Human Services Foundation

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

• Hours: 1
• Credits: 0
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• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course prepares students to be successful in a post-secondary learning environment by discussing and developing strategies related to time management, financial management, wellness and resilience. Students will also develop skills associated with academic preparation and personal development and apply these to their studies. In addition, students will explore the range of college services available that contribute to a successful college experience.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

This course will support students in gaining a greater awareness and understanding of their own personal attributes and their fit with human service careers. Students will examine the relationships among human service attributes, intrapersonal attitudes and interpersonal professional behaviours. Specifically, they will analyze intrapersonal attitudes in order to develop interpersonal professional behaviours and demonstrate those behaviours through oral and written communication.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course will provide students with opportunities to deliberate on a range of career options in the field of human services and determine the “goodness-of-fit between those careers and their own unique personality, expectations, and strengths. They will explore the range of careers in the human services and analyze the professional requirements associated with those careers. Specifically, they will investigate how those careers contribute to the health and wellness of individuals and communities and develop a career path that combines personal attributes with career expectations.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course will provide the student with learning tools that will help them to improve basic arithmetic skills and to develop reasoning and problem solving skills. It is designed for students to help them bridge any existing gap between their current preparation and college level math.

Topics include: fractions, decimals, ratios and proportions, percent, metric system and an introduction to algebra and trigonometry.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course combines the numerous theories of human growth and development, as well as practical application of the material as it relates to the human services field. It includes physical, social, intellectual, emotional and behavioural development from the contest of both family and community. The course also examines unusual and abnormal development or behavioural patterns. One hour weekly seminars provide a human services related perspective to the material, each one focusing on a specific phase of the life span.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.