Human Service Professionals and Personal Systems: HSP 301
Instructor: Dr. Trula Nicholas
Course Description {for more info}:
Explores personal systems in relation to other systems with an emphasis on motives, values, personal communication, and self-determination.
Course Description {for more info}:
Explores personal systems in relation to other systems with an emphasis on motives, values, personal communication, and self-determination.
Learning Outcomes
* Analyze your reasons for becoming a human services professional.
* Demonstrate awareness of your values, reaction patterns, strengths, and limitations in diverse contexts.
* Recognize and describe yourself as a system that is interconnected with larger systems.
* Assess how your personal dispositions impact the successful delivery of human services.
* Demonstrate awareness of your values, reaction patterns, strengths, and limitations in diverse contexts.
* Recognize and describe yourself as a system that is interconnected with larger systems.
* Assess how your personal dispositions impact the successful delivery of human services.
Assignments
Attendance
It is expected that students will attend all class session, arrive to class on time, return from breaks on time, and remain for the duration of the class. Consistent attendance and timeliness is an important part of your development as a human service professional.
Homework
Several times throughout the quarter you will be given homework assignments. These assignments will relate directly to the readings you will be doing for the following week and/or the discussions we are engaged in during the class sessions. Descriptions of each homework assignment will be provided at least one week before it is due.
Advisor Meeting
I will be serving as your academic advisor for the first three quarters in the Human Services Program. Also, I enjoy to talking to students one-on-one about their academic and professional goals. To this end, each student will set up a 30 minute appointment with me to discuss these goals and so that we can get to know each other. It is your responsibility to set up and prepare for the meeting.
Essays
During the quarter you will write two short essays that focus on the learning outcomes for this course. The first essay on altruism and the second essay is a personal reflection. A detailed description of the requirements for each essay along with evaluating criteria will be provided in class.
Presentations
Each student will have an opportunity to give two presentations during the quarter. Requirements for each of these presentations and the criteria to be used for evaluating will be given out at least one week prior. The first presentation was a standpoint speech about two topics of our choosing and the second presentation was about ‘Who am I’.
It is expected that students will attend all class session, arrive to class on time, return from breaks on time, and remain for the duration of the class. Consistent attendance and timeliness is an important part of your development as a human service professional.
Homework
Several times throughout the quarter you will be given homework assignments. These assignments will relate directly to the readings you will be doing for the following week and/or the discussions we are engaged in during the class sessions. Descriptions of each homework assignment will be provided at least one week before it is due.
Advisor Meeting
I will be serving as your academic advisor for the first three quarters in the Human Services Program. Also, I enjoy to talking to students one-on-one about their academic and professional goals. To this end, each student will set up a 30 minute appointment with me to discuss these goals and so that we can get to know each other. It is your responsibility to set up and prepare for the meeting.
Essays
During the quarter you will write two short essays that focus on the learning outcomes for this course. The first essay on altruism and the second essay is a personal reflection. A detailed description of the requirements for each essay along with evaluating criteria will be provided in class.
Presentations
Each student will have an opportunity to give two presentations during the quarter. Requirements for each of these presentations and the criteria to be used for evaluating will be given out at least one week prior. The first presentation was a standpoint speech about two topics of our choosing and the second presentation was about ‘Who am I’.
Course Alignments 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 – Provide knowledge of human systems including individual, interpersonal, group, family, organization, community, and society and their major interactions.
#13 – Address the conditions that promote or limit optimal human functioning.
#17 – Learning experiences shall be provided for the student to develop his or her interpersonal skills.
#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
#12 – Provide knowledge of human systems including individual, interpersonal, group, family, organization, community, and society and their major interactions.
#13 – Address the conditions that promote or limit optimal human functioning.
#17 – Learning experiences shall be provided for the student to develop his or her interpersonal skills.
#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