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Courses
HSPD 295 - Mental Health Issues and Addiction
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
This course probes the issues relating to individuals with both mild to chronic and short to long-term mental health and illness challenges. Areas explored include Schizophrenia, Cognitive and Personality Disorders, Stress and Adjustment Disorders, Mood and Dissociative Disorders and Addiction. Interventions such as behavior modification, medication and other related topics will also be discussed.
HSPD 110 - Role and Competencies of the Human Service Worker
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
This course focuses on developing knowledge of the roles, responsibilities and competencies required of a Human Services Worker. Depending on the employment setting and the kinds of clients being served there, job titles and duties may vary. This is an opportunity for each student to investigate their area of specialization.
COMM 125 - Intercultural Communication
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
Successful, healthy, and productive intercultural relationships comprise a major part of human services work. This course focuses on building self-awareness, the intercultural communication process, and the development of professional communication skills with a variety of cultures.
HSPD 250 - Community Development and Advocacy
Sept 2022 - Oct 2022
The purpose of this course is to enable students to acquire the skills needed to participate in achieving constructive social change through the process of community involvement and advocacy. Both theories and practical applications will be discussed with a focus on the values of community work and power, and how social structures are developed, maintained and changed. Students will be encouraged to actively engage in community involvement for this course.
HSPD 245 - Family Systems, Dynamics and Support
Sept 2022 - Oct 2022
In this course, the student will gain a better understanding of family relationships, the roles within the family, and the dynamics between these relationships as family members move through time. An overview of the major conceptual frameworks used to understand the patterns and dynamics that operate in families will also be discussed. Subject matter includes models of family functioning, family developmental stages, the stages of family evolution and stressors that families may face.
HSPD 281 - Children and Youth at Risk
June 2022 - July 2022
This course examines children and youth at risk in Canada. The course will explore issues facing this population, such as youth crime, substance abuse, schooling, family problems, peer pressure, alcoholism and poverty. Legal system and community implications, youth justice practice and solutions to delinquency problems will also be addressed. Special emphasis will be assigned to various roles, prevention strategies, interventions, knowledge and skills human services professionals need when dealing with youth at risk.
SOCI 255 - Introduction to Gender and Women Studies
June 2022 - July 2022
This remote course informs and engages students on issues, theories and concepts and trends in gender and women’s studies. The course examines various spectrums in the field, such as government policies, technology and the media and impacts on women and gender. Women’s theories, such as feminism, current and historical movements, as well as their influences are analyzed. Issues of sexuality, including reproduction, gender violence and gender relations are also explored, for example: What is gender equality? What is gender power?
HSPD 243 - Professionalism II
June 2022 - Dec 2022
This course offers students an opportunity to learn from experience – “learn by doing”. Students will secure a practicum/s and will gain valuable practical experience as an education assistant by the end of this course. Students will be engaged in regular 2-hour seminars /workshops as outlined on page 8 of this syllabus. Each student will be journaling about her/his learning and progress achieved, and meeting with the Director Human Services Programs as scheduled to review progress. Each student will be under the supervision of the Human Services Program Chair and/or Practicum Advisor. Attendance at all scheduled seminars/workshops and practicum appointments is compulsory. Prerequisite: Successful completion of appropriate courses as identified by the department.