HS 101

Human service professionals are skilled to address the challenges of meeting human needs that arise from the problems of everyday living and the difficulties encountered in our modern world. This course presents both an introduction to and an overview of the Human Services field by examining conceptual underpinnings, historical antecedents and contemporary directions. The role of the helper, the belief system within the Human Service profession and common problems/issues face by the helper are explored. This course will assist the student in assessing his or her own desire to pursue a career in Human Services and will proved a sound theoretical foundation for subsequent courses in the major. This course will benefit any major students are pursuing as the content relates to working with all types of people in a community. This course fulfills the Social Sciences General Education requirement.