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Human Services
The human services bachelor of science curriculum is designed with the needs of the community in mind. It provides students with a theoretical and practical framework that will prepare them to assume positions in the human service field. Graduates are expected to demonstrate mastery of core competencies that include: normal human development from conception to death; abnormal and deviant behavior, including mental illness, drug or alcohol abuse, and criminality; social problems, including poverty, racism, ageism, and the social organizations designed to address these problems; human diversity, including religious, cultural, gender, age, and ethnic differences; the role of marriage and the family; the history of human services and social welfare policies; successful intervention skills including the nature of helping relationships, communication, delivery of individual and group services, and effective casework management; the interrelatedness of social agencies and the roles they play in social interventions; the integration of Christian faith with stewardship and service to others.
Major courses – 48 semester hour credits
| Term One | ||
| HSS 201 | Introduction to Human Services | 3 |
| HSS 301 | Social Welfare Agencies/Policies | 3 |
| BBL 408 | Faith Perspectives | 3 |
| HSS 202 | Human Diversity | 3 |
| Term Two | ||
| HSS 305 | Counseling & Helping Skills | 3 |
| HSS 432 | Research & Resources | 3 |
| HSS 405 | Community Interventions | 3 |
| HSS 307 | Generalist Practice, Model & Theory | 3 |
| Term Three | ||
| HMT 411 | Humanities | 3 |
| HSS 303 | Agency Field Experience | 3 |
| HSS 230 | Family System in Context | 3 |
| PSS 250 | Lifespan Development | 3 |
| Term Four | ||
| HSS 434 | Applied Research & Statistics | 3 |
| HSS 401 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| HSS 450 | Field Experience | 3 |
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(**NOTE: HSS 401/450/434 will be delivered concurrently over the 17 week term.) | ||
A student must complete 90 semester hour credits before participating in the field experience at the start of term four. Students must complete prerequisites Abnormal Psychology (three credits) and Introduction to Sociology (three credits) by the beginning of term four. Students must complete 126 credits for graduation in the human services major.