Description
This career-focused program is designed to prepare students to work in the field of hospital and community-based mental health settings, providing direct support to people receiving mental health support and services. It will prepare students to work in the field of mental health services, specifically in specialized roles that require an associate's degree. Students will develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to effectively support people with mental health needs and to communicate with colleagues in relation to the treatment of their clients through applicable course work and field experiences. The program will prepare students for various responsibilities in settings that provide mental health services through applied educational and experiential opportunities.

Program Learning Outcomes
Describe symptoms of frequently encountered behavioral health disorders.
Implement and contribute to the formation of treatment plans.
Communicate patient/client behaviors, symptoms, and needs to treatment team.
Demonstrate appropriate helping skills for mental health settings.
Articulate basic concepts for therapeutic interaction with clients/patients in behavioral health settings.
Articulate an understanding of the role and boundaries of mental health service providers.
Analyze ethical, value, and legal requirements associated with mental health treatment.
Describe responses sensitive to members of various cultural, sexual, and religious groups.

Employment Potential
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Occupational Resource: http://www.onetonline.org

Requirements for Program Entrance
Upon admission to MCC, students should be directly admitted to this program. This allows our department to identify and track students from their entry, allowing us to more accurately advise them early-on for program requirements.

Distribution Requirements	Credit Hours
FIRST SEMESTER:
ENG 101 College Composition OR ENG 200 Advanced Composition	3
HUM 100 Entry Level Skills for the Human Services Student	3
MTH 150 Survey of Mathematics OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION MATH (SUNY-MATH) ELECTIVE	3-4
HUM 217 Skills for Mental Health Services	3
HED 101 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Care	1
HED 116 Issues in Child Development and Health OR HED 130 Foundations of Personal Health and Wellness OR HED 207 Emotional Wellness OR HED 210 Integrative Health and Wellness OR HED 212 Women’s Health and Wellness OR HED 211 Black Women’s Mental Health and Wellness	3
Total	16-17
SECOND SEMESTER:
HUM 109 Introduction to Helping Skills (grade of C- or higher required)	6
SPC 144 Communication and Crisis	3
PHL 250 Professional Ethics	3
HUM 218 Working with Trauma Informed Care Skills	3
Total	15
THIRD SEMESTER:
SOC 101 – Introduction to Sociology	3
HUM 210 Disability Across the Lifespan-Strategies OR HUM 235 Supporting and Communicating with People with Significant Disabilities	3
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychological Science (grade of C or higher required)	3
HUM 119 Case Management and Documentation (grade of C- or higher required)	6
Total	15
FOURTH SEMESTER:
HUM 209 Applied Helping Models	6
ACD 140 Alcoholism/Chemical Dependency and the Human Service Worker	3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD LANGUAGES (SUNY-WLNG) ELECTIVE	3
PSY 206 Adult Psychopathology	3
Total	15
TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS	61-62

Revised 7/3/2024