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RHS
110
(1
Credit)
As
Demand
Warrants
Cross-Cultural
Bridging
Skills
(1+0)
Impact
of
culture
on
communication.
Emphasis
on
issues
related
to
students
working
in
rural
Alaska
communities.
Identification
of
barriers
and
development
of
strategies
for
better
communication.
RHS
115
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Issues
of
Personal
Development
(2+1)
Dynamics
and
impacts
of
personal
development
issues
relevant
to
the
delivery
of
rural
human
services
focusing
on
understanding
types,
application,
and
processes
of
personal
development.
Facilitating
personal
development
through
processes
that
integrate
or
reflect
Native
values
and
principles.
Student
must
spend
one
week
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
120
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Family
Systems
I
(2+1)
Survey
of
historical
forces
that
exerted
influence
on
Alaska
Native
families,
the
impacts
of
those
forces,
and
discussion
of
their
contemporary
effects
from
a
Native
perspective.
Focus
on
developing
options
and
strategies
for
developing
healthy
Native
families
as
the
foundation
for
healthy
Native
communities.
Emphasis
on
developing
the
understanding
and
skills
necessary
to
facilitate
development
and
maintenance
of
healthy
families
through
healthy
individuals.
Student
must
spend
one
week
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
130
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Processes
of
Community
Change
(2+1)
Contemporary
foundations
of
rural
social
development
and
relevant
issues
from
a
Native
perspective.
Developing
the
understanding
and
skills
necessary
for
facilitating
positive
individual,
family,
and
community
development
based
on
an
ecological
systems
approach.
Emphasis
on
developing
the
skills
necessary
to
identify,
develop,
and
mobilize
individual,
family,
and
community
resources
in
rural
Native
communities.
Student
must
spend
one
week
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
140
(1
Credit)
Alternate
Semesters
Alaska
Native
Values
and
Principles
(1+0)
Traditional
Native
values
and
principles,
their
applicability
to
today's
world,
and
issues
relevant
to
their
integration
into
today's
lifestyles.
Developing
understanding
and
skills
necessary
for
facilitating
formulation
of
positive
world
views
within
Native
individuals,
families,
and
communities.
Explores
the
role
of
spirituality
in
a
variety
of
Alaska
Native
cultures.
Student
must
spend
three
days
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
150
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Introduction
to
Rural
Counseling
(2+1)
Identification
and
examination
of
issues
relevant
to
the
delivery
of
rural
counseling
services
focusing
on
developing
the
understanding
and
skills
necessary
for
the
effective
delivery
of
rural
counseling
services.
Opportunities
for
development
of
basic
rural
counseling
skills
with
emphasis
on
integration
of
Native
values
and
principles
and
exploring
strategies
that
facilitate
positive
individual,
family,
and
community
growth
and
development
through
enhancement
of
healthy
lifestyles
in
rural
Native
communities.
Student
must
spend
one
week
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
220
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Family
Systems
II
(2+1)
The
dynamics
and
issues
relevant
to
personal
healing
and
recovery
from
a
Native
perspective
focusing
on
developing
the
understanding
and
skills
necessary
to
healing
and
recovery
in
Native
individuals,
families,
and
communities.
Emphasis
on
achieving
healthy
lifestyles
through
self-understanding
based
on
truth,
grieving,
and
positive
proactive
repositioning.
Student
must
spend
one
week
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
250
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Rural
Counseling
II
(2+1)
An
examination
and
discussion
of
the
differences
and
similarities
between
Native
and
Western
counseling
skills.
Identifies
and
examines
issues
relevant
to
the
development
and
delivery
of
basic
rural
counseling
skills
and
services.
Focuses
on
identifying
and
building
on
individual,
family,
and
community
strengths
as
the
foundation
for
development
of
intervention
strategies.
Addresses
the
importance
of
integrating
Native
traditional
values
and
principles
into
intervention
strategies
and
service
delivery.
Emphasis
on
developing
and
enhancing
basic
rural
counseling
skills
and
short-
and
long-term
intervention
strategies.
Student
must
spend
one
week
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
260
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Addictions:
Intervention
and
Treatment
(2+1)
Dynamics,
issues,
impacts,
treatment
options
and
intervention
strategies
relevant
to
behavioral
and
chemical
addictions.
Understanding
addictive
processes
and
developing
treatment
options
and
intervention
strategies
from
a
Native
perspective.
