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BS In Human Services

Curriculum

CORE CURRICULUM (30 q.h.)

MAJOR COURSES (48 q.h.)
Complete all of the following courses:
ENG 3003
Writing for The Professions 13 q.h.
ENG 3004
Writing for The Professions 2 3 q.h.
HSC 2100 Public Health 3 q.h.
HSV 2000 Introduction to Human Services3 q.h.
HSV 2001
Legal and Ethical Issues in Health and Human Services3 q.h.
HRM 2015Techniques of Employee Selection3 q.h.
PSY 1010Introduction to Psychology: Fundemental Issues3 q.h.
SOC 1001
Sociology 1 3 q.h.
SOC 2301
Sociology 33 q.h.
SOC 2425Social Problems3 q.h.
POL 1001
Introduction to Politics 3 q.h.
HSV 4995
Human Services Practicum3 q.h.
 
Complete four of the following courses: 
 
CJS 1504Juvenile Justice3 q.h.
CJS 4214Police and Community 3 q.h.
CMN 1102
Interpersonal and Group Communication3 q.h.
CMN 1151
Listening3 q.h.
HMG 2101
Principles and Practices of Community Health 13 q.h.
HST 3213
Contemporary America3 q.h.
HST 2205
Coming to America: The American Immigrant Experience3 q.h.
PSY 2325
Social Psychology3 q.h.
SOC 2310
Sociology of AIDS3 q.h.
 
OPEN ELECTIVES (37 q.h.)  
 
 
CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES SPECIALIZATION*
 
 
15 q.h.
SOC 2634Family Functions and Dysfunctions3 q.h.
 
Complete four of the following courses:  
 
HSC 2104Health Issues for Young Adults3 q.h.
SOC 2440Gender and Work Roles in Society3 q.h.
SOC 3145Language and Gender3 q.h.
SOC 2165Juvenile Delinquency3 q.h.
PSY 2735Human Sexuality and Love3 q.h.
PSY 3420Development: Infancy and Childhood3 q.h.
PSY 3421Development: Adolescence3 q.h.
 
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIZATION* 
 
15 q.h.
PSY 1210
Introduction to Psychology: Developmental Aspects3 q.h.
PSY 3420
Development: Infancy and Childhood3 q.h.
PSY 3422Development: Adulthood and Aging 3 q.h.
 
Complete two of the following courses: 
 
PSY 4262Cognition and Language3 q.h.
PSY 4145Physiological Psychology3 q.h.
PSY 2100Learning3 q.h.
SOC 2420Death and Dying3 q.h.
 
HEALTH AND SOCIAL ISSUES SPECIALIZATION* 
Complete five of the following courses: 

15 q.h. 
CJS 2113
Gender, Crime, and Justice3 q.h.
CJS 2114
Race, Crime, and Justice3 q.h.
ESC 4110Disasters, Nature's Violence, and the Human Threat3 q.h.
HMG 2101Principles and Practices of Community Health3 q.h.
HSC 1100Basic Nutrition3 q.h.
HSC 2102Women's Health Issues3 q.h.
HSC 2103Men's Health Issues3 q.h.
HSC 2104Health Issues for Young Adults3 q.h.
SOC 1635Race and Ethnicity3 q.h.
SOC 3150Deviant Behavior and Social Control 3 q.h.
SOC 2165Juvenile Delinquency3 q.h.
SOC 2160Drugs and Society3 q.h.
SOC 2305Sociology of Drinking3 q.h.
SOC 2310Sociology of AIDS3 q.h.
SOC 4105Poverty, Power, and Social Change3 q.h.
*SPECIALIZATIONS
Specializations in this program are recommended groupings of courses designed to provide additional content focus. Courses in concentrations count towards open and non-business electives.
 
NON-BUSINESS ELECTIVES (45 q.h.)
 

TOTAL QUARTER HOURS: 160
 



 
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