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BHS150: Introduction to Behavioral Health and Social Services – 3 credits

Survey of the behavioral health and social services professions, including scope of practice and training requirements. Exploration of employment opportunities in the field and self-assessment/academic planning for a career in mental health. Overview of mental health disorders and first responder skills in a mental health crisis situation. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: H, SB

BHS155: Professional Resiliency and Well-Being – 3 credits

Exploration of building human resilience and well-being to prevent burnout, traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue for social services and mental health professionals, healthcare providers, emergency first responders, and other relationship-intense occupations. Causes, symptoms, and effects of traumatic stress, burnout compassion fatigue and other work-related stress. Focus on enhancing quality of life and improving a healthy lifestyle by incorporating evidenced-based practices in psychological and emotional resilience training, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, positive psychology, prevention, peer support, and self-care, including nutrition, exercise, and sleep.
Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: SB

BHS160: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Counseling Services – 3 credits

Explores relevant ethical, legal, and professional issues inherent in the behavioral health and social services field, including expectations of and limitations on providers. Key areas of inquiry include boundaries and dual relationships, mandated reporting, confidentiality, scope of practice, beneficence and non-maleficence, rights and responsibilities, professional relationships, and credentialing/regulating agencies.
Prerequisites: None.

BHS165: Applied Therapeutic Communication Skills – 3 credits

Theory and practice of communication skills to establish and maintain effective helping relationships and enhance the therapeutic alliance. Emphasis on verbal communication, nonverbal communication, paraverbal communication, rapport building, empathetic and active listening skills, resolving interpersonal conflicts, appropriate feedback, and developing and maintaining personal and professional relationships.
Prerequisites: None.

BHS170: Case Management and Clinical Documentation – 3 credits

Overview and application of the principles, practices, and function of case management in human services. Case management service delivery and coordination for clients with psychological, developmental, and psychiatric and comorbid medical conditions. Documentation techniques necessary to maintain clinical records in a variety of behavioral healthcare settings. Prerequisites: None.

BHS180: Child, Family, and Adult Advocacy – 3 credits

The role of advocacy in relation to multiple systems affecting children, families, and adults. Emphasis on identifying appropriate supports, community resources, and "wrap-around" services to help foster healthy family and child development, adult recovery, and social welfare.
Prerequisites: None.

BHS205: Introduction to Individual Counseling Theories – 3 credits

Introduction to the major evidence-based therapeutic models and interventions in social and behavioral sciences. Defines the key concepts, techniques and procedures of each theoretical model.
Prerequisites: None.

BHS210: Addictions, Substance Use Disorders, and Recovery – 3 credits

Introduction to the historical and current developments in the field of addiction, as well as sociological, psychological, and physiological aspects of addictive behaviors and substance use. Introduces contemporary treatment methods within addiction practice, including self-help groups, levels of care, symptom identification, and models of prevention, and intervention. Examines factors that predict relapse and support recovery.
Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: SB

BHS215: Introduction to Group Therapy – 3 credits

Overview of the methods and techniques for influencing change in group settings. Examination of theories and concepts essential to provision of group counseling in behavioral health and addiction settings.
Prerequisites: None.

BHS300: Research Methods for Evidence-Based Practice – 4 credits

Overview of the uses, limitations, and ethics of research methodology in the behavioral sciences, and the qualitative and quantitative methods associated with common research designs. Prepares students to conduct evaluations of literature published research, use empirical evidence as the basis for interventions, and evaluate the effectiveness of their own interventions. Focuses on applications of descriptive and inferential statistics using statistical software. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MAT206, or PSY230, or (PSY230 and PSY231), or PSY230WL, or SWU225, or GBS221.

BHS310: Fundamentals of Family Systems Counseling – 3 credits

Study of the family as a system and the concepts and principles applicable to helping individuals from a systemic perspective. Examines family processes, including functional and dysfunctional patterns, difficulties that families may experience as they move through their developmental stages, and the family's interactions with individuals and communities. Introduction to family systems theory as it applies to the predominant models of family therapy. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in BHS205, or permission of Instructor or Department.

BHS320: Behavioral Development Across the Lifespan – 3 credits

Critical analysis of human development throughout the lifespan, including physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. Prepares students in the behavioral sciences to conceptualize clients through a developmental perspective. Overview of both normal human development and developmental psychopathology. Focus on child, adolescent, and adult development through the study of major theories and models, with implications for helping professionals. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in PSY101.

BHS340: Psychopathology Across Cultures – 3 credits

Overview of the scientific study of mental illness and substance use disorders (psychopathology). Evaluates theories of psychopathology from sociological, psychological, and behavioral perspectives. Examines the most prevalent categories of mental disorders from several different theoretical and treatment perspectives. Focus on diagnostic features, etiology, epidemiology, prognosis, and treatment issues related to various psychiatric disorders. Legal, ethical, and cultural issues pertaining to psychopathology also discussed, in addition to prevention and intervention strategies. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in (BHS150 and BHS185), or permission of Instructor.