Rural Human Services
RHS 110 1
Credit
Cross-Cultural Bridging Skills
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.
(1 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RHS 115 2
Credits
Issues of Personal Development
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. (2 + 1) Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 120 2
Credits
Family Systems I
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. (2 + 1) Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 130 2
Credits
Processes of Community Change
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. (2 + 1) Offered Alternate
Semesters
RHS 140 1
Credit
Alaska Native Values and Principles
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.
(1 + 0) Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 150 2
Credits
Introduction to Rural Counseling
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.
(2 + 1) Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 220 2
Credits
Family Systems II
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. (2 + 1) Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 250 2
Credits
Rural Counseling II
Differences and similarities between Native and Western
counseling skills. 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. (2 + 1) Offered
Alternate Semesters
RHS 260 2
Credits
Addictions: Intervention and Treatment
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. (2 + 1) Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 265 2
Credits
Interpersonal Violence
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. (2 + 1) Offered As Demand
Warrants
RHS 270 2
Credits
Networking, Negotiating and Conflict Resolution
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. (2 + 1) Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 275 2
Credits
Introduction to Recovery and Mental Illness
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.)
(2 + 1) Offered As Demand Warrants
RHS 285 2
Credits
Case Management
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. (2 + 1)
Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 287 4
Credits
Rural Human Services Practicum
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. 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. (4+0) Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 288 1
Credit
Directed Study: Resource Assessment
Identify and develop local, regional and statewide resources of
benefit to the student's 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. (1 + 0) Offered Alternate
Semesters
RHS 289 1
Credit
Directed Study: Community Development
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.
(1 + 0) Offered Alternate Semesters
RHS 290 2
Credits
Grief and Healing
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. (2 + 1) Offered As Demand Warrants