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Human Services
Associate in Applied Science, (AAS.HUS)
The Human Services program is designed to educate and
train individuals in the human services profession. The
human services worker is a generalist who can work in a
variety of settings, including community health centers,
agencies serving the physically and mentally disabled, rehabilitation,
drug and alcohol programs and halfway houses.
Employment opportunities also exist in services for youth,
detention centers, community living arrangements,
hospitals, senior citizen and social agencies and organizations,
welfare, and human services departments. The
generalist approach is achieved through a core of courses
which stress the holistic nature of individuals. Emphasis is
placed upon becoming competent in the skill areas required
for working in the human services field. The Human
Services degree program combines classroom learning and
a field placement.
Human services students learn to help people to understand
their problems and motivate them to seek assistance. They
assist in obtaining services for people in need through
advocacy, outreach and brokering, and the collection of
client personal, social, and vocational data for the
preparation of intake reports and case records. The human
services student understands how to arrange for and followup
with specific educational, social, and vocational
programs for clients, and gather and evaluate data
concerning human services programs. The human services
student becomes an effective participant in local planning
and development of programs, and learns how to educate
and facilitate behavior change in individual clients, their
families, and groups in effective problem solving, in daily
living skills and in more effective interpersonal relationships.
Human service workers are “people-helping professionals.”
They serve individuals and groups of all ages in a variety of
settings. Human service workers care about others and
dedicate themselves to bettering the lives of the persons
they work with directly and the community.
Graduates of this program should be able to:
Demonstrate competency in the core skill areas of the
Human Services profession including direct service skills,
administrative skills, interpersonal skills and clinical
skills;
Apply fundamental theoretical perspectives to
practical experience;
Develop a professional identity in human services;
Be fully knowledgeable of community services;
Gain employment at the mid-level of paraprofessional
level in a variety of programs covering the full range of
social service agencies in the human services field.
116 Burlington County College
General Education Courses † Credits
Written & Oral Communications (SPE 102 required) 6
Mathematics (MTH 113 recommended) 3
Natural Science (BIO 103/104 recommended) 4
Social Science (PSY 101 required)
Additional General Education Requirements
3
(SOC 101 required and PHI 101 required) 6
Total 22
† See General Education Requirements on page 43.
Program Courses Credits
HUS 101 Human Services I 3
HUS 102 Human Services II 3
HUS 105 Introduction to Group Dynamics 3
HUS 110 Contemporary Issues in Social Welfare 3
HUS 201 Introduction to Counseling 3
HUS 202 Interviewing Techniques 3
HUS 205 Social Work Process 3
HUS 210 Human Services Field Placement 3
PHI 205 Ethics 3
Select 3 credits hours from the following:
PSY 250 Educational Psychology 3
PSY 251 Child & Adolescent Psychology 3
PSY
PSY
255
256
Abnormal Psychology
Developmental Psychology
3
3
3
PSY 258 Psychology of Personality 3
PSY 259 Social Psychology 3
SOC 201 Social Problems 3
SOC 205 Marriage and the Family 3
Total 36
Electives 6
Total Required for Degree 64