+ Associate of Applied Science in Human Services

Tatiana W. Panas, Ph.D., program director

This degree program prepares students for employment as paraprofessionals in social and human service agencies. It also provides a means for those currently employed in these organizations to improve their proficiencies and move toward promotion. The two-year degree program combines academic courses and a supervised field experience, and may be applied toward several baccalaureate programs offered by the College of Health and Human Services.

The human services degree program trains the student to deal with a broad range of human service issues, populations and agencies.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates from this degree program will possess the following knowledge and skills:

• A basic level of clinical skills;
• A basic level of skill in case management theory and practice;
• An understanding of the major contemporary approaches to understanding human behavior;
• An understanding of basic descriptive statistics;
• The ability to dialog theory with practice.

Degree requirements

• BG Perspective
  • ENG 110, 111, and/or 112 (3-6)
  • BIOL 104 (4)
  • SOC 101 (3)
  • POLS 110 (3)
  • PSYC 101 (4)
  • PHIL 102 (3)
  • ECON 200 (3)
  • Electives (6)
• Basic courses
  • MATH 115 (3)
  • CS 100 (3)
  • IPC 306 (3)
• Professional courses
  • SOWK 110 (3)
  • DHS 330 (3)
  • PSYC 405 (3)
  • SOC 301 or PSYC 311 (3)
  • PSYC 310 or SOWK 320 or 321 (3)
  • SOSC 289 or SOWK 325 (3)
• Professional electives (6)
  • Select two courses from: PSYC 303; PSYC 305 or any other PSYC course; SOC 202, 231, 361, or 441, or any course listed in the program core by the College of Health and Human Services for the bachelor of science degree in social work. Students planning to apply to the social work degree program should take DHS 300.