Social Services Concentration
The Social Services concentration introduces students to the human services component of criminal justice and related fields. This concentration will prepare students to work in an advocacy role helping people in the criminal justice system or impacted by others in the system.
This concentration is conveniently offered in fully online or blended formats.
Concentration Details:
- Requires 15 QH for completion
- Requires a minimum grade of "C" for each course in the concentration
- A minimum of 5 QH must be taken at NLU
- Credit for Prior Learning is accepted for CSJ 215
Note: The same courses may not be used to satisfy the concentration and program major requirements.
Required Courses 15 QH
Social Services Concentration
Student are required to complete HSM 202 or CSJ 215 and then select courses from the list below or other courses under advisement:
| HSM 202 | Crisis Intervention Principles and Practices | 5 |
| or | |
| CSJ 215 | Juvenile Justice Systems | 5 |
| and | |
| HSM 306 | Legal Issues in Human Services | 5 |
| HSM 407 | Violence and Aggression in the Family | 5 |
| HSM 417 | Child Abuse and Neglect | 5 |
| PSY 306 | Theories of Personality | 5 |
| PSY 307 | Abnormal Psychology | 5 |