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Job Skills Certificate
Human Services

The Human Service certificate emphasizes classroom instruction as well as hands-on-experience through interning with community Human Services agencies. The field of Human Services is very broad. It is concerned with meeting human needs and improving the overall quality of people’s lives. The field is interdisciplinary, meaning that knowledge from a variety of other fields of study is applied to the overall goal of helping people.

Required Courses: 15 units
COMS B5	Introduction to Microsoft Office 2010 3.0
ENGL B50	Introductory Composition 4.0
HMSV B40	Introduction to Human Services 3.0
HMSV B5	Human Services Internship 2.0
SOCI B1	Introduction to Sociology 3.0

The courses and unit values on this page are representative of the typical values and courses required by this program. They are taken from the most current catalog, and therefore may not be accurate for the degree or certificate requirements for some students, depending on your year of catalog rights. Please refer to your appropriate catalog or see a counselor for accurate degree requirements.