Human Services

Human Services

Professor: Douglas Challenger 
Associate Professor: Jean Dawson, Allan Rachlin
Assistant Professor: Johnna Pike 

A  Bachelor of Arts degree is offered in Human Services for online and traditional students.
An Associate of Arts degree is offered in Human Services for online students.

The mission of the Human Services Program is to produce graduates who have demonstrated competency in understanding the administration and organization of human service agencies, community resources and advocacy, research and analytic methods, and the appropriate skills needed to utilize and apply this understanding to promote individual empowerment, community development and public policy.

Human Services faculty are committed to providing students with a quality liberal arts education and the theoretical foundation of the discipline, combined with an understanding of social science methodologies as they apply to policies and practices that support vulnerable populations as well as children and families. Major attention is given to the career roles, social interaction and social forces that contribute to improving the capacity of systems, organizations, and individuals to cope with changes in fiscal, administrative and political realities.

The goals of the Franklin Pierce Human Services Program are for students to develop a sociological understanding of the nature of human systems; learn to critically analyze how communities are organized and how national policy is created; understand the conditions that promote or limit human development, consider problems and formulate solutions, and become literate and trained in contemporary social scientific methods of data collection, analysis and program evaluation. Students will strengthen their speaking, writing, and presentation skills. Students will be encouraged to rethink current social welfare policies and be actively engaged in positive reform of the system (Praxis) when they enter into their professional careers.

 

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Major Requirements

In addition to completing graduation requirements, Human Services majors will complete the following sequence of courses:

HU101 Introduction to Human Services
HU320 Social Welfare Policy
HU450 Contemporary Social Problems in Human Services
HU489 Senior Human Services Seminar 
MT260 Statistics
PS340 Techniques of Counseling I
SO101 Introduction to Sociology
SO203 Community Organization and Advocacy
SO205 Racial Inequality
SO220 Families in Society
SO223 Power, Privilege and Justice
SO225 Social Science Computer Skills
SO318 Social Science Research Methods

Major Electives

Choose two of the following electives:
HU495 Internship in Human Services
PS220 Group Dynamics
PS345 Techniques of Counseling II
PS345 Crisis Intervention

 

Recommended Curriculum Guide-Human Services

 

Program Courses