Human Services
The Human Services program is designed to prepare students for employment opportunities in day care centers, mental health centers, school systems, long-term and acute-care facilities, chemical dependency centers, and the centers for the developmentally disabled.
Students must complete the general education requirements, area of emphasis requirements and choose at least one of the Human Service options to complete the two-year degree. Options available are the: 1) General Option , and 2) Addictions Option . Students who choose to complete both Human Services options will earn a Human Services AAS degree in each option.
Human Services General Option
Associate of Applied Science Degree
| General Education Requirements | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Level I (WR1) | 3 | ||
| U.S & Wyoming Constitution (POLS 1000) | 3 | ||
| ARTS/DIV/HUM/IT/WR2 | 2 | ||
| MATH/APPM/LSCI | 3 | ||
| ORAL | (In program) | ||
| SOC | (In program) | ||
| PEAC/UNST/WELL | 1 | ||
| Program Requirements | |||
| CNSL | 2100 | Case Management | 3 |
| CNSL | 2300 | Counseling For Helping Professions | 3 |
| CO/M | 1030 | Interpersonal Communication (ORAL) | 3 |
| EDFD | 2450 | Human Life Span Development | 3 |
| HMSV | 1010 | Orientation to Human Services | 3 |
| HMSV | 1110 | Ethics for Helping Professions | 3 |
| HMSV | 1200 | Field Experience in Human Services I | 4 |
| HMSV | 2000 |
Human Services Administration |
3 |
| HMSV | 2110 | Field Experience in Human Services II | 4 |
| HMSV | 2120 | Field Experience in Human Services III | 4 |
| PSYC | 1000 | General Psychology (SOC) | 4 |
| Program Electives | |||
| Student to choose 12 credits from courses in the following | |||
| Departments: ARAP, CNSL, CO/M, CRMJ, EDFD, FREN, HMSV, NAAS, PSYC, SHOS, SOWK, SOC, SPAN, WMST | 12 | ||
| General Electives | 3 | ||
| TOTAL | 64 | ||
Human Services Addiction Option
Associate of Applied Science
The Associate of Applied Science addictions option is designed for those individuals wishing to work in the addictions field. The option is designed to prepare people to obtain their Certified Addictions Practitioner Assistant Certification (CAPA) from the State of Wyoming. People completing this option, and obtaining their CAPA would most likely work within inpatient or outpatient drug or alcohol treatment programs, detoxification centers, and drug court programs.
| General Education Requirements | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Level I (WR1) | 3 | ||
| U.S & Wyoming Constitution (POLS 1000) | 3 | ||
| ARTS/DIV/HUM/IT/WR2 | 2 | ||
| MATH/APPM/LSCI | 2 | ||
| ORAL | (In program) | ||
| SOC | (In program) | ||
| PEAC/UNST/WELL | 2 | ||
| Program Requirements | |||
| CNSL | 2100 | Case Management | 3 |
| CNSL | 2300 | Counseling For Helping Professions | 3 |
| CNSL | 2310 | Introduction to Group Counseling | 3 |
| CNSL | 2320 | Addictions Assessment* | 3 |
| CNSL | 2330 | Counseling Diverse Populations | 3 |
| CNSL | 2340 | Theories of Counseling | 3 |
| CO/M | 1030 | Interpersonal Communication (ORAL) | 3 |
| HMSV | 1010 | Orientation to Human Services | 3 |
| HMSV | 1110 | Ethics for Helping Professions | 3 |
| HMSV | 1200 | Field Experience in Human Services I** | 4 |
| HMSV | 2110 | Field Experience in Human Services II** | 4 |
| HMSV | 2120 | Field Experience in Human Services III** | 4 |
| HMSV | 2130 | Understanding the Addictions Process | 3 |
| PSYC | 1000 | General Psychology (SOC) | 4 |
| PSYC | 2210 | Drugs and Behavior | 3 |
| General Electives | 3 | ||
| TOTAL | 64 | ||
* It is recommended students take HMSV 2130 prior or concurrently with this class.
** Must be at approved addiction sites.