Human Services 201 Social Work and Human Services explores social welfare including shared values, historical foundations, and critical perspectives. In addition to studying social work approaches and theories, students will develop a personal philosophy statement of social welfare. They will then apply their foundational learning to specific populations. Students are to model ethical behaviour in all of the activities associated with the course for the purpose of demonstrating their understanding of the standards of conduct expected of generalist social workers and human service workers.

Human Services 201 Social Work and Human Services explores social welfare including shared values, historical foundations, and critical perspectives. In addition to studying social work approaches and theories, students will develop a personal philosophy statement of social welfare. They will then apply their foundational learning to specific populations. Students are to model ethical behaviour in all of the activities associated with the course for the purpose of demonstrating their understanding of the standards of conduct expected of generalist social workers and human service workers.

As a student registered in Human Services 306, you will self-assess your educational goals and prepare to implement a personal learning plan. The course asks you to look back at the post-secondary education you have already completed and to look forward to your completion of an undergraduate degree, academic credential, or other educational goals.

Human Service 306 Critical Reflection for Practice is a project course that students normally take following completion of two years of study at the junior level.

The course examines concepts, theories, and models related to social justice, as well as how, through using a social justice lens, social justice practices may be implemented by human services practitioners at an individual, kinship or other group, community, and policy level.

Ideology and Policy Evolution provides an overview of ideology and its influences on human services policy and on the historical evolution of North American human services policy in particular.

As a capstone course, Human Services 489 will guide you to coordinate the many concepts, theories and approaches you have used during your studies to complete the Bachelor of Professional Arts – Human Services degree. It is intended for students who have completed, or very nearly completed, their BPA-HS degree. In addition to the breadth and depth of your knowledge of the human services and the proficiency you have developed in the general education outcomes prescribed, demonstration of your mastery of several aspects of the program content will be required.