Program
Description
The purpose of the Child and Youth Services major is to provide an education for persons desiring employment in the growing field of child welfare, day care, and youth services. Specifically, it is a program for the purpose of training men and women to assume positions as residential child care workers, day care facilitators, protective service workers, and as parent educators at residential care centers, foster parent programs, domestic violence shelters, and other youth-directed human service facilities.
The program includes studies which will give a basic understanding of child and adolescent psychological, social, and physical development; social roles; agency administration and programming; youth advocacy; and child management skills. It also provides the opportunity for direct field experience at these professional settings.
Goals of the program flow from its purpose:
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To establish an understanding of children's growth processes and development stages.
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To strengthen the awareness of the social, psychological, and cultural factors in the growth and care of young people and of the communities in which they live.
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To provide opportunities for students to gain an understanding of residential and youth service philosophy developed from a strong theoretical and practical foundation, thereby enhancing their personal development.
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To develop an understanding of the basic economic operations involved in the management of the child and youth service delivery system.
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To enable students to grow in an understanding of themselves and of society, culture, and times of which they are a part.
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To promote an understanding of the interrelationships between child and adolescent roles and the community structure of which they are a part.
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Child and Youth Services Curriculum
Credit Distribution
Bachelor of Science
| Career Component | Credit Hours | |
| CYS 220 | Principles of Clinical Case Management |
3
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| CYS 321 | The Atypical Child |
3
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| CYS 325 | Child Welfare Services |
3
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| CYS 377 | Field Experience I |
6
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| CYS 477 | Field Experience II |
6
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| HHS 100 | Introduction to Human Services Across the Life Span |
3
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| HHS 120 | The Dynamics of Interviewing |
3
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| HHS 264 | Counseling |
3
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| HHS 301 | Program Planning and Administration |
3
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| HHS 350 | Ethics for the Human Services Profession |
3
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| HHS 401 | Integrated Foundations |
3
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| Minimum Career Credit Hours |
39
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| GEN 230 | Creative Expression | 3 |
| GEN 410 | Baccalaureate Capstone I | 3 |
| GEN 411 | Baccalaureate Capstone II | 3 |
| Humanities Elective | 3 | |
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(May include any ART, DAN, FRE, HUM, LNG, LIT, MUS, PHI, SPA, SPE, THE, WRT course) |
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Introduction
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| BIO 110 | Human Nutrition | 3 |
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**Students who meet the math competnecy must substitute a Liberal Arts and Sciences Elective.
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