Human Services
7 courses · Coastline College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
HSVC C100 Introduction to Human Services
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
A comprehensive survey of the development and scope of the human services field. With a global sensitivity, covers the history of human services, current theories and models of helping, ethics, administration, and careers in human services.
HSVC C101 Helping Theories and Intervention Strategies
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
An overview of the major helping theories and strategies in the counseling process. Emphasis will be placed on enabling students to develop theoretical foundations and apply appropriate intervention strategies. Topics covered include dealing with a crisis and disaster, clarifying personal values, solving common problems encountered as a helper, and case management.
HSVC C102 Introduction to Crisis Intervention
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
The course examines crisis theory, types of crises, crisis intervention strategies, and referral procedures. Topics will include ethical and cultural issues, death and dying, substance abuse, suicide, victimization, AIDS and HIV, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Students will become familiar with the assumptions of crisis theory and how it shapes the interventions.
HSVC C104 Treatment Issues in Substance Abuse
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course will introduce students to theoretical and intervention models involved in the treatment of substance dependencies. Students will explore the effects of substance abuse on the individual, the family unit, workplace, and the community. Topics include counselor characteristics, legal and ethical issues facing substance abuse counselors, pharmacology, substance abuse assessment, issues of diversity and treatment, group counseling, family counseling, codependency and enabling, and modalities of treatment.
HSVC C106 Cultural Competence in Health & Social Services
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course examines the political, social, and theoretical perspectives of diverse populations as they relate to health and social services settings. The impact of health status, lifestyle and behavioral patterns, communication styles, socioeconomic status, personal prejudices, ethnic stereotyping, and cultural beliefs on individual and group access to health and social services will be investigated. Emphasis is placed on developing effective strategies to use with diverse populations as well as evaluating the effectiveness of existing health and social service programs. Enrollment Limitation: HLTH C104; students who complete HSVC C106 may not enroll in or receive credit for HLTH C104.
HSVC C274 Human Services Seminar
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 lecture hours
- Prerequisite
- HSVC C100.
- Corequisite
- HSVC C275.
- Transfers to
- CSU
- C-ID
- SWHS 120A
This course provides the student who is participating in a supervised field experience in a community organization, agency, or institution with a weekly class meeting that provides the academic element to the experiential course offering. The application of concepts gained in the prerequisite or corequisite course to the field experience will be emphasized. This course is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to develop skills that would facilitate gaining employment in the human services field.
HSVC C275 Human Services Field Studies
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- 108 other hours
- Prerequisite
- HSVC C100.
- Corequisite
- HSVC C274.
- Transfers to
- CSU
- C-ID
- SWHS 120B
This work-based learning course offers students supervised field experience in a community organization, agency, or institution within human services/social work. Students will reinforce and apply knowledge gained in the prerequisite coursework while learning new skills outside the classroom environment. In addition to engaging in fieldwork, students will attend a weekly class meeting that will complement their fieldwork experience. Within the academic term, students must complete 108 hours of paid or non-paid work to earn 2.00 units.