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Degrees

Undergraduate: A major in Human Services Leadership leads to the Bachelor of Science Degree.

 

The Major(s), with Emphases and/or Options

Human Services Leadership Major 

Recommended for students who are preparing for, or currently hold, positions in human service agencies and institutions.  Students can elect to enroll in one of two delivery methods: On-campus or Online (100%). 

• Required Credits: 40 minimum 

• Required Courses: 
  • Human Services 203, 310, 320, 325, 335, 340, 360, 385, 415, 420, 421, 422, 440 

• Electives: 3 credits taken from the following approved list of courses: 
  • Any non-required 300 or 400 HSL course not previously used 
  • Education 235 
  • Educational Foundations 377, 380 
  • Health Education 310 
  • Political Science 321 
  • Psychology 305, 331, 391 
  • Sociology 321, 339 
  • Women’s and Gender Studies 339, 353 

 

Admission to the Human Services Leadership Program & Internship I 

Students will be admitted into the Human Services Leadership Program & Internship when the following requirements have been met: 

• Major GPA of 2.75. 

• Combined GPA of 2.50 and 65 credits earned. 

• Completion of a minimum of three courses in the Human Services Leadership major: Human Services 203, 310 and 385. 

 

Admission to the Human Services Leadership-Advanced Internship 

Students will be admitted into the Human Services Leadership Advanced Internship under the following conditions: 

• Combined GPA of 2.5. 

• Human Services major GPA of 3.00. 

• Completion of the following courses: 
  • Human Services 203 
  • Human Services 310 
  • Human Services 320 
  • Human Services 325 
  • Human Services 335 
  • Human Services 340 
  • Human Services 360 
  • Human Services 385 
  • Human Services 415 
  • Human Services 440 (May be taken concurrently with Advanced Internship.) 

 

For Field Experiences: Internship (120 hours) & Advanced Internship (280 hours) 

• Applications for all field experiences are required and due in March for the following summer and fall semesters and in October for the spring semester. 

Comment: Exceptions to the above admissions policy will be made on an individual basis. 

 

The Certificate(s)

Human Services  

This certificate is available to any UW Oshkosh undergraduate student. 

• Required GPA: 2.00 

• Required Credits: 9 crs. minimum 

• Required Courses: 
  • Human Services 111 

• Electives: Complete two courses from the following: 
  • Human Services 353, 375, 376, 378, 379, 386, 391 

 

Course Offerings

 

