Chabot College 2024-2026 355 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, PSCN, PSY 95 Social Work and Human Services Fieldwork 1-4 Units This work-based learning course offers students a supervised field experience in a community organization, agency, or institution within human services/social work. Students will reinforce and apply knowledge gained in the prerequisite coursework while learning new skills outside of the classroom environment. In addition to engaging in fieldwork, student will attend a weekly class meeting that will complement their fieldwork experience. Students pursuing an AA-T in Social Work and Human Services need to complete a total of 2 units. Course study under this section may be repeated for a maximum of 16 units for occupational or a combination of general and occupational work experience education. One unit of credit is earned for each 75 hours of paid work or 60 hours of volunteer work per semester. Work Experience: 60-240 hours Corequisite: PSCN 96, Prerequisite: PSCN 5 (same as APHC 9712) or PSY 1 or SOCI 1. 96 Social Work and Human Services Seminar 1 Unit This course provides the student who is participating in a supervised field experience in a community organization, agency, or institution with a weekly class meeting that provides the academic element to the experiential course offering. In conjunction with the required Corequisite: work experience course, students will gain insight about their future role as a Human Services/Social Work practitioner through discussion, problem solving, reflection, and evaluation with self, instructor, supervisor, and peers. Ethical, legal, professional, and social justice issues in the field of Human Services/Social Work will be addressed. Lecture: 18 hours Prerequisite: PSCN 5 or PSY 1 or SOCI 1 Corequisite: PSCN 95. PSYCHOLOGY (PSY) Degrees AA-T Psychology AA Behavioral Science PSYCHOLOGY Associate in Arts for Transfer The Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer degree prepares students for transfer into bachelor’s degree program in Psychology and similar programs at a CSU campus and guarantees admission to the CSU system. Psychology is a broad discipline with many areas of specialty. It continually seeks to understand and explain the human experience: how we think, act, feel and relate to ourselves and others. Students completing this degree will learn to apply science, as well as use multiple theoretical perspectives and levels of analysis to understand problems related to behavior and mental processes. The successful student will apply critical and creative thinking to problem solving, and apply psychological knowledge to personal, social, organizational, cross-cultural, and global issues. This degree provides students with foundational knowledge, skills, and values consistent with the science and application of Psychology while preparing them for upper division course work in the field. California Community College students who are awarded the Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer degree are guaranteed admission with junior standing somewhere in the CSU system and given priority admission consideration to their local CSU campus or to a program that is like their community college major. Students are encouraged to meet with a counselor to review their options for transfer and to develop a student educational plan that best meets their goals. Students wishing to pursue the Associate in Arts for Transfer in Psychology must complete 60 semester units eligible for transfer to the California State University, including either: The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) for CSU or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements, and a minimum of 19 units of major coursework in the major, as detailed below. Students must maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA, including grades of C (or P) in each course taken to fulfill the major. Program Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate familiarity with the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology. 2. Respect and use critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry, and, when possible, the scientific approach to solve problems related to behavior and mental processes.
