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Human Services (AAS.HSP.SOC)
 
Associate in Applied Science Degree
 
The Human Services program is designed to prepare students with skills to work in a variety of settings such as homes for the developmentally disabled, activity-psychosocial areas of senior residential homes, special education schools, state agencies, correctional centers, probation offices, social service areas of hospitals and mental health facilities. Classroom training and field experience prepare graduates of the Human Services program to provide greatly needed services to people who require assistance.

To be eligible for the field experience the following must be completed: 30 semester hours of the required curriculum, 2.0 GPA, Introduction to Social Work HSP 120 and Social Welfare HSP 122. This program of study can lead to a bachelor's degree in family and consumer science, sociology, or social work. Students should consult with an advisor during their first year regarding specific transfer curricula and electives course work to facilitate a transfer.
 
First Year  
   
1st Semester Semester Hours
ENG 120 Composition I 3
PSY 271 Introduction to Psychology 3
HSP 120 Introduction to Social Work 3
Math (IAI M1) or  
Science (IAI L1 or IAI P1)
3-4
HED 200 Principles of Health 3
Total
15-16
 
   
2nd Semester   Semester Hours
ENG 121 Composition II or  
SPE 111 Introduction to Speech Communication 3
HSP 122 Social Welfare 3
CIS 160 Practical Software Applications 3
HED 178 Responding to Emergencies 2
Area of Concentration 3
Total 14
 
 
Summer Term   Semester Hours
HSP 053 Work Experience Seminar I 1
HSP 054 Field Experience I 2
Area of Concentration 3
Total 6
   
   
Second Year  
   
1st Semester Semester Hours
HSP 055 Work Experience Seminar II 1
HSP 056 Field Experience II 2
Area of Concentration 6
Humanities (IAI H) 3
Elective 3
Total 15
 
   
2nd Semester   Semester Hours
Option A
HSP 057 Work Experience Seminar III 1
HSP 058 Field Experience III 2
Area of Concentration 3
Electives
7-8
Total
13-14
 
Option B
Area of Concentration 3
Electives
10-11
Total
13-14
 
 
The Human Services student has the opportunity to choose from five areas of concentration: education, health, criminal justice, psychology and sociology. Fifteen semester hours are required from one of the five areas to complete the program.
 
Areas of Concentration   Semester Hours
Education
EDU 100 Introduction to Education 3
EDU 103 Teaching & Learning with Technology 3
EDU 190 Introduction to Special Education 3
EDU 200 Educational Psychology 3
ECE 083 Instructional Methods 3
ECE 110 Child Behavior & Management 3
ECE 095 Creative Activities for Young Children 4
PED 172 Basic Activities for Elementary Children 2
PSY 274 Child Development 3
HSP 040 Intro to Learning Disabilities 3
 
Health
AHE 040 Basic Nursing Assisting 8
AHE 041 Medical Terminology 3
AHE 042 Advanced Medical Terminology 3
HEC 102 Health, Safety, Nutrition for Young Children 3
HED 103 Diet Therapy 2
HED 270 Community Health 3
HED 102 Nutrition 3
HED 290 Disease Processes 2
HED 123 Nations Health 2
PED 285 Fitness for Life 3
 
Criminal Justice
CJS 166 Corrections 3
CJS 152 Criminal Investigation I 3
CJS 160 Criminal Evidence and Procedures 3
CJS 158 Juvenile Justice 3
CJS 150 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
CJS 156 Criminal Law 3
 
Psychology
ECE 110 Child Behavior & Management 3
HSP 101 Dynamics of Domestic Violence 3
SOC 280 Introduction to Sociology 3
SOC 235 Death and Dying 3
PSY 275* The Psychology of Maturity and Old Age 3
PSY 274 Child Development 3
PSY 278 Family Relations 3
PSY 279 Human Development 3
PSY 273* Abnormal Psychology 3
PSY 277* Social Psychology 3
PSY 280 Culture & Psychology 3
 
Sociology
ANT 200 General Anthropology 3
CJS 150 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
SOC 280 Introduction to Sociology 3
SOC 282 Social Problems 3
SOC 284 Sociology of Deviant Behavior 3
SOC 286 Racial & Ethnic Groups 3

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