Human Services

Program Objectives

This program is designed to provide a broad based body of knowledge in related fields, with an emphasis in psychology, sociology and social work, in order to meet the expressed needs of human services personnel in community mental health centers, family service agencies and similar organizations. This program, both for individuals seeking entry-level positions and for professionals, who desire to upgrade their positions in the field of human services, allows for a tailor-made curriculum combining psychology and social service skills. This program is designed to enable students to

• Become aware of the increasing scope of human services, especially in outpatient settings such as community mental health centers, and family service agencies.
• Acquire a core of knowledge related to the various helping professions (counseling, social work, health, industrial/organizational psychology, etc.).
• Develop competency in care-giving skills in settings where such care is typically provided in the community.
• Work as middle-level practitioners in community settings and human resources divisions of organizations.
• Assume positions in various health care and family services where management, consultation, referral skills or administration are major job responsibilities.
• Pursue doctoral level studies.

Degree Requirements

Completion of the 33-hour program including Master's Capstone Experience.
(Courses are 3 semester hours unless otherwise indicated.)

Areas of Study

• Required (12 hours)
• PSY-6300 Community Mental Health Programs and Services
• SOW-4910 Social Work Practice Methods I
  or
  SOW-4920 Social Work Practice Methods II
• SOW-4100 Ethical Issues in the Helping Professions
  or
  THY-6400 The Christian in Society
• PSY-6994 Internship: Human Services
• Related requirements
• Development - choose one course (3 hours)
• PSY-4101 Developmental Psychology: Infancy and Early Childhood
• PSY-4105 Developmental Psychology: Middle Childhood
• PSY-4110 Developmental Psychology: Adolescence
• PSY-4115 Developmental Psychology: Adulthood
• PSY-4620 Psychology of Gender
• PSY-6000 Counseling and Human Development
• PSY-6500 Cognitive Development: Theory and Implications
• SOC-4160 Social Gerontology
• SOC-4330 Death and Dying
• SOC-4410 Child, Family and Community
• SOC-6110 Socialization Processes
• SOC-6300 Contemporary Family Patterns
• THY-6500 Moral, Ethical and Spiritual Development of the Child
• Counseling - choose two courses (6 hours)
• PSY-4201 Counseling Skills
• PSY-4625 Behavior Assessment and Management
• PSY-6005 Multicultural Counseling
• PSY-6010 Counseling Theory and Practice
• PSY-6015 Group Counseling
• PSY-6035 Introduction to the Counseling Profession
• PSY-6100 Brief Therapy
• PSY-6105 Substance/Alcohol Abuse and Treatment
• PSY-6110 Counseling for Selected Special Needs
• PSY-6115 Counseling through the Expressive Arts
• SOW-4310Loss and Mourning
• SOW-6400Marital and Family Counseling
• Research and Assessment - choose one course (3 hours)
• PSY-4310 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
• PSY-6025 Assessment Techniques
• PSY-6030 Research in Psychology
• SOC-4700 Social Research Methods
• SOC-6100 Methods of Evaluation Research
• Personal and Social Dynamics - choose one course (3 hours)
• PSY-4505 Human Sexuality
• PSY-4605 Abnormal Psychology
• PSY-4610 Theories of Personality
• PSY-4645 Psychology of Adjustment and Growth
• PSY-6505 Psychological Theories and the Educational Process
• SOC-4100 Sociological Theory
• SOC-4150 Social Psychology
• SOC-4420 Marriage and the Family
• SOC-4430 Social Deviance
• SOC-4610 Social Inequality: Minority Group Relations
• SOC-4620 Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
• SOC-6120 Social Thought and Contemporary Issues
• Electives (6 hours)
  Choose 2 courses from below or from categories above
• ART-4600 Introduction to Art Therapy
• PSY-4440 Basic Sign Language
• PSY-4501 Physiological Psychology
• PSY-4630 The Interface between Psychology and Christianity
• PSY-4635 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• PSY-6020 Career Counseling and Education
• PSY-6495 Administration of Human Services
• SOC-4130 Sociology of Work and Occupations
• SOC-4140 Sociology of Health Care
• SOC-4150 Social Psychology
• SOC-4320 Juvenile Delinquency
• SOC-4510 Law and Society
• SOC-4630 Urban Society
• SOC-6910 Seminar: Social Institutions
• SOW-4000 Introduction to Social Welfare
• SOW-4200 Social Welfare Policies and Services
• SOW-4920 Social Work Practices Methods II
• Capstone Experience