Course Descriptions
Mental Health Course Descriptions
Also, click here for the Mental Health section of the KCC Course Catalogue and required course descriptions in other Departments.
MH 1100 - Introduction to Human Services
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Introduction to the nature and scope of human services in America today. A variety
of human services, settings and programs, career options, including occupational therapy,
social work, psychology, art and dance therapy, counseling, mental health and gerontology
will be described. Prevention efforts, the effect of social policies on provision
of needed services, the development of the human services movement will be examined
in the light of changing societal values. Open to all students.
MH 3000 - Human Services Organization
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Development, functions, and purposes of human services organizations. Types of human
services organizations are described with emphasis on the duties and roles of workers
and supervisors and the effects of policies, practices, and pressures of the agency
upon the worker. Open to all students.
MH 3100 - Principles of Interviewing and Group Leadership
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Basic principles of gathering information through the use of interviewing techniques.
The nature of group formation, function and leadership, and how they relate to one
another. Emphasis is on providing preventative and therapeutic service to the mentally
ill with role playing and classroom practice sessions. Open to Program Majors only.
Prerequisite: MH 1100
MH 3400 - Mental Health Practice with Vulnerable Populations
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Course will examine difficulties faced by a variety of special populations including
adults with HIV, chronic mental illness and adolescents and children at-risk. Students
will gain an overview of each population’s unique service needs and learn consumer-centered
intervention strategies. Open to Program Majors only.
Prerequisite: MH 1100
MH 3500 - Introduction to Gerontology
3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.
Issues and problems pertaining to aging and the aged, the aging process and the roles
of older adults in society. Emphasis is on learning methods for the prevention and
treatment of mental illness in older people. Open to all students.
MH 3700 - Introduction to Domestic Violence Counseling
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
An overview of the definitions, causes and theoretical paradigms of domestic violence.
Focus is primarily on violence perpetrated by spouses and intimate partners, as dating
violence and elder abuse, the dynamics of abusive relationships, the response modalities
and an introduction to strategies of advocacy and the legal system. Open to all students.
MH 9801 and MH9802 - Supervised Instructional Experience in Mental Health I and II
3 Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
Students, under faculty supervision are assigned to work in a social service agency
or a community advocacy internship.
Prerequisites: MH 1100, MH 3500 and either MH 3100 or MH 3400 or MH 3700 or Department permission required