Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
2017-2018
Type: Career, Degree (AS)
Open Admissions
Division: Health And Human Services
Graduates from this career program are prepared for a variety of employment opportunities working with adults or children with developmental disabilities in residential, vocational, educational, family support and recreational programs.
Students interested in participating in an academic program that involves working with children, the disabled, or the elderly, or which includes a clinical affiliation, internship, or field placement with a private or public healthcare provider, may be required to undergo criminal background checks, including a national as well as local check (i.e. Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) and Sex Offender Record Information (SORI)). Depending on the contents of these criminal background check(s), a student's participation in an academic program that involves working with children, the disabled, or the elderly or which includes a clinical affiliation, internship or field placement with a private or public healthcare provider may not be allowed, and therefore may impact a student's ability to complete program requirements. Furthermore, please note that eligibility to participate in the program and/or clinical affiliation, internship or field placement as a result of screening requirements, such as criminal background checks, is not a guarantee of eligibility to sit for professional credentialing examination(s) or employment upon graduation.
First Year
Fall
| CMP101 | Composition 1 | 3 |
| DVD101 | Introduction to Developmental Disabilities | 3 |
| HUS101 | The Human Services Worker | 3 |
LA-ELECTIVE
| Liberal Arts Elective | 3 |
| DVD121 | Field Placement and Seminar 1 in Developmental Disabilities | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring
| DVD122 | Field Placement and Seminar 2 in Developmental Disabilities | 3 |
| DVD103 | Developmental Disabilities: Special Topics | 3 |
| HUS102 | Helping Skills in Human Services | 3 |
| HUS124 | Supervision and Leadership in Human Services | 3 |
| PSY102 | Introductory Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Second Year
Fall
CMP102-150
| Composition 2 Elective | 3 |
| IDS205 | Community Problems and Social Issues | 3 |
LA-ELECTIVE
| Liberal Arts Elective | 3 |
| SPE102 | Speech | 3 |
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| BIO211 | Anatomy and Physiology 1 | 4 |
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| BIO108 | The Body in Health and Disease | 3 |
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| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring
| HUS104 | The Field of Human Services: An Overview | 3 |
| HUS130 | Life Changes and Crisis: Adaptation and Intervention | 3 |
OPN-ELECTIVE
| Open Elective | 3 |
OPN-ELECTIVE
| Open Elective | 3 |
| PSY210 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Program Note
Communications and Mathematics proficiencies required to graduate.
See guided pathway sheets for advising information specific to your area of focus.
Total Credit Hours: 60