Your Curriculum
Mental Health/Human Service
Restricted Entry
Associate of Applied Science Degree Program
Catalog Year 2013-2014*
*Information regarding the requirements for this Restricted Entry program is available by accessing the Admission Requirements page.
MHCC Faculty Advisers
Leslie Allen: 503-491-7178 - Room AC 2765
Leslie.Allen@mhcc.edu
Dr. Ann Bonner: 503-491-7425 - Room AC 2771
Ann.Bonner@mhcc.edu
Kathleen Hannigan-McNamara: 503-491-7403 - Room AC 2774
Kathleen.Hannigan-McNamara@mhcc.edu
Mental Health/Human Service is a tremendously diverse field of study devoted to preparing students as professionals in mental health, addictions counseling, community corrections, youth work and gerontology. Classroom study and practical experiences are combined to prepare the student to work in community and institutional treatment facilities. These facilities deal with the emotional, social and physical needs of the chemically dependent, the adolescent, the mentally ill and the elderly, as well as others. Courses include basic information in group dynamics, community resources, case management, interviewing, addictions counseling and helping skills. Coursework also prepares students for employment as addictions counselors.
Through formal agreements, this two-year course of study is designed to meet transfer requirements for Portland State University’s Child and Family Studies program and their Social Work Program and Concordia University’s Social Work programs. Interested students should contact program advisers for additional information.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate the values and ethics that are intrinsic to the human services profession
- Demonstrate professional interviewing skills
- Demonstrate writing skills appropriate to clinical documentation
- Identify resources for clients within agencies and within communities
Prospective students must satisfactorily meet admission program criteria and the application deadline to be considered for admission. Applications are available on our web site at www.mhcc.edu/LRadmissions. Once you have read the application packet, if you have questions, please call 503-491-7256 or 50-491-7178.
Please check the MHCC website for any curricular changes that have occurred since the catalog was published.
| First Quarter (Fall) |
Cr |
| HS101 |
Introduction to Social Services |
3 |
| HS107 |
Orientation to Mental Health Careers |
3 |
| HS111 |
Interviewing Skills I |
2 |
| PSY235 |
Human Development I: Infancy-Adolescence |
3 |
| HS141 |
Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substances1 |
3 |
| |
Health and Physical Education requirement‡ |
1 |
| 15 |
| Second Quarter (Winter) |
| HS112 |
Interviewing Skills II |
2 |
| HS135 |
Case Management I: Intake and Assessment |
2 |
| HS150 |
The Effective Helper, A Personal Skills Approach |
3 |
| HS151 |
Motivational Interviewing |
1 |
| HS222 |
Diagnosis and Treatment: Clinical Disorders1 |
3 |
| PSY236 |
Human Development II: Adolescent - Death |
3 |
| WR121 |
English Composition |
4 |
| 18 |
| Third Quarter (Spring) |
| HS113 |
Interviewing Skills III: Cross Cultural |
3 |
| HS136 |
Case Management II: Process and Practice |
2 |
| HS223 |
Diagnosis and Treatment: Personality Disorders |
2 |
| HS291 |
Practicum Seminar |
2 |
| HE202 |
Adult Development and Aging |
1 |
| WE280HS_ |
Cooperative Education Internship5 |
4 |
| WR122 |
English Composition: Critical Thinking 1 |
4 |
| 18 |
| Fourth Quarter (Fall) |
| HS225 |
Group Counseling Theory and Practice I |
3 |
| HS265 |
Intervention Strategies I |
3 |
| HS291 |
Practicum Seminar |
2 |
| WE280HS_ |
Cooperative Education Internship5 |
4 |
| |
Curriculum Track - A, B, or C2,3 |
3-5 |
| 15-17 |
| Fifth Quarter (Winter) |
| HS226 |
Group Counseling Theory and Practice II |
3 |
| HS266 |
Intervention Strategies II |
3 |
| HS291 |
Practicum Seminar |
2 |
| AH210 |
Research for Allied Health Professions |
1 |
| MTH065 |
Beginning Algebra II (or higher) 4, ‡ |
4 |
| WE280HS |
Cooperative Education Internship5 |
4 |
| 17 |
| Sixth Quarter (Spring) |
| HS142 |
Addiction Counseling: Prevention, Assessment and Treatment
|
3 |
| HS291 |
Practicum Seminar |
2 |
| HE208 |
HIV/Aids and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections |
1 |
| SW201 |
The Field of Social Welfare |
3 |
| WE280HS_ |
Cooperative Education Internship5 |
4 |
| |
Curriculum Track - A, B, or C2,3 |
3-5 |
| 16-18 |
| |
Total Credits |
99-103 |
| A) Youth Worker |
| HS153 |
Principles of Youth Development 1 (F) |
3 |
| HS154 |
Juvenile Risk Assessment 6 (SP) |
3 |
B) Transfer Track Electives
Please see MH/HS or program adviser before selecting |
| MTH105 |
Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics |
4 |
| MTH111 |
Pre-Calculus I: Elementary Functions |
5 |
| PSY201 |
General Psychology |
4 |
| R210 |
World Religions3 |
3 |
| SOC204 |
General Sociology: Principles of Sociology 3 |
3 |
| SOC205 |
General Sociology: Social Institutions3 |
3 |
| |
Foreign Language elective7 |
|
| |
Lab Science elective8 |
|
1 Recommend WR122 APA style
2 Track A references courses related to working with youth. Over the course of the program, the student will select two courses from either Track A ONLY or Track B list ONLY..
3 Students who plan to transfer to PSU or Concordia should consult with a program adviser before making selection.
4 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.
5 WE280HSD or WE280HSH. Instructor and dean permission is required; check with instructor for the course number and credits appropriate to the internship assignment.
6 Courses open to professionals in the human services field. Students must apply for college admission as a general studies major at www.mhcc.edu/admissions.
7 Students following the transfer track who wish to complete a BA degree will need to complete two years of a foreign language or show proficiency. Please consult with your MHCC faculty adviser.
8 Select from any college-level science distribution course; see AAOT requirements listed on page 10 for approved courses; lab science courses are designated with an L.
‡See pages 20 of the printed catalog.
Program Web Link:
http://www.mhcc.edu/MentalHealth
Transfer Schools Web Links:
Portland State University - http://www.pdx.edu/sws
Concordia University - http://www.cu-portland.edu