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HS 475
Program Planning and Evaluation
3 credits (CS)
This course provides an examination of
the theories and applied techniques for
planning, implementing, and evaluating
human service programs in
organizations and communities.
Components of plans, needs
assessment, and funding are some of
the topics that this course addresses,
and the political and social pressures
affecting policy formation will be
identified. (Offered annually)
Prerequisite: EN 201 Academic Writing II
and HS 240 Introduction to Counseling.
Senior status only, or permission of the
program director
HS 499
Senior Capstone
3 credits (CS)
This course will enable students to
achieve maximum integration of
knowledge, skills and values that have
been explored through previous
courses. Senior Human Services majors
will complete a research project about a
particular human service problem.
They will complete a literature review
on their topic, collect and analyze data,
and write a research report. (Offered
annually)
Prerequisites: HS 343 Intervention Strategies,
and eligible for graduation upon completion of
the course, or permission of the instructor
Humanities
HU 099
Foundations of Reading
3 non-degree credits
Students will develop technical and
college-level vocabulary while
practicing textbook attack strategies
and critical comprehension skills. This
course prepares students for HU100
Fundamentals of College Reading.
Placement is based upon entrance
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reading test. The grade for this course
will not be calculated into the GPA;
however, students who fail this course
will be dismissed from the College.
(Offered during Pre-Freshmen Summer
College Only)
HU 100D
Fundamentals of College Reading
3 non-degree credits
Students will develop critical thinking
and logic skills while improving
comprehension and cognition skills
through the use of effective reading
strategies in preparation for collegelevel
reading assignments in various
disciplines. This course provides three
college credits which are factored into
the GPA. However, these credits are
taken in addition to the total credit
requirements of the student's major
program. Placement is based upon an
entrance reading test. Ordinarily,
students are expected to complete this
course by the end of their first year of
college (September to September or
January to January). Students who
participate in Summer College (August)
prior to their first year of school must
complete this course by the end of that
academic year (May). Students who fail
this course twice will be dismissed from
the College. (Offered on an ―as
needed‖ basis)
HU 160
Introduction to Philosophy
3 credits (AS)
This course introduces the central
problems of philosophy and their
cultural and intellectual foundations. It
considers solutions proposed by some
of the greatest thinkers of the Western
philosophical tradition, and some from
non-Western traditions as well. The
material covered includes selections by
both current and historically important
philosophers and explores basic