Students must spend a minimum of 15 hours per week in this capacity during the semester and maintain a log of their work activity. A review of accepted ways of addressing and resolving complex problems typically associated with the delivery of human services. Classroom exercises foster creative thinking through the use of exercises, simulations, role plays, etc. Techniques such as brainstorming, force-field analysis, and survival scenarios are utilized to attempt breakthroughs in thinking. Human Resources Development 3 credits This course looks at human resources from the viewpoint of vocational development.
Special emphasis is placed on the role of work in human functioning.
Factors in vocational choice and job satisfaction are examined. The ultimate goal of the course is an understanding of the social context in which individuals function, and of the barriers that are created to full human functioning. The social context includes especially ethnicity, social class, age, family, adaptation to change, and belief-value systems. The purpose of this course is to give the student an introduction to statistics as they are used in the social sciences. This includes the basic logic underlying descriptive, inferential, and non-parametric statistics, a knowledge of the concepts involved, and some familiarity with basic formulas.