Students apply these general skills in analyzing specific types of agencies and through internships in the field. All students entering the major will be tested for English, reading, and mathematics deficiencies. Students will be expected to remediate reading and English deficiencies during their first semester, and must remediate any math deficiency by the end of the first year in the major. 18 Human Services Application Electives include courses numbered HSR 260 - HSR 299. The general goal of the Human Services program is to train students as generalists in the helping professions.
Graduates are also prepared for advanced study in social sciences and human service fields.
Graduates of the Human Services program should be able to provide generic therapeutic, supportive and preventive services for people with emotional, developmental, social or physical problems in a variety of social or human service settings.