. This course has five major themes: basic interviewing and listening skills, skills training and performance, preventing and managing aggression, assessment and treatment planning, and crisis intervention.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 122 - PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION HEALTH SKILLS
This course examines three dimensions of wellness - physical, emotional, and environmental - involved in a rehabilitative approach to serving individuals with serious mental illness. Students will learn the fundamentals of physical wellness, including diet, nutrition, exercise, sanitation, disease prevention and control, and the special considerations necessary for persons with serious mental illness.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 123 - VOCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY LIVING SKILLS
In this course, students examine vocational rehabilitation and community living skills related to a rehabilitative approach to serving individuals with serious mental illness. The focus of the course is on developing skills for working with community, state, and federal agencies that serve mental health consumers. Under the direction of an on-site agency supervisor, students will also spend a minimum for thirty-two hours in observational experiences, the focus of which is vocational rehabilitation and case management for mental health consumers.
4 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 2
HUMSV 124 - FAMILY SYSTEMS IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
Prerequisite: HUMSV 110 or department approval. This course teaches students about the types of families who seek assistance from the human services system, interventions and strategies to assist those families, and appropriate functions and roles of human services paraprofessionals in the helping process.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 125 - CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
Prerequisite: HUMSV 110 or department approval. This course teaches students about their own culture/heritages in comparison to others with reference to behaviors, interaction, and values. Through greater understanding of self and others, students will be able to develop helping approaches that are culturally sensitive.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 127 - COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS
This course teaches students about community resources for at-risk populations and how to help human services consumers access entitlement programs.
1 Credit Hour (OC) - Lecture Hours: 1 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 151 - CRISIS AND SUICIDE INTERVENTION
This course is designed to prepare students to understand the nature of several psychological and social issues such as suicide, stress, mental illnesses, anxiety, substance abuse, and domestic violence. Students will also learn basic prevention and intervention strategies to deal with such issues.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 152 - CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM
This course will provide students with an understanding of the basic child welfare policies, practices, and programs related to children and families in Illinois. They will understand how children enter the system, what happens to children while they are in the system, and how the child will exit the child welfare system.
1 Credit Hour (OC) - Lecture Hours: 1 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 154 - MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
This course is an empirically-backed prevention tool used to improve the knowledge of mental health problems through learning to assess the situation, select and implement appropriate interventions, and secure appropriate care for individual's experiencing a mental health problem.
1 Credit Hour (OC) - Lecture Hours: 1 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 155 - SOCIAL CLASS AND THE HELPING PROFESSIONS
This course is an examination of how social class is defined in the American culture and the role it plays in an individual's view of self and world. Students will have an understanding of how social class dynamics may impact working with individuals in the helping professions through case studies, experiential learning, and literature review.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 156 - YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
This course will provide instruction in assisting a young person who may be in the early stages of developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis.
1 Credit Hour (OC) - Lecture Hours: 1 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 200 - HUMAN SERVICES APPLICATIONS II
This course introduces students to the skills and strategies essential to effective communication in paraprofessional positions. Students will gain practical experience using effective interaction techniques with at-risk populations and documentation skills needed in human services settings.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 205 - GROUP DYNAMICS
Prerequisite: HUMSV 110. A practical foundation will be laid for creating and leading groups within the helping professions. Grounded in theory, a strong focus will be on practice and skill development.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 212 - UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA
In this course, students will learn about the types and characteristics of dementia, the relationship of dementia to other mental health disorders in older persons, care giving issues and concerns, and the roles of human services paraprofessionals working with older persons who are experiencing dementia and their families.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 213 - ISSUES IN ABUSE
This course teaches students about abuse and neglect of children, domestic violence, and abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older persons. Topics of discussion will include: the historical context of abuse, demographics of abuse, common myths about abuse, methods of investigating abuse, and cultural differences in abuse.
3 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 215 - HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Prerequisite: HUMSV 110. This course explores the dynamics of human behavior across the lifespan. It examines how various aspects of the social environment impact the functioning of individuals and subsequently determines the needs and resources required by the people being served within the field of human services.
3 Credit Hours (TC) - Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
HUMSV 250 - HUMAN SERVICE INTERNSHIP
Prerequisite: HUMSV 110, HUMSV 111, and HUMSV 200 all with a grade of "C" or better or department approval. This course discusses weekly seminar topics relevant to the laboratory component which occurs in selected community agencies under the supervision of both agency and college personnel.
2 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 1 Laboratory Hours: 3
HUMSV 255 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Prerequisite: HUMSV 110 with a grade of "C" or better and department approval. This course provides a student the opportunity to work on a specific project, research, or other specialized study related to individual academic needs. A written plan for the independent study project is developed with a faculty member (including a detailed description of the project, the number of credit hours assigned to it, the evaluative criteria to be used, and other relevant information), and the project is carried out under the direction of the faculty member. The written plan is submitted to the dean/associate dean for approval and remains on file within the department. The student also submits a final written report to the faculty member.
1 to 5 Credit Hours (OC) - Lecture Hours: 0 Laboratory Hours: 3 to 15