The program
This program provides a broad education that will help you understand human behaviour
from multiple perspectives. The program serves as a foundation to prepare you to
enter specific people-helping career programs and human service fields. It introduces
academic coursework relevant to human services, develops interpersonal relationship
skills, explores basic helping skills and assists you in finding your personal identity as it
relates to becoming a skilled professional helper. Human Service Foundation offers a
unique interactive lab component for teaching and learning that incorporates the use of
advanced computer gaming technology and state-of-the-art interactive lab classrooms
so you can learn and practise in both "real" and "virtual" worlds of human services in
safe and supportive environments.
Graduate career opportunities
Graduates will improve their ability to compete in the Human Service workplace
occupations requiring a general human service education or with firms that prefer to
administer their own training programs.
Admission requirements
OSSD or equivalent with
• Grade 12 English (C or U)
Mature students, non-secondary school applicants (19 years or older) and home school
applicants may also be considered for admission. Eligibility may be met by applicants
who have taken equivalent courses, upgrading, completed their GED and equivalency
testing. For complete details refer to:
GeorgianCollege.ca/admissions/policies-procedures/
Applicants who have taken courses from a recognized and accredited postsecondary
institution and/or have relevant life/learning experience may also be considered for
admission. Refer to the Credit Transfer Centre website for details:
GeorgianCollege.ca/admissions/credit-transfer/
Graduation requirements
Students are required to complete 1 communications course • 9 mandatory courses •
1 optional course • 1 general education course to be chosen from the college list
Start: September
Location: Orillia
Length: 1 Year (2 semesters)
Credential: Ontario College Certificate
Apply to: ontariocolleges.ca (Code/Major: HSFN)
Contact: 705-325-2740, ext. 3140
Approximate first-year costs
(based on previous year – subject to change):
Tuition fees: $2,685.76
Student fees: $880.22
One-time fee: $112.46
Books: Costs vary by program;
please check with co-ordinator
HUMAN SERVICE FOUNDATION
HSFN
Communications courses
To be chosen at time of registration
Mandatory courses may include
Information Resources for the
Human Services
Introduction to Human Service
Foundation 1
Introduction to Human Service
Foundation 2
Human Service Foundation Lab
Interpersonal Skills in Human Service
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Psychology 2
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Sociology 2
Optional courses may include
Introduction to Security and
Protection
Health and Wellness in the Human
Services
HUMAN
SERVICES
125
GeorgianCollege.ca
