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 master 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 |
| PSS 251 |
Child Psychology |
3 |
| BBL 408 |
Faith Perspectives |
3 |
| HSS 202 |
Human Diversity |
3 |
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| Term Two |
| HSS 301 |
Social Welfare Agencies/Policies |
3 |
| HSS 305 |
Counseling & Helping Skills I |
3 |
| HSS 303 |
Agency Field Experience |
3 |
| HSS 307 |
Generalist Practice, Model & Theory |
3 |
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| Term Three |
| HSS 434 |
HSS Applied Research and Statistics |
3 |
| HSS 401 |
Senior Seminar |
3 |
| HSS 450 |
Field Experience |
6 |
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(**NOTE: HSS 401/450/434 with be delivered concurrently over the 17 week term.
HSS 491 will meet for the first two hours of class and HSS 401/450 will meet for the second two hours of class) |
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| Term Four |
| HMT 411 |
Humanities |
3 |
| HSS 405 |
Community Mental Health |
3 |
| HSS 230 |
Family System in Context |
3 |
| PSS 253 |
Adulthood and Aging |
3 |
