Human Services Seminar and FieldPracticum I

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Classroom study in seminar setting along with 140 hours of off-campus fieldwork.Students are placed in human service agency where they engage in intensivesupervised work experience. Classroom work emphasizes discussions of fieldexperiences and development of student's role as a human service professional.Explores issues relating to professional ethics and responsibilities, includingboundaries and confidentiality along with application of theories of helping.Registration in this course requires that students purchase liability insurancethrough the College. Fieldwork component is completed primarily during dayhours. Enrollment requires permission of instructor and submission ofpreplacement forms and essay. (offered fall semester only) (3 hrs. seminar, 8 hrs.laboratory totaling 140 field hrs.) Prerequisite: Admission to Human Servicescurriculum and grade of C or better in HUS101 and HUS103. Corequisite:HUS205.