Program: Human Services AAS Degree
CIP: 15.1599
List All Courses Required And Identified Competencies
Competencies / Course Number / Course Title
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
x / x / x / x / DAAC 1319 / Introduction to Alcohol and Other Drug Addictions
x / x / x / x / x / x / x / CHLT 1209 / Community Ethics
x / x / x / x / x / x / CHLT 1302 / Wellness and Health Promotion
x / x / x / x / x / CMSW 1309 / Problems of Children and Adolescents
x / x / x / x / x / SCWK 1321 / Orientation to Social Services
x / x / x / x / x / x / PSYT 1329 / Interviewing and Communication Skills
x / x / x / x / CHLT 1340 / Community Health Advocacy
x / x / x / x / GERS 1342 / Aging and Mental Health
x / x / x / x / x / x / PSYT 2335 / Family Systems
x / x / x / x / x / x / x / PSYT 2345 / Principles of Behavior Management and Modification
x / x / x / x / x / x / x / PSYT 2321 / Crisis Intervention
x / x / x / x / x / x / x / DAAC 1317 / Basic Counseling Skills
x / x / x / x / x / x / x / x / PSYT 2164 / Practicum/Field Experience-Clinical Psychology
x / x / x / x / x / x / x / x / CHLT 2166 / Practicum/Field Experience- Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
x / x / x / x / x / x / x / x / CMSW 2166 / Practicum/Field Experience- Clinical/Medical Social Work
ENGL 1301 / Composition I
ENGL 1302 / Composition II
MRKG 1301 or SPCH 1315 or SPCH 1318 / Customer Relationship Management or Fundamentals of Speech or Interpersonal Communications
PSYC 2301 / Introduction to General Psychology
MATH 1342 / Introduction To Statistics
GOVT 2301 or SOCI 1301 / Constitutions, Federalism & Participation or Introduction to Sociology
Humanities or Visual/Performing Arts elective / Elective from AAS General Education Core List
Science Elective or PSYC 2315 / Elective from General Education Core List for AAS Degrees or Psychology of Adjustment
GOVT 2302 or PSYC 2319/SOCI 2326 / Institutions, Rights & Public Policies or Human Sexuality
Science elective or PSYC 2314 / Elective from General Education Core List for AAS Degrees or Lifespan Psych
Competency References
8 Basic use of computers
7 Workplace Competencies: resources; interpersonal skills; information; systems; and technology.
6 Personal Qualities: A worker must display responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty.
5 Thinking Skills: A worker must think creatively, make decisions, solve problems, visualize, know how to learn, and reason effectively.
4 Speaking and Listening: Organize ideas and communicate orally; receive, attend to, interpret, and respond to verbal messages and other cues.
3 Arithmetic or Mathematics: Perform basic computations and approach practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques.
2 Writing: Communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing, and create documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts.
1 Reading: Locate, understand, and interpret written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules.
/ SCANS Competencies Checklist
SCANS COMPETENCIES FOR PROGRAM Human Services
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012
Competency / Course where Competency is Assessed / Method of Assessment / Findings and Plans for Improvements
1 READING: Locate, understand, and interpret written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules. / PSYT 2164, CHLT 2166, CMSW 2166 / Journal Article Critiques / Article critiques demonstrate the abilities to locate, understand, and interpret both in written and oral presentation form – continues to demonstrate competency
2 WRITING: Communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing, and create documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts. / PSYT 2164, CHLT 2166, CMSW 2166 / Journal Article Critiques / Critiques demonstrate the assimilation of information – thoughts/ideas and then students report findings-continues to demonstrate competency
3 ARITHMETIC OR MATHEMATICS: Perform basic computations and approach practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques. / PSYT 2164, CHLT 2166, CMSW 2166 / Critique of Scientific Journal Articles which require a working knowledge of statistics / Students utilize statistical knowledge when interpreting research findings. Plan -Will acquire additional research to strengthen this area of knowledge
4 SPEAKING AND LISTENING: Organize ideas and communicate orally; receive, attend to, interpret, and respond to verbal messages and other cues. / PSYT 2164, CHLT 2166, CMSW 2166 / Client Case Presentation / Students continue to articulate speaking and listening skills by verbal presentations of client case management/staffings and asking questions of fellow students-continues to demonstrate competency
5 THINKING SKILLS: A worker must think creatively, make decisions, solve problems, visualize, know how to learn, and reason effectively. / PSYT 2164, CHLT 2166, CMSW 2166 / Client Case Presentation / Client case management presentations requires student to see the “whole picture” when examining the treatment and welfare of clients and use of community resources-continues to demonstrate competency
6 PERSONAL QUALITIES: A worker must display responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty. / PSYT 2164, CHLT 2166, CMSW 2166 / Mid-semester Evaluation by Clinical and Academic Supervisor Reflecting Work at Practicum Sites / Evaluations provide guidelines for students/supervisors of professional behavior reflective of the program and profession-continues to demonstrate competency
7 WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES: resources: interpersonal skills; information; systems; and technology / PSYT 2164, CHLT 2166, CMSW 2166 / Practicum Mid-semester and End-of –Semester Evaluation Tools / Evaluation tools assess levels of competencies pertinent to completing work in the practicum settings-continues to demonstrate competency
8 BASIC USE OF COMPUTERS / PSYT 2164, CHLT 2166, CMSW 2166 / Client Case Presentation / Students are required to use computer skills in article critiques, staffings, client case presentations as well as in the practicum setting.
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010