Dennis Minty
Cédric Jamet, M.A.
- Graduate Program Director, MA Human Systems Interventions, Applied Human Sciences
- Lecturer, Applied Human Sciences
status: Extended Term Appointment
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AHSC 610 - Group process interventions
This course is oriented to the theory and practice of intervention in small groups. The course involves participation in a small group laboratory through which students’ experiences are integrated with conceptual frameworks, including theories of group development, leadership and ethical practices within group processes.
AHSC 683 - Reflective practices in human systems interventions
The purpose of this course is to offer a container for a collective and individual inquiry into the competencies developed through the program.It builds on complexity-based evaluation approaches such as developmental and summative evaluation and outcome harvest, in order to assess the personal learning and change that has happened through this process. Building on an understanding of learning and development as a lifelong process, students are invited to leverage these insights to formulate their personal theory of change as a human systems intervener, clarify their working principles and update the 5-year vision they shared at the beginning of their HSI journey.
Here are some of the questions that this course could explore:
- What is my identity as a practitioner?
- What are my working principles?
- What are my core practices and how do I talk about them?
- What is my personal vision for the work I want to do in human systems interventions?
- How does this fit into my vision?
- What do I want to contribute to the world and to the field of human systems interventions?
AHSC 672 - Consultation, planning and interventions
This course examines the “what” and the “how” of intervention on human systems: what is an intervention and how it is processed, from steps and phases of intervention programs to the art of engaging and communicating with client systems. It aims to build students’ capacities in designing, planning, programming and implementing interventions or programs. It builds on theories of organizational dynamics, human systems worldviews and learning and change frameworks. Special attention is given to considerations of power, conflict, and other system dynamics.
The course asks students to establish effective client-consultant relationships based on collaborative approaches to entry, diagnosis, planning, and implementation. Through observation and analysis of student-designed interventions, the course provides experience-based learning and feedback on working with human systems. Emphasis is on development of planning skills, design of proper approach and intervention programs with a background of process consulting and participative action research.
AHSC 439 - Internship in Human Relations
This course provides students with an opportunity to design, implement, and evaluate small group leadership in several settings, and to negotiate working relationships with site personnel. Students will be solely responsible for facilitating several task or learning groups in community, work, or educational settings. The sites will be selected according to students’ learning interests and in consultation with the course instructor. The course includes supervisory team meetings and internship seminar sessions. The Internship in Human Relations Seminar is the capstone course for the Human Relations Specialization. It is a supervised educational experience within a professional setting related to the student’s area of interest. It is the opportunity for students to apply and more fully understand the significance of what they have learned throughout their degree program and to gain vital professional experience. In particular, the course is designed for learning the art and science of facilitation in systems intervention in an organizational and/or community context.