Human Services Internship Progression

in HDFS

Before internship

HDFS 262鈥擨ntroduction to Human Services

 

3 Credits

Explores various facets of the human services profession. Emphasizes prevention and early intervention concepts and programs. Develops internship search skills, including an introduction to a wide range of human services organizations.

  • Prereq: CORE 100 or 300
  • Fulfills Beyond 糖心传媒 I and II requirement
  • Offered on Cascades campus in Winter and Spring terms
  • Open to all majors

 

  

HDFS 310鈥擧uman Services Practicum

 

4 Credits

Field experience to learn, primarily through observation, how to apply human service strategies and skills to helping individuals and families served by professional agencies and organizations. This course includes regular class meeting sessions and 90 hours of work in a community setting.

  • Prereq: HDFS 262
  • Offered on Cascades campus every term
  • NOTE: Students must secure their own site, submit a Handshake experience request, and obtain a course override before registering
  • Open to all majors

 

  

HDFS 462 - Professional Helping Skills

 

4 Credits

Exploration of collaborative, strengths-based methods to resolve individual, family, and community problems. Application of ethical standards to case study, with emphasis on the values of human dignity and social justice. Development of basic helping skills within an empowerment framework

  • Prereq: none
  • Offered on Cascades campus in Winter term
  • Open to all majors

 

  

HDFS 469鈥擧uman Services Internship

 

12 Credits

Emphasizes field experience to apply theory and evidence-based practices to individual, family, and community problems in professional settings. This course includes regular class meeting sessions and 300 hours of work in a community setting.

  • Prereq: HDFS 262, HDFS 310, and HDFS 462
  • Offered on Cascades campus every term
  • NOTE: Students must secure their own site, submit a Handshake experience request, and obtain a course override before registering
  • Open to all majors

Split option

This course can be taken as a 鈥渟plit option鈥 across two consecutive terms in which students divide the on-site hours and the academic credits are divided in half (150 hours/6 credits each term). Students utilizing this option must complete all 300 hours with the same internship agency, and are required to complete assignments in Canvas each term.