Human Services, BA

Program Requirements

• GCS 300 - Career Exploration

• OR GCS 380 - Internship for Continuing Studies 

• GCS 391 - Leading through Change
• PSYC 151 - Introductory Psychology: Perspectives on the Self
• SOC 151 - Sociological Principles and Perspectives
• SOWK 220 - Introduction to Human Services
• SOWK 350 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment
• SOWK 370 - The Helping Interview
• SOWK 370L - Interviewing Lab
• SOWK 371 - Generalist Practice with Individuals
• SOWK 373 - Generalist Practice with Families and Groups
• SOWK 374 - Practice with Organizations and Communities

Core Requirements

FOUNDATIONS

Community and Commitments: 2 hours

• CORE 100   

Foundations of Christianity I: 4 hours

• REL 121  or REL 131  

Foundations of Christianity II - at least 2 hours

• Course listings for this category may be found here .  

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

Foundational Writing: 

• ENGL 101  

OR

• ENGL 100  and ENGL 102  

Health and Movement: 1 hour

• PER 1XX

World Languages I: 3 hours

• IDIS 101  

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Complete coursework totaling at least 18 semester hours from at least five of the six Knowledge and Understanding categories, including at least 2 semester hours from each of the following categories: Arts, Oral Rhetoric, Visual Rhetoric; Humanities; Social and Behavioral Sciences. 

Course listings for each category may be found here .     

World Languages II: 0-4 hours
Arts, Oral Rhetoric, Visual Rhetoric: 2-6 hours
Humanities: 2-6 hours
Mathematical Sciences: 0-4 hours
Natural Sciences: 0-6 hours
Social and Behavioral Sciences: 2-6 hours

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY INTEGRATION

Engaged Citizenship Commitments
Complete at least one tagged course in all three areas. These courses may also satisfy other core requirements. The full list of approved courses may be found here .

• Diversity and Difference
• Environmental Sustainability
• Global Regions and Cultures

Contemporary Challenges and Enduring Questions: 4 hours

• Course listings for each category may be found here .

Total Semester Hours: 32-38