Emphasis
on
development
of
treatment
options
and
intervention
strategies
that
integrate
Native
values
and
principles.
Student
must
spend
one
week
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
265
(2
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Interpersonal
Violence
(2+1)
Types,
causes,
and
impacts
of
interpersonal
violence
focusing
on
developing
an
understanding
of
interpersonal
violence
and
development
of
treatment
options
and
intervention
strategies
from
a
Native
perspective.
Emphasis
on
development
of
treatment
options
and
intervention
strategies
that
integrate
Native
values
and
principles.
Student
must
spend
one
week
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
270
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Networking,
Negotiating,
and
Conflict
Resolution
(2+1)
The
dynamics
of
networking,
negotiation,
and
conflict
resolution
from
a
Native
perspective.
Focusing
on
Alaska
Native
individuals,
families,
and
communities,
identification,
examination
and
discussion
of
issues
relevant
to
developing
effective
communication
skills.
Emphasis
on
identifying
and
understanding
issues
impacting
conflict
resolution,
focusing
on
developing
and
strengthening
networking
and
negotiating
skills
relevant
to
the
delivery
of
effective
rural
human
service.
Student
must
spend
one
week
in
intensive
study
at
selected
delivery
site.
RHS
275
(2
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Introduction
to
Recovery
and
Mental
Illness
(2+1)
Overview
of
mental
illness
and
recovery
issues.
Emphasis
on
issues
for
practitioners
in
small,
rural
communities
in
Alaska.
(Prerequisites:
RHS
150
or
permission
of
instructor.
Recommended:
RHS
115
and
250.)
RHS
285
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Case
Management
(2+1)
Identification
and
discussion
of
issues,
components,
procedures,
responsibilities,
skills,
and
processes
for
case
management
in
rural
settings
with
diverse
populations.
Emphasis
on
case
management
processes
unique
to
rural
and
village
Alaska
and
to
the
fields
of
mental
health,
addictions,
and
interpersonal
violence.
Oral
and
written
communication
skills
essential
to
effective
case
management
explored.
Student
must
be
willing
and
able
to
work
independently
outside
the
classroom
and
in
the
community.
RHS
287
(4
Credits)
Alternate
Semesters
Rural
Human
Services
Practicum
Taken
as
part
of
the
final
sequence
of
courses
in
the
Rural
Human
Services
certificate
Program,
practicum
provides
students
with
100
hours
of
supervised
learning
experience
in
an
approved
rural
human
service
organization/agency.
Provides
students
with
opportunities
for
personal
and
professional
development,
self-analysis,
and
growth.
Emphasis
on
developing
the
understanding
and
skills
necessary
to
integrate
Native
healing
theory
and
problem
solving
into
the
delivery
of
rural
human
services.
Student
must
be
willing
and
able
to
work
independently
outside
the
classroom
and
in
the
community.
RHS
288
(1
Credit)
Alternate
Semesters
Directed
Study:
Resource
Assessment
(1+0)
Provides
students
with
an
opportunity
to
demonstrate
an
ability
to
identify
and
develop
local,
regional,
and
statewide
resources
of
benefit
to
their
community.
Focus
on
gathering
information
on
resources
and
creating
a
human
services
resource
directory
relevant
to
the
needs
of
individuals,
families,
and
communities.
Emphasis
on
application
of
multicultural
communication
skills.
Student
must
be
willing
and
able
to
work
independently
outside
the
classroom
and
in
the
community.
RHS
289
(1
Credit)
Alternate
Semesters
Directed
Study:
Community
Development
(1+0)
Provides
students
with
an
opportunity
to
demonstrate
an
ability
to
develop,
implement,
and
evaluate
a
village-based
community
development
project
through
a
supervised,
professional
experience.
Focus
on
developing
positive,
effective,
meaningful
development
projects
that
are
culturally
appropriate.
Emphasis
on
developing
a
process
that
facilitates
community
ownership
and
responsibility
for
the
project.
Student
must
be
willing
and
able
to
work
independently
outside
the
classroom
and
in
the
community.
RHS
290
(2
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Grief
and
Healing
(2+1) f
Exploration
of
the
dynamics
of
grief
and
healing
from
an
Alaska
Native
perspective.
Special
emphasis
on
Native
values
and
principles
focused
on
developing
culturally
relevant,
understandings,
awarenesses,
and
professional
skills.
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