Human Services
Associate in Science Degree
(61 semester hours minimum)
This program is geared for students seeking careers in the human services, such as special education, mental health, social services, or child development. The program provides both academic and applied educational experiences for students interested in the opportunities and satisfaction of helping others and can be used for entry-level positions in the human services field or to transfer to a BSW/BA degree program. Students intending to transfer are highly encouraged to follow the directed courses identified below.
- Relate an understanding of human development and behavior in the social environment
- Demonstrate knowledge of key theories directing human services intervention including systems/ecological, psychoanalytical, cognitive, behavioral, and person-centered
- Integrate understanding of the history of human services and current trends
- Define the typical social conditions leading to human services interventions such as addictions, aging, crime, disability, family relations, mental illness/retardation, and poverty
- Understand gender/culture/race/religious/ sexual orientation/age and other prejudices and their impact on human behavior and potential
- Recognize the significance of culture on human behavior
- Demonstrate knowledge of access to community resources as well as funding considerations
- Exemplify competence as skilled entry level providers in the field of human services
- Show an understanding of and commitment to ethical practice and the values of human services professionals
- Indicate knowledge about and commitment to systems change and the rights of people to receive services
- Advocate against all forms of discrimination and prejudice
- Demonstrate a commitment to life long learning for themselves and those whom they serve
For more information contact Program Coordinator Barbara Presson.
General Education Core
(See also General Requirements)
| Communication Skills - 6 Credits | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| ENG* 101 | Composition | 3 |
| COM* 171 | Fundamentals of Human Communication | |
| or COM* 176 | Business & Professional Communication | 3 |
| Humanities - 6 Credits | ||
| Literature or Philosophy Elective1 | 3 | |
| Humanities Elective2 | 3 | |
| Math/Science - 7 Credits | ||
| BIO* 115 | Human Biology | 4 |
| MAT* 137 | Intermediate Algebra | 3 |
| Social Sciences - 9 Credits | ||
| POL* 111 | American Government | 3 |
| Social Science Electives3 | 6 | |
| Computer Science - 3 Credits | ||
| CSA* 105 | Introduction to Software Applications4 | 3 |
| Program Core | ||
| ANT* 105 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| HSE* 101 | Introduction to Human Services | 3 |
| HSE* 108 | Human Service Worker | 3 |
| HSE* 281 | Human Services Field Work I5 | 3 |
| HSE* 282 | Human Services Field Work II5 | 3 |
| PSY* 111 | General Psychology I | 3 |
| SOC* 101 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| SOC* 210 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
| SOC* 201 | Contemporary Social Issues | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Open Electives6 | 3 | |
No course may be used to satisfy two requirements in this program.
- Transfer students should select a Literature course.
- Transfer students should select ART* 101 or 102.
- Transfer students should select HIS* 101 and non-western culture Elective.
- Students may select an advanced computers course with the approval of the instructor.
- By special application to the coordinator of the Human Services Program. The College reserves the right to make the final determination on acceptance into the Field Practicum.
- Transfer students should select two semesters of a foreign language, unless they have the equivalent of two years of a high school foreign language.