Human Services Major BS
The Bachelor of Science (BS), Human Services major (53 credits) is for students interested in careers as helping professionals, broadly trained to provide direct service, advocacy, and coordination of services.
The following curriculum leads to the human services major. Students pursuing the human services major must demonstrate competence or complete at least one four-credit course in each of the following required core competence areas.
Acceptance to the Program
To be eligible for acceptance to the Human Services BS major, students must submit a College of Health, Community and Professional Services Undergraduate Program Declaration Form. Consult with an advisor before submitting declaration form or enrolling in courses toward the major.
Prerequisites
- PSYC 100 General Psychology (or two psychology courses)
- SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (or two sociology courses)
Required Core Courses (20 credits)
- HSER 355 Introduction to Human Service: History and Trends
- HSER 353 Social Casework Methods
- HSER 346 Counseling and Interviewing Skills
- HSER 395 Human Services and Diversity
- HSER 455 Capstone Seminars in Human Services
Competence Areas (28 credits)
The Human Services degree requires a selection from each of the following areas:
Governmental Relations and Public Policies
- HSER 300 Violence: Origins and Explanations
- HSER 301 Violence: Individual, Community and Global Responses
- HSER 307 Gender Violence in Global Perspective
- HSFS 339 Issues and Actions in Family Policy
- POL 304 Social Movements in Global Perspective
Chemical Dependency Prevention and Intervention
- HSCD 100 Use and Abuse of Drugs
- HSCD 300 Chemical Dependency Concepts
- HSCD 306 Chemical Dependency Prevention and Intervention
- HSCD 301 Chemical Dependency and the Family
Human Growth and Social Development
- HSCD 308 Adolescent Chemical Dependency
- HSER 350 Issues in Adolescent Counseling
- PSYC 308 Child Psychology
- PSYC 311 Life Span Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 336 Social Psychology
Research Methodology
- HSA 369 Program Evaluation
- SSCI 311 Research Methods in Social Science
- PSYC 307 Data/Statistical Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
- ETHS 400 Applied Research for Social Change
- PSYC 312 Research Methods
Family Dynamics
- HSER 352 Family Counseling
- HSFS 338 Family: Racial, Gender and Class Dimensions
- HSFS 143 Social Psychological Explorations of The Family
- PSYC 313 Family Systems
Group and Community Dynamics
- HSER 348 Group Counseling
- HSTD 389 Organizational Development and Change
- HSTD 390 Conflict Resolution
- HSTD 393 Training, Design and Instruction
- PSYC 314 Group Dynamics and Facilitation
- PSYC 363 Community Psychology
Human Services Program Planning and Management
- HSA 362 Human Services Administration
- HSA 363 Development, Marketing and Grant Writing
- HSA 366 Technology Applications in Human Services
- HSA 370 Supervision in Human Services
- HSTD 394 Staff Training and Adult Development
Practica (5 credits)
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
