This Option will prepare students to work in community social service agencies. Graduates work as paraprofessionals in group homes, drug and alcohol treatment centers, and other social services agencies. Paraprofessional job titles include casework aide, clinical social work aide, family service assistant, social work assistant, addictions counselor assistant. The curriculum provides basic courses for the first two years of a four-year curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree in social work or counseling. This degree provides the student with the 270 hours of course work required by The Certification Board, Inc. for the Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) certification and the Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LCADC) licensure.
Upon successful completion of the program students will
A. Placement for HS 207 and HS 208, the Human Services Program Field Experience I and II course sequence, will be in a social service agency.
B. PCCC requires two (2) Writing Intensive courses in order to graduate.
Code | Name | Credits |
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Communication (9 credits) | ||
EN 101 | Composition I | 3 |
EN 102 | Composition II | 3 |
Mathematics (3 credits) | ||
MA 103 | Basic Statistics | 3 |
Science (4 credits) | ||
BS 100 | Human Biology | 4 |
Technology (3 credits) | ||
CIS 101 | Computer Concepts and Applications | 3 |
Social Science (9 credits) | ||
PS 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
SO 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
Humanities (3 credits) | ||
PH 106 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 |
General Education (6 credits) | ||
PS 102 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
SO 105 | Social Problems | 3 |
Code | Name | Credits |
---|---|---|
HS 101 | Introduction to Human Services | 3 |
HS 203 | Counseling Techniques | 3 |
HS 204 | Group Dynamics | 3 |
HS 207 | Human Services Program Field Experience I | 4 |
HS 208 | Human Services Program Field Experience II | 4 |
Code | Name | Credits |
---|---|---|
HS 209 | Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior | 3 |
HS 210 | Counseling and Treatment of Addictions | 3 |
PS 203 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
SO 203 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
First Semester | Credits |
CIS 101 Computer Concepts and Applications | 3.0 |
EN 101 Composition I | 3.0 |
HS 101 Introduction to Human Services | 3.0 |
MA 103 Basic Statistics | 3.0 |
PS 101 Introduction to Psychology | 3.0 |
Total | 15.0 |
Second Semester | Credits |
BS 100 Human Biology | 4.0 |
EN 102 Composition II | 3.0 |
HS 203 Counseling Techniques | 3.0 |
HS 209 Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior | 3.0 |
SO 101 Introduction to Sociology | 3.0 |
Total | 16.0 |
Third Semester | Credits |
HS 204 Group Dynamics | 3.0 |
HS 207 Human Services Program Field Experience I | 4.0 |
PH 106 Introduction to Ethics | 3.0 |
PS 102 Human Growth and Development | 3.0 |
SO 105 Social Problems | 3.0 |
Total | 16.0 |
Fourth Semester | Credits |
HS 208 Human Services Program Field Experience II | 4.0 |
HS 210 Counseling and Treatment of Addictions | 3.0 |
PS 203 Abnormal Psychology | 3.0 |
SO 203 Sociology of the Family | 3.0 |
Total | 13.0 |