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HMSV22 — Survey of Community Services

3 credits · 3 hours

<b><font color="7A0018">Begins Fall 2025</b></font><br> This course is designed to introduce students who are seeking careers in Human Services to community resources that facilitate the helping process. Students will become acquainted with various agencies, organizations (profit & nonprofit), and institutions that offer promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation within the community. Other components of this course address the importance of advocating for community empowerment, participation, and change. Students will also begin the process of gaining a sense of self in relationship to community, and develop an understanding of social dynamics as they relate to power structures.

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