Human Services Corrections Major BHS
The concentration in human services/corrections (53 credits) is a combination of subjects designed to give students a conceptual and practical understanding of how to directly provide social services for adult and juvenile offenders in community and institutional correctional settings. The subjects specified in this individualized degree emphasize general helping skills, assessment, intervention strategies, behavior modification, case management and rehabilitation techniques. In addition, students with experience in court services, adult and juvenile corrections have the option to use prior volunteer or work experience to satisfy some of the core subjects.
Courses in corrections are appropriate for students interested in community and institutional corrections. Students concerned about the correctional system as a social or community problem can explore these concerns through studies of juvenile delinquency, criminology and the criminal justice system. Students who wish to become corrections professionals in the public and private sectors should develop knowledge and skills in the humanities, communications, political science, counseling and intervention, human services, law, management, human resource management, and psychology as well as in corrections studies. There is a great diversity in the degree of knowledge necessary for the many different careers associated with corrections.
This degree program requires five core human services courses. The required core content areas insure that graduates have a sufficient complement of theoretical knowledge and practical training for entry as a professional in the field of human services.
Required Core Courses (20 credits)
- HSER 355 Introduction to Human Services: History and Trends
- HSER 353 Social Casework Methods
- HSER 344 Counseling Theories and Techniques or
- HSER 346 Counseling and Interviewing Skills
- HSER 395 Human Services and Diversity
- HSER 455 Human Services Capstone Seminar
Practica (5 credits)
In addition to the core and competence area courses, a practica is required. Experiential (practica) experience is a vital component of the human services degree program. Every student is required to complete a practicum experience.
- HSER 320 Human Services Pre-Practicum Group Seminar
- HSER 331 Human Services Group Practicum and Seminar
Concentration Requirements (28 credits)
- HSCO 321 Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention and Intervention
- HSCO 325 Institutional Corrections: History and Future Trends
- HSCO 326 Community Corrections
- HSCO 327 Women Offenders in Correctional Facilities
- HSCO 332 Rehabilitation of the Public Offender
- CJS 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice or
- CJS 302 Juvenile Justice
- LAWE 330 Critical Issues in Law Enforcement
Recommended Elective Courses
- HSA 369 Program Evaluation
- HSCD 300 Chemical Dependency Concepts
- HSFS 338 The Family: Racial, Gender and Class Dimensions
- PSYC 300 Abnormal Psychology
- HSER 351 Crisis Intervention Skills and Strategies
- HSER 358 Cross-Cultural Counseling