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      "markdown": "Program Code: SAC.CNHS.AA\n\nProgram Control Number: 30752"
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      "markdown": "##### Former Title: Community Social Services\n\nThe major course requirements for the associate degree in Human Services enable students to move into a transfer curriculum at a four-year university that can lead to a baccalaureate degree in Human Services. The baccalaureate degree in Human Services prepares students for graduate programs in Counseling, Social Work, and Marriage and Family Therapy. Please see a counselor for specific course requirements for your transfer university.\n\n**Learning Outcome(s):**\n\n1.  Students will think critically and communicate effectively about community social service issues using written and oral communication.\n2.  Students will demonstrate the effective use of empathic listening and interviewing skills.\n3.  Students will evaluate and integrate information to draw reasonable conclusions based on evidence."
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