Amended Majors

  • Native American Studies (AA)

    Program of Study Code: 001076

    Term Effective: Spring 2023

    18.00 Units

    (707) 527-4648

    gsellu@santarosa.edu

    Program Description:

    The Native American Studies Associate in Arts is designed to prepare students for transfer to a baccalaureate program in Native American Studies, American Indian Studies, or Ethnic Studies with an emphasis on Native American Cultural Studies. The degree offers an interdisciplinary approach that includes Native American visual arts, literature, religious traditions, and history, as well as the interaction of Native American cultures with non-native cultures within a larger historical context of California and the United States. The Associate Degree in Native American Studies also prepares students to serve in a variety of capacities. Graduates can attain positions with: tribes, indigenous organizations, federal, state, and local governments, social service agencies, non-profit organizations, community organizations, museums, youth-serving organizations, schools, and research centers, among others

    Program Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Identify examples of American Indian traditional knowledge and counter narratives, and apply these to current socio-geopolitical issues, including racialization, equity, ethnocentrism, eurocentrism, settler colonialism, self-determination, liberation, decolonization, and anti-racism.
    2. Distinguish and compare Native American stereotypes and explain how these stereotypes were created, why they are sustained in modern society, and how they perpetuate the process of racialization, settler colonialism, and eurocentrism.
    3. Analyze the intersection of Native identity and sovereignty with race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality through analysis of federal, state, and tribal policies.
    4. Understand the unique nation-to-nation relationship between the U.S. and tribal nation governments through analysis of treaties, Congressional acts, and case law.

    Native American Studies Requirements - complete 18.00 units

    ETHST 24
    Introduction to Native American Studies
    3.00
    ETHST 25
    The American Indian and the U.S. Political System
    3.00
    ETHST 26
    The Original Californians
    3.00
    ETHST 27
    American Indians Today
    3.00

    Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:

    ANTHRO 2
    Cultural Anthropology
    3.00
    ANTHRO 34
    Native Cultures of California
    3.00
    ANTHRO 43
    Native American Art and Culture
    3.00
    COUN 7
    Identity and Cultural Diversity
    3.00
    ETHST 20
    Introduction to Ethnic Studies
    3.00
    HIST 21
    Race, Ethnicity and Gender in American Culture
    3.00
    HIST 22
    History of California
    3.00
    PSYCH 34
    The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination
    3.00
    SOC 30
    Race and Ethnic Relations
    3.00
    THAR 6
    Multicultural Perspectives in American Theatre
    3.00

  • Human Services: Addiction Studies (AA)

    Program of Study Code: 001015

    Term Effective: Fall 2021

    43.00 Units

    (707) 527-4289

    jpaisley@santarosa.edu

    Program Description:

    The Human Services: Addiction Studies major is designed to provide the student with the academic preparation and field experience needed to work with the drug-dependent. It provides a broad base of knowledge regarding approaches to drug education and prevention, treatment issues, counseling skills, ethical issues, and practical knowledge about drugs and their effects.

    Program Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Demonstrate an understanding of the human services field and its operational function in relation to client services;
    2. Examine and perform various human service roles within the profession incorporating counseling skills, ethical principles and sensitivity to diversity;
    3. Demonstrate ability to use research tools to locate and evaluate information that can be applied to the human services field;
    4. Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical principles in the behavioral sciences to help address the needs of human services clients; and
    5. Identify the essential components of alcohol and drug addiction and employ the tools and skills needed to work with clients in treatment centers.

    Human Services Core Requirements - complete 33.00 units

    COUN 7
    Identity and Cultural Diversity
    3.00
    HUSV 80
    Introduction to Addiction Studies
    3.00
    HUSV 83
    Family Systems in Addiction Studies
    3.00
    HUSV 87
    Ethical Issues in Human Services
    3.00
    HUSV 88
    Internship Practicum
    1.50
    HUSV 88
    Internship Practicum
    1.50
    HUSV 90
    Introduction to Human Services
    3.00
    HUSV 91
    Skills and Techniques in Human Services
    3.00
    HUSV 92
    Introduction to Group Counseling
    3.00
    HUSV 93
    Introduction to Case Management
    3.00
    HUSV 96
    Co-Occurring Disorders
    3.00
    HUSV 99I
    Human Services Internship Work Experience
    3.00

    Addiction Studies Requirements - complete 9.00 units

    HUSV 81
    Prevention and Education on Addiction
    3.00
    HUSV 82
    Pharmacological & Physiological Effects of Addiction
    3.00
    HUSV 99I
    Human Services Internship Work Experience
    3.00

    Information Learning Resources Requirement - complete 1.00 unit

    LIR 10
    Introduction to Information Literacy
    1.00

    Notes:

    HUSV 88 must be taken twice for a total of 3.0 units.

    It is strongly recommended that students complete HUSV 88 and HUSV 99I in the final semester of taking the core requirements. In this program, COUN 99I consists of internships in alcohol or drug settings.

    CAADE Certification requires that students complete two internships in different modalities. Students will therefore complete a second HUSV 99I internship as part of the Addiction Studies requirements.

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