CES 103 - Helping Professions

This course engages foundational concerns of the helping professions from individual, communal, and societal perspectives. Questions explored in this course include: As a society, how do we provide help in ways that are empowering and authentic for those being helped? What are the tensions that inevitably arise when we try to formalize the helping relationship? In addition to exploring the skills that lead to caring, competent, and effective practice, students will develop a personal philosophy of helping that is critical and reflective. Some sections may be restricted to CES majors and ICS and DIST minors only. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits