This project-based integrative capstone course in Human Services focuses on the concepts and techniques of successful Human Services practitioners. Students integrate the knowledge and skills gained from other courses in the Human Services program and demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge to new subject matter and practical situations. Students develop and implement a project within their chosen concentration (professional interest) that includes an applied research project, a written rationale, and synthesis of theory and practice. NOTE: Students must follow college policy that all research activities that involve human participants, regardless of the level of risk foreseen, require review and written approval by the College's Institutional Review Board prior to the initiation of the activity. Prior to capstone enrollment, students are expected to complete the majority of their required major courses. Students should consult with their advisor regarding specific major courses that may be completed with their capstone. NOTE: Students who were admitted to the college before Fall 2019 and have remained active in their original catalog year are not required to take IDIS 601.

This course explores the knowledge, theory, and skills in the administrative aspects of the human service delivery system. Issues of supervision, management, and development of paid and volunteer staff will be addressed. The concepts of coalition building, legislative advocacy and community organizing, and funding will also be introduced. The differences and similarities between the administration of public organizations and non-profit organizations will also be reviewed.

This course focuses on how human resource managers build effective networks and coalitions with others to accomplish tasks and stimulate motivation, cooperation, and satisfaction among work groups. It develops an understanding of the role and functions of human resource practitioners in a variety of organizational settings. Students build a knowledge base and identify the skills needed in the primary areas of human resources administration, which may include areas such as interviewing and selection, employee benefits and total compensation, performance assessment, professional development, workplace safety and wellness, employee relations, collective bargaining, workplace diversity, human resource information systems, rewards and recognition, performance coaching and corrective action, compliance and employment law, and organizational development.

This course explores the change process in organizations. The organizational structure is viewed as the context in which individual, interpersonal, group, organizational, and systemic change is examined. Characteristics of functional and dysfunctional systems are defined, and the change process is delineated. Models, skills, techniques, and strategies for positive change are examined.