Human Services, BA

The human services major prepares students to work with children or adults within a variety of settings. The major emphasizes the interrelationships among individual growth and development, family structure, and the larger social setting. Students become familiar with the history of the helping professions, with various approaches to the development of social policy, and with the structure of the social service system in the United States.

Human services majors graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in human services. The program prepares them to work in direct service or administrative support in the not-for-profit, public, and private sectors. Graduates may take positions in such areas as child welfare agencies, health care, community advocacy, group residences, and recreational programs. Human services majors interested in professional study may enter graduate programs such as social work, psychology, counseling, public administration, criminal justice, and arts therapy. Human service majors are eligible to apply for 3-2 Collaboration programs in Counseling (see Collaborative programs under Academic Information)

Program Requirements for the Human Services Major

Students majoring in Human Services will take 33 credits in the following human services/ psychology/sociology courses:

HSR 1030/SW 1030	INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK	3
PSY 1010	GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY	3
SOC 1010	INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY	3
HSR 2110	HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT I	3
	Or
HSR 2250	HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT II	3
HSR 2510/SOC 2510	THEORIES OF SOCIAL CASEWORK	3
SOC 3040	SOCIAL CLASS POWER & INEQUALITY	3
	Or
SOC 3410	RACE, GENDER AND SOCIETY	3
HSR 4110/SOC 4110	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS	3
HSR 4250	READINGS IN APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH	3
HSR 4800/PSY 4800	HUMAN SERVICES INTERNSHIP SEMINAR	1
HSR 4850	HUMAN SERVICES INTERNSHIP	3
SOC 2450	SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY	3

Electives for Human Services

In addition to these courses, a student chooses 9 credits of electives for the major.

Any HSR course, OR:

 

CRI 2210/SOC 2210	VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY	3
CRI 2250/SOC 2250	VICTIMS OF CRIME	3
PSY 3000	PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING	3
PSY 3010	CHILD PSYCHOLOGY	3
PSY 3230	ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY	3
PSY 3560/SOC 3560	DRUGS & SOCIETY	3
PSY 4250	ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY	3
SOC 2320	SOCIAL PROBLEMS	3
SOC 3260	AGING & SOCIETY	3
SOC 4710	COMMUNITY ACTION	3
CRI 2250/SOC 2250	VICTIMS OF CRIME	3
CRI 2210/SOC 2210	VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY	3

Human Services, BA with Health Care Advocacy Concentration

Students who wish to concentrate in health care advocacy will take the following courses instead of major electives:

HCA 1050/HSR 1050	HEALTH CARE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS	3
HCA 2050/HSR 2050	COMMUNICATING WITH PATIENTS AND PROFESSIONALS	3
HCA 3000/HSR 3000	CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN HEALTHCARE	3
HCA 3200/HSR 3200	HEALTH ADMINISTRATION I: HEALTH CARE LAW & MODELS OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION	3
HCA 3250/HSR 3250	HEALTH ADMINISTRATION II: HEALTH INSURANCE MODELS AND BILLING	3