Human Services    111	3 (crs.)
Exploring Human Services
A study of the individual in the environment, applying methods of psychology to understanding information provided by a review of the self. A description of various psychological models of personality, human learning, communications, and coping is followed by application of the various models to data from participants. Prerequisite: Open to any student who has not completed and is not currently enrolled in HUMAN SV 203.
Human Services    203	3 (crs.)
Introduction to Human Services
A survey course introducing the roles, functions, history, and future of human service workers from a generic skills perspective. Provides opportunities for career exploration. Prerequisites: Human Services major, minimum 2.5 combined GPA, minimum 56 credits or instructor consent.
Human Services    204	1 (crs.)
Professional Career Skills in Human Services Leadership
This seven-week or fourteen-week course is recommended if you are beginning to prepare for professional internships and relevant work experience. Through a process of learning about career planning and implementation, you will gain knowledge of how to effectively search for careers that are personally and professionally satisfying. You will also learn how to effectively interview, conduct an internship/job search, utilize networking contacts, and create a successful resume and how to do effective company research. Prerequisites: 45 credits completed, declared major in Human Services Leadership. Special course fees may apply.
Human Services    310	3 (crs.)
Interpersonal Relations in the Helping Professions
Basic human services skills, including listening and interviewing, decision making and problem-solving strategies will be presented, discussed, demonstrated and practiced. Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 203 and Human Services major.
Human Services    320	3 (crs.)
Human Behavior and Strategies For Intervention
This course presents a wide variety of theories and research findings. The theories cover both internal and external factors that influence human behavior. The main focus of the course is assessment in human services; that is, material is presented to help the student identify why people do what they do and to evaluate the strengths and deficits in an individual’s development. Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment with HUMAN SV 203, 310, and 360.
Human Services    325	3 (crs.)
Internship
Supervised experiences focusing upon human relations skills in human services.  The student has the appropriate environment to observe, participate, and integrate accepted practice in human services.  Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment with HUMAN SV 203, 310, and 360.
Human Services    335	3 (crs.)
Globalization in Human Services
This course will examine the life chances and social welfare within a globalized political-economic context focusing on poverty and anti-poverty development programs worldwide, as the major theme of study. It describes the impact of U.S. political, military and corporate policy on other nations. Students will develop a sense of self-understanding and cross-cultural awareness based on respect for differing ways of life. Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment with HUMAN SV 203, 310, and 360.
Human Services    340	3 (crs.)
Social Issues and Solutions in Human Services
A course focuses on social situational analysis and human service program planning by collecting information about identified social issues/problems, synthesizing it by using the logical framework analysis as a tool that can be used in all human service projects at all stages-from design through implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all human services programs, projects and other tools of advocacy. Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment with HUMAN SV 203, 310, and 360.
Human Services    351	3 (crs.)
Task Group Strategies in Human Services
A study of the knowledge and skills involved in working with task groups within human services. Specific strategies will be emphasized through experiential learning in the areas of observation, communication, and problem solving. Prerequisites: Open only to students in the Human Services Certificate Program.
Human Services    353	3 (crs.)
Domestic Violence
The course will familiarize students with the problem of domestic violence. Special emphasis will be given to spouse abuse, the cycle of violence, alternatives available to the victim, legal options, and counseling approaches used.  Aspects of prevention, community intervention will be explored, along with the historical perspective and contributory factors such as sex-role stereotypes, social violence, and cultural norms. Cross-listed: HUMAN SV 353/ WG STDS 353.
Human Services    360	3 (crs.)
Program Evaluation and Grant Writing
Evaluation research is the process of using social science research methods to study, appraise and help improve programs in non-profit organization systems, governmental departments and businesses. Program Evaluation is an important component of strategic planning – working to improve the effectiveness of an organization. The ability to conduct an evaluation research will help to prepare you for leadership roles in the human services workplace. The ability to develop a Grant Proposal for program funding will provide you with an opportunity to fund your proposed program plan. Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 203 and 310.
Human Services    375	1 – 3 (crs.)
Current Issues in Human Services
This course will consist of lectures, discussions and activities on current trends, issues, problems and services in the field of Human Services. Themes of the course number of credits will vary from 1-3 depending on specific issues/topics.
Human Services    376	3 (crs.)
Conflict Resolution in Human Services
Conflict can be the energy that drives creativity and innovation. Left unharnessed, it can lead to the unraveling of families, organizations and communities. This course addresses the methods and processes that facilitate the useful energy inherent in conflict and while promoting positive engagement and peaceful resolution. Students will learn the knowledge and skills to understand conflicts and theory-based strategies of intervention and resolution. Students will assess and develop their own conflict resolution style and develop knowledge and skills in: conflict theory, negotiation, mediation, group facilitation, advocacy and other third-party interventions.
Human Services    377	3 (crs.)
Family and Community Advocacy
Studies the knowledge and develops the skills for acquiring power for families and communities through advocacy processes.  Skills include outreach, use of public and private records, interacting with agency staff, documenting and analyzing problems, use of census reports and state and federal statutes writing press releases, letters to the editor and networking with other activists. 377/577
Human Services    378	3 (crs.)
Refugees, Migration and Human Services
This course focuses on social situational analysis of migration including the causes, the ethical and legal issues involved, the impact upon individuals and refugee communities, and the implications for human services. The course offers a comprehensive introduction to migration and human services, together with the option to focus broadly on related areas including human rights, refugee law, settlement and citizenship, gender matters, psychological and psycho-social issues, language, community and welfare concerns, theories of ethnicity, Diaspora and exile. The course places emphasis on the lived experience of refugees and of refugee communities. Drawing on students’ personal contacts with refugees and refugee communities, the course aims to develop a fuller appreciation of refugee experiences, needs, and achievements within a human services context.
Human Services    379	3 (crs.)
Crisis Intervention in Human Services
This course focuses on the situational analysis of crisis in clients and client group experiences, and the intervention necessary to mitigate such crisis situations. The course will offer a comprehensive introduction to crisis and crisis intervention as a human services response, together with the option to focus broadly on related situations of crisis including domestic abuse, suicide, disasters, & trauma, kidnapping, grief and bereavement, serious illness and disability, workplace and schoolhouse violence, substance abuse, cults, critical incident stress, etc. These subjects are of course, not inclusive of every possible critical incident where crisis intervention skills can be used. However, they cover some of the most common ones encountered within the venues of human services practice. The course will place emphasis on the lived experience of clients and client groups in which human services professionals may find themselves. The purpose is to provide a blending of empirically-based academic theory with practical, real world approaches on handling the most pressing and contemporary critical incidents in human services agencies today.
Human Services    385	3 (crs.)
Financial Sustainability in Non-Profit Organizations
This course is designed for students to develop knowledge and skills related to the diverse mix of funding streams that are necessary for the nonprofit to achieve sustainability. The course will cover the 501 (3) (c) reporting requirements, basic accounting information, marketing, investments, grants and other sources of income/support. The impact of economic trends will be reviewed. Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 325. Completion of HUMAN SV 340. Minimum GPA 2.5, cumulative 2.75 major.
Human Services    386	1 – 3 (crs.)
Psychology of Drug Use and Abuse
Surveys the psychological, sociological, medical, and legal facets of the drug use and abuse problem as it affects our society today. Emphasizes societal pressures which contribute to the problem, personality characteristics of drug abusers, the drugs most commonly abused, and research upon those drugs. Examines the orthodox and unorthodox treatment and rehabilitation programs which are presently operating. 386/586
Human Services    388	3 (crs.)
Community Sustainability and Human Service Principles & Applications
This course will put the word “Sustainability” spirit into the HSL program curriculum and human service practice. In human services we are bent on improving the human conditions in our global community, particularly by listening and taking seriously minorities’ voices in the “developed” world and women’s and poor men’s voices in “developing” countries. This analysis of environmental problems is linked specifically to life chances outcomes and more generally to quality of life and essential freedoms. The NOHSE code of ethics requires you as a human services professional, to advocate for the disadvantaged in your community, so that they have fair access to education for capacity building, healthcare and job training: racial, gender, sex-orientation and age equity; environmental risk reduction and protection from impoverishment. Advocacy for the disadvantaged is best thought of not as a social goal in and of itself, but as inherently embedded in the pursuit of social justice. Therefore, your understanding of these environmental problems, your logical evaluation of society’s responses to them, and your ability to advocate for the disadvantaged in the execution of duty in your human services career, are important goals of this course.
Human Services    389	3 (crs.)
Multicultural Issues and Diversity in Human Services
This course is directed at helping students to broaden their knowledge of diverse cultures through experiential activities consisting of group discussions, interactive teamwork, and individual ethnic self-identification exercises. The course also provides students with the tools for identifying and addressing diversity and how cultural belonging influences human services workers and consumers. By examining the definitions and practices of multicultural approaches to human service practice and society. It considers National Organization of Human Services’ multicultural expectations for and of students and practitioners.
Human Services    391	3 (crs.)
Trauma Informed Care in Human Services
Recent developments within the mental health field over the past two decades have come to emphasize the importance of trauma-informed care. This course will provide a fundamental understanding of the underlying theories in trauma-informed care, its historical antecedents as well as the definition and explanation of the current field termed trauma-informed care. This course will focus on how to help clients of all ages, cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds who are struggling with trauma, including historical trauma. This course will cover a broad overview of the sociological, psychological and socioeconomic impact of trauma on the individual, community, region and nation as well as provide appropriate intervention strategies.
Human Services    411	3 (crs.)
Laboratory in Human Services Program Planning
Simulations, laboratory exercises and experiential learning techniques are used to develop program planning and program management skills in human services settings. Prerequisites: HUMAN SV 320, 340 and 360.
Human Services    415	3 (crs.)
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Human Services
An introductory course providing an overview of the legal aspects in the field of human services and implications for the human services worker. Included are such topics as liability, confidentiality and privilege, records and rights of clients, due process and equal protection in terms of staff and clients, discrimination, and witnessing. A unit on ethics will also be included. Prerequisites: Human Services and Legal Studies emphasis students only. Human Services students: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 325.
Human Services    420	3 (crs.)
Advanced Internship
Supervised experiences which enable the student to observe, participate, and integrate accepted practice in the field of human services. Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 440 and Admission II. Concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 420/421/422 is required.
Human Services    421	3 (crs.)
Advanced Internship
Supervised experiences which enable the student to observe, participate, and integrate accepted practice in the field of human services. Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 440 and Admission II. Concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 420/421/422 is required.
Human Services    422	1 (crs.)
Advanced Internship Seminar
This course is a seminar in which the student analyzes, integrates and evaluates his/her field experience.  Discussion, readings and individual presentations are in the instructional methods. Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 440 and Admission II. Concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 420/421/422 is required.
Human Services    440	3 (crs.)
Leadership and Decision-Making in Non-Profit Organizations
This course will address theories, principles and practices of leadership in non-profit organizations. Students will explore strategies and leadership styles unique to organization, gender and culture. Focus will be on understanding all facets of leadership as it relates to nonprofit organizations and their stakeholders. Economic decision-making will be addressed as it is related to growth and viability, as well as organizational decline. Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in HUMAN SV 325. May be taken concurrent to HUMAN SV 420/421/422, Major Field Experience.
Human Services    496	1 – 3 (crs.)
Independent Study
An independent study in the Human Services Program for students who would pursue in depth an idea, process, or belief related to human services. Prerequisite: The outline of the student’s proposal must be approved prior to registration.

