|
| |
Welcome
| The
Public Service Department offers programs designed to prepare students
to work in a variety of service industries. These programs include challenging classroom experiences and
opportunities for on-the-job internships. |
|
Department
Chair: Susan Phelan, M.H.S., MT (ASCP)
|
|
Office
Location: A240
|
|
Telephone:
(708) 974-5743
|
|
phelan@morainevalley.edu
|
|
Department Programs
- Addictions
Studies—Meets professional substance abuse counselor
certification training requirements.
- Child
Care—Provides child care center management, teaching, and related
training.
- Criminal
Justice—Emphasizes careers in the criminal justice field.
- Fire
Service—Meets OSFM certification, and emphasizes careers in the
fire service field.
- Fitness
Trainer—Provides training for jobs in health fitness clubs,
sports facilities, etc.
- Meeting
Planner—Provides students the
knowledge, skills, and abilities to take a project from the conceptual stage
into a successful meeting, conference, or gala fundraiser.
- Physical
Education and Health—Features aerobics, body
building, fitness, health, lifestyle, nutrition, outdoor recreation, team
sports, etc.
- Private
Protective Services—Emphasizes careers in the security and loss
prevention field, as well as criminal justice.
- Psychiatric
Rehabilitation—Training program addresses the
entire range of entry-level jobs in the mental health service delivery
system for individuals who are not credentialed in one of the traditional
mental health-related fields.
- Recreation
Management—Emphasizes careers in the leisure services and
commercial recreation industries.
- Recreation Therapy—Provides
recreation therapist job training.
- Travel
Business
Management—Provides
training for a range of jobs in the travel-tourism industry.
Criminal
Justice Education Training Partnerships
Moraine Valley
Community College has partnerships with the following agencies. For more
information, please contact Joe Ford at fordj@morainevalley.edu.
Admission Policies
Moraine Valley is a
comprehensive full-service community college with an open-door admission policy
for high school graduates and others qualified to enter.
Admission is available to individuals 18 or older who are high school
graduates/GED recipients, or who have permission from their high school.
|