HS Professional and Global Systems: HSP 406
Instructor: Susan Kincaid
Course Description {for more info}:
Explores societal and global systems in relation to human services systems, with an emphasis on advocacy, change, and social justice.
Course Description {for more info}:
Explores societal and global systems in relation to human services systems, with an emphasis on advocacy, change, and social justice.
Learning Objective
* Articulate a process for analyzing specific societal and global systems, structures, and issues, identifying the influence of political ideologies, and designing strategies to initiate and sustain change.
* Identify and analyze political ideologies that influence global dynamics.
* Identify and evaluate techniques used internationally including global activist and non-governmental organizations that can support the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and human services delivery.
* Assess your knowledge, skills, and theory of social movements and reflect on your ability to be proactive in global social change strategies and the influence of human services values, attitudes, and ethics in relationship to those strategies.
* Analyze the systemic issues related to culture, diversity, and social class in the context of societal and global systems.
* Identify and analyze political ideologies that influence global dynamics.
* Identify and evaluate techniques used internationally including global activist and non-governmental organizations that can support the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and human services delivery.
* Assess your knowledge, skills, and theory of social movements and reflect on your ability to be proactive in global social change strategies and the influence of human services values, attitudes, and ethics in relationship to those strategies.
* Analyze the systemic issues related to culture, diversity, and social class in the context of societal and global systems.
Assignments
Weekly Attendance
Core classes provide the opportunity for students to practice professional skills in a safe setting. Skills include articulation of ideas, active listening, interpersonal dialogue, and group facilitation. Students are expected to complete reading prior to class, bring texts and notes, participate in activities and dialogue, and contribute to the learning community. We will be dealing with difficult and sophisticated issues this quarter in an attempt to understand how larger systems in the world affect clients and services. It is critical that discussions are conducted with respect for multiple perspectives and value systems. Students are encouraged to present facts in support of their perspectives.
Online Learning Community
Participate online by posting 3 substantive comments each week.
News Analysis and Comparison Paper
Compare and contrast two versions of the same news story from two different news sources. The story should be of global significance. Version #1 should come from a corporate news source. Version #2 of the same story should come from an independent news source.
Research Report
Each student will research a topic and write a report, present the information to the class, and participate in a panel discussion regarding the topic. The intent of this assignment is for the class to present information to each other that will deepen the knowledge on specific issues. Present facts and analysis, not simply your opinions. This report should include information from the book you read.
Research presentations & Panel Discussions
Each student will present a synopsis of his or her findings to the class. Informal presentations. Your presentation should be based on and reflect the major assertions of your paper.
Goodbye Presentation
It’s important to bring six quarters of core to closure—it’s been a major part of your lives for two years! Some of you will be surprised at how attached you have become to each other.
Final Paper
In this paper, you should synthesize and integrate information from course materials including texts, articles, websites, and the reports and dialogue of others.
Core classes provide the opportunity for students to practice professional skills in a safe setting. Skills include articulation of ideas, active listening, interpersonal dialogue, and group facilitation. Students are expected to complete reading prior to class, bring texts and notes, participate in activities and dialogue, and contribute to the learning community. We will be dealing with difficult and sophisticated issues this quarter in an attempt to understand how larger systems in the world affect clients and services. It is critical that discussions are conducted with respect for multiple perspectives and value systems. Students are encouraged to present facts in support of their perspectives.
Online Learning Community
Participate online by posting 3 substantive comments each week.
News Analysis and Comparison Paper
Compare and contrast two versions of the same news story from two different news sources. The story should be of global significance. Version #1 should come from a corporate news source. Version #2 of the same story should come from an independent news source.
Research Report
Each student will research a topic and write a report, present the information to the class, and participate in a panel discussion regarding the topic. The intent of this assignment is for the class to present information to each other that will deepen the knowledge on specific issues. Present facts and analysis, not simply your opinions. This report should include information from the book you read.
Research presentations & Panel Discussions
Each student will present a synopsis of his or her findings to the class. Informal presentations. Your presentation should be based on and reflect the major assertions of your paper.
Goodbye Presentation
It’s important to bring six quarters of core to closure—it’s been a major part of your lives for two years! Some of you will be surprised at how attached you have become to each other.
Final Paper
In this paper, you should synthesize and integrate information from course materials including texts, articles, websites, and the reports and dialogue of others.
Course Alignment with CSHSE National Standards
The standards below are taken from the National Standards of the Council for Standards in Human Service Education {for more info}. Standards are met in more than one course, but specifications may be met in only one course. Below are the specifications that have been designated for inclusion in this course.
#12 - The curriculum shall include knowledge and theory of human systems, including individual, interpersonal, group, family, organizational, community, and societal and their interactions.
#13 - The curriculum shall address the conditions that promote or limit human functioning.
#18 - The curriculum shall provide knowledge, theory, and skills in the administrative aspects of the services delivery system.
#19 - Transmit the major human service values and attitudes to students in order to promote understanding of human service ethics and their application in practice
#20 - Provide experiences and support to enable students to develop awareness of their own values, personalities, reaction patterns, interpersonal styles, and limitations.
#12 - The curriculum shall include knowledge and theory of human systems, including individual, interpersonal, group, family, organizational, community, and societal and their interactions.
#13 - The curriculum shall address the conditions that promote or limit human functioning.
#18 - The curriculum shall provide knowledge, theory, and skills in the administrative aspects of the services delivery system.
#19 - Transmit the major human service values and attitudes to students in order to promote understanding of human service ethics and their application in practice
#20 - Provide experiences and support to enable students to develop awareness of their own values, personalities, reaction patterns, interpersonal styles, and limitations.