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  • 1.00 Credits

    This course provides an overview of the elements required for successful distance learning. Technological skills and learning strategies necessary for effective interaction with distance courses will be the focus of this interactive orientation. This course is highly recommended for anyone who enrolls in a distance education course. Distance learners may substitute for HMDV 1000 for EWC degree requirements. This course is offered for S/U or letter grade. 1 hour lecture. Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course is designed to teach skills and attitudes which enable students to achieve their academic goals. Areas addressed will include, note-taking, preparation for and taking test, memory and concentration, effective listening, writing skills, time management, goal setting, and other related skills. 2 hours lecture. Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course is designed to provide students with intensive study in developmental areas in order to improve placement test scores and move into appropriate college-level classes more quickly. Based on initial placement test scores which indicate a developmental-level class is required, students will be placed into a Reading, English, and / or Math section(s). Each section will meet in a face-to-face format for 1 hour credit. Students may be enrolled in a niminum of one and a maximum of three sections. At the end of the course, students re-take the placement test(s). Students will then be placed in new classes appropriate to the achieved score in each section in which they participated, based on their major and / or academic track. This course is associated with the Bridge Program. 1 - 3 hours lecture Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course defines the personal qualities and characteristics that contribute to student success as it teaches the attitudes and study skills that contribute to academic achievement. Students become more aware, discover self-motivation, accept personal responsibility, and master self-management techniques through in-class exercises, take-home assignments, and journal writing. The course provides instruction in listening, reading, writing, note-taking, and test-taking skills so that students acquire the disciplines that distinguish life-long learners. This course may be substituted for both HMDV 1000 and HMDV 1050 for EWC degree and elective requirements. 3 hours lecture. Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 1.00 Credits

    A class designed to emphasize those concepts, skills, and attitudes needed by an individual to have a successful work-related experience. Topics include: resumes, workplace ethics, customer relations, and other employment skills. 1 hour lecture. Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to be an interdisciplinary approach to library research and the I-Search paper, providing students with a variety of research skills and methods. It will stress the MLA documentation style. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking and analysis. Passing the course with a grade of "C" or better satisfies the Outcomes Assessment activity for Interdisciplinary Studies majors. Prerequisite: English 1010 with a grade of "C" or better. 3 lecture hours. Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to be an interdisciplinary approach to research and essay writing, providing students with a variety of research skills and methods. It will stress the APA/MLA documentation style. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking, analysis, and research. Passing the course with a grade of "C" or better satisfies the Outcomes Assessment activity for Interdisciplinary Studies majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 with a grade of "C" or better. Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides an introduction to the field of human services. It examines the roots of social welfare, social work and human services in the experience of man; a philosphical and historical orientation to human services and social work; roles and modes of intervention of social work relating to human needs and social issues; and survey of human services in the social welfare framework. The social, legal and ethical aspects of human services will be examined within the profession. 3 hours lecture. Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will assist students in developing the skills associated with effective case management in a human services setting. Students will explore the many factors affecting case management today including federal legislation, emerging client groups, technology, shifting demographics, new service delivery models, and the resulting legal and ethical dilemmas. Students will be required to complete a simulated case management project from initial screening to evaluation. 3 hours lecture. Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is the first of two experiential courses to allow students to perform in a practical way the theories and ideas expressed in the classroom. This aspect of the Human Services degree program will certify that students have successfully integrated the knowledge, skill and attitude of a human services professional in a real-life, client-based environment. It is the time for students to apply their classroom learning in a community-based human service setting (agency, school, health care facility, correctional facility, mental health facility). It is designed to enable the student to gain practical experience as a team member and to exand their base of knowledge about their particular human service interest and/or specialization. This course requires a minimum of 240 field hours. This course is offered for a S/U grade only. Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available