 

Professional Counseling    101	2 (crs.)
Introduction to Higher Education for First-Year Students
An introduction to the nature of higher education and a general orientation to the functions and resources of the University with the purpose of facilitating a positive adjustment to the first year of college. Students will explore the purposes of the General Education curriculum, develop an understanding of the teaching/learning process, learn to use campus resources effectively, engage in self-assessment and goal-setting, initiate a personal development plan, and learn effective behavior, time, and money management strategies. This course is intended for students in their first semester of college. Prerequisites: Limited to students who have earned 15 or fewer college credits. Students with more than 15 earned credits require instructor consent.
Professional Counseling    201	1 (crs.)
Academic and Career Exploration
This course is recommended for all students who are undecided about an academic program and career choice. Through the process of self-exploration, they will learn how to match personal interests and expectations with satisfying academic and career options. Students will assess themselves, research academic and career alternatives, and make decisions based on timely and factual information. Prerequisite: Less than 45 credits or instructor consent.
Professional Counseling    202	1 (crs.)
Career Planning and Implementation
This course combines lecture, discussion and collaborative group work to assist a student in preparing for professional internship and professional work experiences. The focus is on self-understanding, implementing current career information, decision-making skills, forming an action plan, creating a resume/cover letter and developing interviewing skills. Students will also learn the importance of researching companies and how to conduct an effective job/internship search. Special course fees may apply.