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Health and Human Services
Interdisciplinary Courses

Interdisciplinary Courses

The College of Health and Human Services
BENJAMIN CUELLAR, Dean
McLane Hall, Room 178
(559) 278-4004
McLane Hall, Room 178
(559) 278-4004
Health and Human Services
The College of Health and Human Services offers the following
interdisciplinary courses as general electives open to all students.
These courses provide students with an opportunity to interact
with various university disciplines that have a common purpose
and with professionals who are working cooperatively in an interdisciplinary
setting.
Certificate in Alcohol/Drug Studies
A certificate of special study is awarded to those students who successfully complete a minimum of 12 units of interdisciplinary academic coursework in the area of alcohol and drug abuse. Students seeking the certificate:
- must have completed two years of college or two years of experience related to the field of alcohol/drug abuse, and
- must be regularly enrolled in the university.
All coursework must be taken for a letter grade and completed
with a grade of C or better in each of the 9 required units and
the 3 units of electives. The following list includes the course
requirements for the certificate:
Requirements (9 units)
H S 110: Drugs, Society, and Health
H S 111: Alcohol and Alcoholism
S WRK 129: Treatment of Chemical Dependency
Elective(s) (3 units)
Select 3 units from the following listings:
CRIM 141: Alcohol, Drugs, and Criminality (3 units)
S WRK 122T: Counseling the Family of the Alcohol/Drug Abuser (3
units)
W S 150T: Women, Children, and Alcohol (1 unit)
W S 150T: Women and Alcohol (1 unit)
CRIM 190, H S 190, S WRK 190, or W S 190: Independent Study on
selected aspects of alcohol/drug abuse (1 unit)
Total (12 units)
For further information you may contact the Department of Health
Science at (559) 278 -4041.
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Certificate of Advanced Study
in Interprofessional Collaboration
This 15-unit program consisting of five courses is offered
through the College of Health and Human Services and the School
of Education and Human Development. The program provides graduate
students and practicing professionals a convenient way to gain
essential skills in the area of interprofessional collaboration
while earning university credit and an academic certificate at
the completion of the program. See the Special Programs section
of this catalog.
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COURSES
Interdisciplinary Health and Human Services (HHS)
10. Exploring Health Careers (2)
Explores various career choices available in the
fields of health and human services. Used in conjunction with
preprofessional preparation advisement program in the area of
prehealth careers. (See Preprofessional
Preparation.) (1 lecture, 2 lab hours) CR/NC grading only.
100T. Selected Topics in the Health Professions
(1-3; max total 6 if no topic repeated)
Interdisciplinary topics of current interest covering subject
matter that is appropriate for all health professional disciplines.
Topics are rotated each semester. Field assignments may be required.
(Formerly HSW 100T)
139. Deaf Culture (3)
Experiences faced by deaf people, and their varying degrees
of participation in deaf culture/deaf community; social, emotional,
vocational, intellectual, and linguistic aspects of deaf culture;
historical and current struggles to overcome problems experienced
by deaf people in American and international cultures. G.E. Multicultural/International
MI. (Formerly CSD 139)
