5 credits

As human and social problems increase across the globe, human services professional practitioners must be prepared to work in a variety of fields with many different populations. In this course, students examine their own calling to be a human services professional practitioner and connect their passion to leading positive social change. Students explore the value of human services and the challenges that professional practitioners face in the field today. The course covers human services ethics of professional practice, along with key skills every human services professional practitioner must master to be prepared to work anywhere in the world. Course content exposes new concepts and trends in human services, and students analyze and propose reimagined practices in some areas, including interviewing, assessment, and referral; understanding and applying research in the field; the role of program evaluations; interprofessional networking; and transnational practice.