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| Social Work and Human Services: Advocacy Certificate |
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Total Units: 34.5 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
Description:
The Social Work and Human Services Advocacy Certificate of Achievement program 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 Social Work and Human Services Advocacy certificate program prepares students to work in a community setting at an entry level.
For students interested in a Degree, a Social Work and Human Services: Advocacy major 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.
Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the social work and human services field and its operational function in relation to client services; and
- Examine and perform various social work and human service roles within the profession incorporating counseling skills, ethical principles and sensitivity to diversity;
- Demonstrate ability to use research tools to locate and evaluate information that can be applied to the social work and human services field; and
- Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical principles in the behavioral sciences to help address the needs of social work and human services clients.
Program Requirements:
The requirements for the Social Work and Human Services: Advocacy Certificate program are:
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Complete 34.5 units from
- Social Work and Human Services: Advocacy Core Requirements
- Advocacy Emphasis Requirements
| Social Work and Human Services: Advocacy Core Requirements - complete 25.50 units |
| COUN 7 | Identity and Cultural Diversity | 3.00 |
| SWHS 80 | Introduction to Addiction Studies | 3.00 |
| SWHS 90 | Introduction to Social Work and Human Services | 3.00 |
| SWHS 91 | Skills and Techniques in Social Work and Human Services | 3.00 |
| SWHS 93 | Introduction to Case Management | 3.00 |
| SWHS 87 | Ethical Issues in Social Work and Human Services | 3.00 |
| SWHS 88 | Internship Practicum | 1.50 |
| SWHS 99I | Social Work and Human Services Internship Work Experience | 3.00 |
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
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| SWHS 92 | Introduction to Group Counseling | 3.00 |
| SWHS 96 | Co-Occurring Disorders | 3.00 |
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| Advocacy Emphasis Requirements - complete 9.00 units |
| SWHS 95 | Advocating for Social Change | 3.00 |
Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:
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| AJ 25 | Community Relations | 3.00 |
| AJ 53 | Juvenile Procedures | 3.00 |
| AJ 56 | Crime and Criminal Justice in Society | 3.00 |
| AJ 71 | Criminal Justice Interviewing & Counseling | 3.00 |
| ASL 1 | Elementary American Sign Language - Part 1 | 4.00 |
| CHLD 10 | Child Growth and Development | 3.00 |
| CHLD 53A | Introduction to Children with Special Needs | 3.00 |
| CHLD 90.1 | Child, Family, Community Interrelationships | 3.00 |
| COUN 20 | Sex and Gender | 3.00 |
| HLC 160 | Medical Terminology | 3.00 |
| PHIL 7 | Contemporary Moral Issues | 3.00 |
| PSYC 1A | General Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC 3 | Human Sexuality | 3.00 |
| PSYC 4 | Child and Adolescent Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC 5 | Abnormal Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC 7 | Theories of Personality | 3.00 |
| PSYC 30 | Social Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC 40 | Introduction to Psychology of Gender | 3.00 |
| PSYC 56 | Aging, Dying and Death | 3.00 |
| RELS 2 | World Religions | 3.00 |
| SOC 2 | Modern Social Problems | 3.00 |
| SOC 30 | Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality | 3.00 |
| SWHS 81 | Prevention and Education on Addiction | 3.00 |
| SWHS 82 | Pharmacological & Physiological Effects of Addiction | 3.00 |
| SWHS 83 | Family Systems in Addiction Studies | 3.00 |
| SWHS 92 | Introduction to Group Counseling | 3.00 |
| SWHS 96 | Co-Occurring Disorders | 3.00 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
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.
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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.
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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.
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Notes:
It is strongly recommended that students complete SWHS 88 and SWHS 99I in the final semester of taking the core requirements.
SWHS 92 and SWHS 96 can only count once.
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