Cert in Human Services, General

The Human Services program at Shasta College prepares students to support people facing difficult circumstances through community agencies and public outreach organizations. The area offers an associate degree, a certificate, and a lower-unit certificate, with an alcohol and drug studies pathway tied to it. Certificate holders can take entry-level, paraprofessional jobs in local social service settings, and some tracks lead toward supervised chemical dependency counseling. Students who add further coursework can transfer to a four-year school to pursue a bachelor's in Social Work. Program maps on the page outline which courses to take and in what order. Counselors help each student turn that map into an official education plan, and the academic division staff can connect interested students with the faculty who teach the classes.