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Mental Health, Associate of Applied Science


  • Academic Year: 2019-2020
  • Division / Department: Human Services & Education / Mental Health/Social Work
  • Degree Code: MH.MH.AAS
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Successful completion of this program opens doors to employment or a better position in social welfare, governmental and community service agencies. Graduates can make significant contributions wherever people are employed to help others with social-and mental health-related situations.

The Mental Health Associate of Applied Science program prepares students to work with children, adolescents and adults in helping them solve their problems. While in the program, students are placed in community agencies in order to apply what they have learned in the classroom.

A grade of C or better is required for all mental health courses for graduation.

Semester I

PMHS 1291 Special Topics in Psychiatric/Mental Health Services 2 hours
SCWK 1321 Orientation to Social Service 3 hours
DAAC 1304 Pharmacology of Addiction 3 hours
DAAC 1317 Basic Counseling Skills 3 hours
Mathematics (college-level) 3 hours
14 hours

Semester II

PMHS 1267 Practicum - Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Tech 2 hours
CMSW 1353 Family Intervention Strategies OR
DAAC 2307 Addicted Family Intervention
3 hours
GERS 1301 Introduction to Gerontology 3 hours
CMSW 1323 The Exceptional Person OR
SCWK 2307 Human Behavior and Social Environment
3 hours
PSYC 2301 General Psychology OR
SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology
3 hours
14 hours

Semester III

CMSW 1309 Problems of Children and Adolescents 3 hours
DAAC 1311 Counseling Theories 3 hours
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 hours
PMHS 2266 Practicum - Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Tech 2 hours
DAAC 2354 Dynamics of Group Counseling 3 hours
Language, Philosophy, & Culture elective OR
Creative Arts elective
3 hours
17 hours

Semester IV

PSYT 2331 Abnormal Psychology 3 hours
CMSW 1341 Behavior Modification & Cognitive Disorders 3 hours
SCWK 1303 Ethics for Social Service Professionals 3 hours
SOCW 2361 Introduction to Social Work 3 hours
ENGL 1302 Composition II OR
ENGL 2311 Technical & Business Writing
3 hours
15 hours
Total hours:60 hours

Creative Arts

ARTS 1301 Art Appreciation 3 hours
ARTS 1303 Art History I (Prehistoric to the 14th Century) 3 hours
ARTS 1304 Art History II (14th Century to the Present) 3 hours
DRAM 1310 Introduction to Theater 3 hours
DRAM 2361 History of Theater I 3 hours
DRAM 2362 History of Theater II 3 hours
HUMA 1315 Fine Arts Appreciation 3 hours
MUSI 1306 Music Appreciation 3 hours
MUSI 1308 Music Literature I 3 hours
MUSI 1309 Music Literature II 3 hours
MUSI 1310 American Music 3 hours

Language, Philosophy, & Culture

ENGL 2321 British Literature 3 hours
ENGL 2322 British Literature I 3 hours
ENGL 2323 British Literature II 3 hours
ENGL 2326 American Literature 3 hours
ENGL 2327 American Literature I: Up to the Civil War 3 hours
ENGL 2328 American Literature II: Civil War to the Present 3 hours
ENGL 2331 World Literature 3 hours
ENGL 2332 World Literature I: Up to the 17th Century 3 hours
ENGL 2333 World Literature II: 17th Century to the Present 3 hours
ENGL 2341 Forms of Literature 3 hours
FREN 2311 Intermediate French I 3 hours
GERM 2311 Intermediate German I 3 hours
HUMA 1301 Introduction to Humanities I 3 hours
HUMA 1302 Introduction to Humanities II 3 hours
PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy 3 hours
PHIL 1304 Introduction to World Religions 3 hours
PHIL 2306 Introduction to Ethics 3 hours
SPAN 2311 Intermediate Spanish I 3 hours
SGNL 2301 Intermediate ASL I 3 hours

Math

MATH 1314 College Algebra 3 hours
MATH 1316 Plane Trigonometry 3 hours
MATH 1324 Mathematics for Business & Social Sciences 3 hours
MATH 1325 Calculus for Business & Social Sciences 3 hours
MATH 1332 Contemporary Mathematics (Quantitative Reasoning) 3 hours
MATH 1342 Elementary Statistical Methods 3 hours
MATH 1350 Mathematics for Teachers I (Fundamentals of Mathematics I) 3 hours
MATH 1351 Mathematics for Teachers II (Fundamentals of Mathematics II) 3 hours
MATH 1442 Elementary Statistical Methods 4 hours
MATH 2305 Discrete Mathematics 3 hours
MATH 2318 Linear Algebra 3 hours
MATH 2320 Differential Equations 3 hours
MATH 2412 Pre-Calculus Mathematics 4 hours
MATH 2413 Calculus I 4 hours
MATH 2414 Calculus II 4 hours
MATH 2415 Calculus III 4 hours