Human Services: Advocacy (AA) Counseling Total Units: 35.5

Term Effective: Fall 2021

The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.

Term Inactive: Fall 2023

Associate Degree Requirements:

The major is one of several requirements students need to fulfill in order to be awarded the Associate Degree, the highest level of academic achievement recognized by Santa Rosa Junior College. Please note that all of the following requirements must be met in order for the degree to be conferred:

For all students admitted for the Fall 2009 term or any term thereafter, a grade of "C" or better, or "P" if the course is taken on a pass/no pass basis, is required for each course applied toward the major.

Previous Versions:

Human Services: Advocacy - effective Fall 2020
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Fall 2019
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Fall 2017
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Fall 2016
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Fall 2012
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Spring 2011
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Spring 2010
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Fall 2009
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Fall 2008
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Spring 2008
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Spring 2007
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Fall 2004
Human Services: Advocacy - effective Fall 2003

Description:

The Human Services Advocacy major is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the skills needed in human rights advocacy. In today's complex society, social service agencies are required to provide for the economic and emotional needs of those in difficulty. These agencies have a need for responsible individuals with some college background to provide various services. The Human Services Advocacy program prepares students to work in a community setting at an entry level.

For students interested in a Certificate of Achievement, a Human Services: Advocacy certificate is available.

Employment options include working with non-profit agencies as well as local, state and federal agencies. Examples of these agencies are job training programs, residential settings and private social service agencies.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the human services field and its operational function in relation to client services;
  2. Examine and perform various human service roles within the profession incorporating counseling skills, ethical principles and sensitivity to diversity;
  3. Demonstrate ability to use research tools to locate and evaluate information that can be applied to the human services field; and
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical principles in the behavioral sciences to help address the needs of human services clients.

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Human Services: Advocacy program are:

  • Complete 35.5 units from
    • Human Services: Advocacy Core Requirements
    • Advocacy Emphasis Requirements
    • Information Learning Resources Requirement

Human Services: Advocacy Core Requirements - complete 25.50 units
COUN 7Identity and Cultural Diversity3.00
HUSV 80Introduction to Addiction Studies3.00
HUSV 90Introduction to Human Services3.00
HUSV 91Skills and Techniques in Human Services3.00
HUSV 93Introduction to Case Management3.00
HUSV 87Ethical Issues in Human Services3.00
HUSV 88Internship Practicum1.50
HUSV 99IHuman Services Internship Work Experience3.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
HUSV 92Introduction to Group Counseling3.00
HUSV 96Co-Occurring Disorders3.00
 
Advocacy Emphasis Requirements - complete 9.00 units
HUSV 95Advocating for Social Change3.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
AJ 25Community Relations3.00
AJ 53Juvenile Procedures3.00
AJ 56Crime and Criminal Justice in Society3.00
AJ 71Correctional Interviewing & Counseling3.00
ASL 1Elementary American Sign Language - Part 14.00
CHLD 10Child Growth and Development3.00
CHLD 53AIntroduction to Children with Special Needs3.00
CHLD 90.1Child, Family, Community Interrelationships3.00
COUN 20Sex and Gender3.00
HUSV 92Introduction to Group Counseling3.00
HLC 160Medical Terminology3.00
HUSV 96Co-Occurring Disorders3.00
PHIL 7Contemporary Moral Issues3.00
PSYCH 1AGeneral Psychology3.00
PSYCH 3Human Sexuality3.00
PSYCH 4Child and Adolescent Psychology3.00
PSYCH 5Abnormal Psychology3.00
PSYCH 7Theories of Personality3.00
PSYCH 30Social Psychology3.00
PSYCH 40Introduction to Psychology of Gender3.00
PSYCH 56Aging, Dying and Death3.00
RELS 2World Religions3.00
SOC 2Modern Social Problems3.00
SOC 30Race and Ethnic Relations3.00
 
Information Learning Resources Requirement - complete 1.00 units
LIR 10Introduction to Information Literacy1.00

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

It is important that students who are completing an Associate Degree and desire to transfer to a four-year institution meet with a counselor to plan their lower division coursework. While many majors at SRJC are intended to align with lower division major preparation required by California public universities, specific lower-division major requirements vary among individual campuses. See a counselor, visit the Transfer Center, and check Guides For Transfer in Specific Majors, and ASSIST to review transfer preparation guides for specific schools and majors.

Notes:

It is strongly recommended that students complete COUN 91 and COUN 99I in the final semester of taking the core requirements.

CHILD 10, COUN 92, COUN 94, COUN 96, PSYCH 4, PSYCH 5 and PSYCH 56 can only count once.

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