# Human Services (Certificate of Specialization)

Coastline College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Human Services

Source: https://catalog.cccd.edu/coastline/pathways/behavior-culture-society/human-services/human-services-certificate-specialization/

This certificate enables students to work in the expanding field of human services, a growing profession in response to the human needs and problems in the 21st century. The certificate program provides a general background for work with families, children, and adults and offers the student a pathway to pursue an associate or bachelor level degree. Individuals with a certificate can enhance their professional helping skills, offering them greater work opportunities as social-service technicians, case management aides, mental health technicians, gerontology aides, special-education teacher aides, and residential managers. Additionally, police officers, firefighters, military counselors, and others dealing with the public will benefit from the program training. The certificate exposes the student to the most current thinking in the field, hands-on experience, and community networking.

#### Program Learning Outcomes

1.  Utilize human services helping skills and resources to enhance career prospects.
2.  Demonstrate intervention skills within fields of human services.

### Requirements

Review Graduation Requirements.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Required Core** | |  |
| **Complete the following:** | |  |
| HSVC C100 | Introduction to Human Services | 3 |
| HSVC C101 | Helping Theories and Intervention Strategies | 3 |
| HSVC C102 | Introduction to Crisis Intervention | 3 |
| HSVC C274 | Human Services Seminar | 1 |
| HSVC C275 | Human Services Field Studies | 2 |
| **Program Electives** | |  |
| **Select one of the following:** | | 3 |
| ↳ AGNG C120 | Introduction to Aging Studies |  |
| or ↳ SOC C120 | Introduction to Aging Studies |  |
| ↳ AGNG C170 | Psychology of Aging |  |
| or ↳ PSYC C170 | Psychology of Aging |  |
| ↳ ANTH C100 | Cultural Anthropology |  |
| ↳ COUN C108 | Applied Stress Management |  |
| ↳ HSVC C104 | Treatment Issues in Substance Abuse |  |
| ↳ HSVC C106 | Cultural Competence in Health & Social Services |  |
| or ↳ HLTH C104 | Cultural Competence in Health & Social Services |  |
| ↳ PSYC C1000 | Introduction to Psychology |  |
| ↳ PSYC C116 | Child Growth and Development |  |
| ↳ SOC C100 | Introduction to Sociology |  |
| ↳ SOC C110 | Dating, Relationships, and Marriage |  |
| **Total Units** | | **15** |