HSER 450 - Current Issues in Human Services

5 Credits

Our society faces many seemingly intractable challenges, such as homelessness, poverty, and substance abuse, that interfere with the ability of all our citizens to reach their full potential. This course will explore in depth a few of these challenges. Students will learn about the causes and history of these challenging issues and examine possible solutions.

Pre-requisite(s) HSER 101 and ENGL& 101 minimum 2.0

Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - HSER
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Winter Evening

Designed to Serve Students pursuing the BAS Human Services
Active Date 20250520T14:13:01

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Overview of various human services-related challenges facing contemporary American society
History of human services issues such as homelessness, poverty, and substance abuse
Explore past and current strategies to address these challenges
Propose an innovative strategy to impact societal change

Student Learning Outcomes
Analyze the history and impact of select human services issues facing contemporary communities

Modify existing approaches used by communities to address a human service challenge for a given population

Create a proposal to positively impact change for a select population with a human services issue