Human Services: Advanced Helping Skills 2 - Certificate of Accomplishment

This program map only provides one possible pathway for degree and/or certificate obtainment and is for reference only. Please schedule an appointment with a counselor to develop your individualized Student Education Plan.

Recipients of the Advanced Helping Skills 2 Certificate will possess a set of interconnected skills and knowledge that go beyond and enhance the interpersonal helping skills and knowledge that the other Human Services certificates provide. The skills and knowledge that they will gain include (1) Happiness, Thriving, and Ability to Cope, and (2) Consciousness and Alteration of Conscious States. (3) Emotional Intelligence--the ability to recognize and cope with one's own emotions and the emotions of others.

The pathway below represents an efficient and effective course taking sequence for this program. Individual circumstances might require some changes to this pathway. It is always recommended that you meet with an academic counselor to develop a personalized educational plan.

Explain how the brain can be hijacked by a negative emotion.

Describe one practice aimed at improving one's happiness and fulfillment.

Describe two ways to alter one's state of consciousness.

Program Map

Requirement
GE General Education
E Elective

A total of 9 units is required for the certificate.

9 units
HUSV 122
States Of Consciousness
An exploration of different states of consciousness, the means of attaining those states, their uses, misuses, and consequences. Topics include theories of consciousness, neural correlates of conscious experience, substance use disorders, sleep, dreams, hypnosis, dissociation and dissociative disorders, out-of-body states, near-death experiences, paranormal phenomena, meditation, non-Western methods of altering consciousness, and peak experiences. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or who have received credit for PSY 122 or ANTH 122.
            HUSV 127
            Emotional Intelligence
            An introduction to Emotional Intelligence - a set of abilities and skills concerned with perceiving and managing emotional states in oneself and others. The neurobiology of emotions, how emotional states "hijack" people's behavior, and the application of emotional intelligence in a variety of personal and interpersonal situations are emphasized. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or who have received credit for PSY 127.
                      HUSV 128
                      Positive Psychology
                      An introduction to the psychological study of the positive, adaptive, creative, and emotionally fulfilling elements of human behavior and the factors that contribute to people being happy, productive, and well adjusted. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or who have received credit for PSY 128.