1996-1997 catalog

Rural Human Services

College of Rural Alaska
Interior-Aleutians Campus
(907) 474-5439
(907) 474-5440

Certificate

Minimum Requirements for Certificate: 30 Credits

The Rural Human Services Certificate is a one year program designed to facilitate development of strong and healthy rural Alaska Native individuals, families, and communities. Developed for village-based human service providers preparing to be natural helpers/healers in their communities, the program provides entry level training for village-based public, private, and volunteer human service organizations. Drawing extensively on resource people from the Native community, curriculum content and delivery reflects a strong multicultural orientation that validates, incorporates, and builds on Native values and principles. Courses are offered through a series of four training sessions. Each of the four sessions last three weeks and consist of six credits. Students spend the time in intensive study at selected delivery sites. A four credit practicum and two electives round out the program.

Admission is open to all individuals employed by a regional Native health corporation or local entity providing delivery of village-based human services, or individuals recognized by their communities as natural helpers/healers. A high school diploma or GED and/or previous training or work experience in the delivery of village-based human services is recommended but not required.

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Rural Human Services Certificate

1. Complete the certificate requirements in the following recommended sequence:
   Training Session I
   RHS 110 Cross-Cultural Bridging Skills (2)
   RHS 115 Issues of Personal Development in the Delivery of Rural Human Services (2)
   RHS 120 Family Systems I (2)
   Training Session II
   RHS 130 Processes of Community Change (2)
   RHS 140 Alaska Native Values and Principles (2)
   RHS 150 Introduction to Rural Counseling (2)
   Training Session III
   RHS 220 Family Systems II (2)
   RHS 250 Rural Counseling II (2)
   RHS 260 Addictions: Intervention and Treatment (2)
   Training Session IV
   RHS 265 Interpersonal Violence (2)
   RHS 285 Case Management (2)
   RHS 287 Rural Human Services Practicum (4)
   Subtotal (26 credits)
2. Other requirements:
   English* or RHS Elective** (with permission of instructors) (3)
   Minimum credits required 30

*English: Students must demonstrate proficiency in English through documented satisfactory completion of a college level English composition course, through completion of the ASSET test with recommended placement in a college level English class, or through satisfactory completion of 3 credits of appropriate Developmental English or Office Management and Technology Business English.

**RHS Electives:
RHS 270 Networking, Negotiating, and Conflict Resolution (2)
RHS 288 Directed Study: Resource Assessment (1)
RHS 289 Directed Study: Processes of Community Change II (1)
RHS 290 Grief and Healing (2)