The Associate degree human service professional is recognized as an important member of a team of professionals working to assist persons with a variety of disabilities or problems. Employment opportunities exist in various setting in both public and private sectors.
Specific roles vary form agency to agency and are as broad as human needs are.
The successful student will be a caring individual who will acquire the skills necessary to provide services or opportunities to a variety of persons in many different situations. In addition to the technical courses in the program, the student will have opportunities to learn and apply the learned skills in actual situations through four scheduled practicums and a directed practice for a total of 650 hours of hands-on experiences.