Human Services, Associate of Arts Degree
This major prepares students to work in the expanding field of human services, a growing profession in response to the human needs and problems in the 21st century. It provides a general background for work with families, children, and adults and offers the student a pathway to pursue an associate or bachelor level degree. Individuals with a major in Human Services can enhance their professional helping skills, offering them greater work opportunities as social-service technicians, case management aides, mental health technicians, gerontology aides, special-education teacher aides, and residential managers. Additionally, police officers, firefighters, military counselors, and others dealing
Courses
- AGNG C120 — Introduction to Aging Studies
- AGNG C170 — Psychology of Aging
- ANTH C100 — Cultural Anthropology
- COUN C108 — Applied Stress Management
- HLTH C104 — Cultural Competence in Health & Social Services
- HSVC C100 — Introduction to Human Services
- HSVC C101 — Helping Theories and Intervention Strategies
- HSVC C102 — Introduction to Crisis Intervention
- HSVC C104 — Treatment Issues in Substance Abuse
- HSVC C106 — Cultural Competence in Health & Social Services
- HSVC C274 — Human Services Seminar
- HSVC C275 — Human Services Field Studies
- PSYC C116 — Child Growth and Development
- PSYC C170 — Psychology of Aging
- SOC C100 — Introduction to Sociology
- SOC C110 — Dating, Relationships, and Marriage
- SOC C120 — Introduction to Aging Studies