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Focus in Human Services

The BGS program focus in Human Services is designed for individuals pursuing a professional career path in mental health, family services, employee assistance programs, or counseling services to diverse populations and related fields. Course offerings are from the fields of psychology, sociology, human development and family studies as well as other disciplines. This focus may prepare students for entrance into graduate school in social work or counseling.
Focus Requirement
24 credits minimum, with 18 credits at the 200s level.
 
Required Courses (9 credits)
  Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
    266/3340

Introduction to Counseling (3)
(HDFS 273 or HDFS 275 can be substituted)

and TWO of the following
  Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
    190/1070 Individual and Family Development (3)
  Psychology - PSYC
    132/1100 General Psychology I (3)
    133/1101 General Psychology II (3)
    135/1103 General Psychology II (4)
  Sociology - SOCI
    107/1001-107W/1001W Introduction to Sociology (3)
    115/1251-115W/1251W Social Problems (3)
 
Recommended Courses (15 credits)
  Allied Health - AH
    237/3237 Women's Health and Health Care
  Anthropology - ANTH
    246W/3202W Illness and Curing (3)
  Communication - COMM
    220/3200 Interpersonal Communications (3)
    225W/4220W Small Group Communication (3)
  General Studies - GS
    295/4278 Integrating General Studies: The Family (3)
    296/3081 BGS Internship (variable)
    297/4279 BGS Summary Project (3)
    299/3099 Independent Study (variable)
  Health Systems Management - HSMG
    280/3240 Introduction to Health Care Management (3)
  Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
    201/2001 Diversity Issues in Human Development and Family Studies (3)
    202/2100 Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence (3)
    204/2200 Human Development: Adulthood and Aging (3)
    205W/2004W Understanding Research Methods in Human Development and Family Studies (3)
    230/3130 Current Topics in ECE: Autism (3)
    231/3101 Infancy and Toddler Development(3)
    234 Social and Personality Development During Childhood (3)
    248/3240-248W/3240W Aging in American Society (3)
    250/3249 Gender and Aging (3)
    252/3252 Death, Dying, and Bereavement (3)
    260/3260 Woman: A Developmental Perspective (3)
    264/3520 Legal Aspects of Family Life (3)
    269/3420 Family Violence (3)
    270/3421 Low Income Families (3)
    272/3431 Family and Work (3)
    273/2300 Family Interaction Processes (3)
    274/3530 Public Policy and the Family (3)
    275/3319 Family Pathology (3)
    276/3510 Planning and Managing Human Service Programs (3)
    277/3277 Issues in Human Sexuality (3)
    278/3432 Family in Society (3)
    281/3550 Comparative Family Policy (3)
    284/3103 Adolescence: Youth and Society (3)
    287/3311 Parenthood (3)
  Psychology - PSYC
    236/2400 Developmental Psychology (3)
    238/3400 Theories in Developmental Psychology (3)
    240/2700 Social Psychology (3)
    243/2301 The Study of Personality (3)
    245/2300-245W/2300W Abnormal Psychology (3)
    246/3102-246W3102W Psychology of Women (3)
    249/3300 Emotional/Behavioral Disorders of Childhood (3)
    256/2501 Cognitive Psychology (3)
    272/3401 Psychology of Aging (3)
    291/3100-291W/3100W The History and Systems of Psychology (3)
  Sociology - SOCI
    230/3351-230W/3351W Society and the Individual (3)
    244/3457-244W/3457 Sociology of Mental Illness (3)
    245/3621-245W/3621W Sociology of Sexualities (3)
    250/3651-250W/3651W Sociology of the Family (3)
    252/3601-252W/3601W Sociology of Gender (3)
    285/3425 Social Welfare and Social Work (3)
  Women's Studies - WS
    263/3263 Women and Violence (3)
    267/3267 Women and Poverty (3)