Human Services, B.A.
The Human Services, B.A., curriculum at NLU prepares students to advance in organizations that provide support and service to individuals, families and communities in need. These include social service agencies, community health centers and rehabilitation clinics. This major does not provide entry level preparation for Human Services professional practice. The program is conveniently offered in both online only and face-to-face formats.
Students applying to the B.A. Human Services program are subject to the Undergraduate Admission Requirements.
Program Details:
- Requires 180 QH, including 60 quarter hours of General Education, for completion
- Requires a completion of LAE 102 (or equivalent) with a grade of "C" or better before beginning the Program Major gateway courses; HSM 101 and HSM 102
- Requires a minimum grade of “C” in Human Services requirements
- Credit for Prior Learning is accepted for general education, elective credit and as determined appropriate by the faculty, toward program major requirements
- A maximum of 70 QH may be completed through any combination of transfer credit or Credit for Prior Learning toward the major requirements
- Students may complete a minor or concentration, listed below
Minors:
Concentrations:
Required Courses
Student Success Seminar
Note: GEN 103 may be waived, upon student request, for students who (1) enter NLU with an associate’s degree or 90 or more quarter credit hours of transfer credit; and (2) have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.000 or above in their previous undergraduate studies. Students will be required to complete or transfer in additional coursework in general education to meet the 60-quarter credit hour requirement.
Communications
Humanities
| LAH 120 | Logic and Effective Thinking | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in humanities.
Fine Arts
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in fine arts.
Quantitative Reasoning/Math
| LAM 106 | Basic Statistics | 5 |
| LAM 110 | College Mathematics: Application of Mathematical Ideas | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any college-level mathematics course instead of
LAM 110.
LAM 106 must be completed at NLU or an equivalent course may be transferred.
Physical and Life Sciences
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in physical and life sciences.
Social Sciences
| LAS 118 | Introduction to Politics and U.S. Government | 5 |
| LAS 203 | Survey of U.S. History | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any two general education courses in social sciences.
Behavioral Science
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in behavioral sciences.
Human Services Major Requirements - 85 QH
Gateway Courses
| HSM 101 | Introduction to Human Services | 5 |
| HSM 102 | Principles and Practices of Group Process | 5 |
Core Courses
| HSM 201 | Interviewing Principles and Practices | 5 |
| HSM 202 | Crisis Intervention Principles and Practices | 5 |
| HSM 203 | Family Intervention Principles and Practices | 5 |
| HSM 291 | Human Services Fieldwork I | 5 |
| HSM 292 | Human Services Fieldwork II | 5 |
| HSM 304 | Human Development and Human Services in a Multicultural Society | 5 |
| HSM 305 | Survey of Populations with Special Needs | 5 |
| HSM 306 | Legal Issues in Human Services | 5 |
| HSM 400 | Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences | 5 |
| HSM 410 | Management and Leadership in Human Services | 5 |
| HSM 415 | Strategies of Community Intervention | 5 |
Capstone Course
| HSM 493 | Human Services Fieldwork III | 5 |
Human Services Electives under Advisement
Choose 15 QH of Human Services electives with advisor approval
Electives - 35 QH
Choose 35 QH of elective courses
For more information about this program, visit http://www.nl.edu/academics/healthhumanservicesbachelors/bahumanservices/