Southern's Psychology Department looked at the community's need and responded with a program that has human service professionals in mind. The interdisciplinary nature of this degree will allow students to develop a broad background along with necessary human relation skills. Class sizes are small and the learning environment involves close ties between students, faculty, and the community. Have an Associate of Arts degree or approximately two years of college completed. The core of course work is from Psychology which provides classes in helping skills, crisis intervention, behavior modification, program development, group dynamics, and supervised practicum.
Sociology contributes classes for the secondary area.
The sociology focus is on community and other important social issues. Elective course work is available from political science, criminology, communication, economics, business, psychology, and sociology. You have the flexibility to tailor your degree to fit your human service experience. The length of the degree completion program will vary with each individual, depending on prior course work and employment status. For the student who has completed his or her general education requirements, works full-time, and plans on taking two courses a term, an expectation of finishing in three years is reasonable.