紐約州立大學新帕爾茲分校

The Concentration in Human Services (CHS) is a comprehensive educational program that prepares students to work in human services. Graduates work with children, youth and adults who are disadvantaged or have special needs. They work in, for example, children’s homes, criminal justice agencies, runaway and domestic violence shelters, nursing homes, day treatment centers, and community-based residences. Graduates also work in social justice and preventative settings and have gone on to graduate programs in fields such as social work, school and mental health counseling, law, special education, criminal justice, and international human rights. Some of the main features of the Concentration in Human Services are three supervised field education internships, staying together as a group throughout the educational process, and an emphasis on arts and recreation.

The Concentration in Human Services consists of courses offered consecutively during the student's junior and senior years. Students must take SOC350 Introduction to Human Services prior to or as a co-requisite with SOC443 Human Services Theory & Practice I and SOC480 Fieldwork in Human Services I. SOC350 Introduction to Human Services is offered fall, spring, and summer while SOC443 Human Services Theory & Practice I and SOC480 Fieldwork in Human Services I are offered in the spring semester only.

Required Sociology courses......................................16 credits
SOC100 Introduction to Sociology (3)
SOC220 Social Inequality (3)
SOC303 Sociological Theory (3)
SOC306 Research Methods (4)
SOC350 Introduction to Human Services (3)

Sociology electives..................................................12 credits
Each student must complete, by advisement, four (4) Sociology (SOC) electives.

Human Services Concentration Core...........................9 credits
SOC443 Human Services Theory & Practice I (3)
SOC444 Human Services Theory & Practice II (3)
SOC445 Human Services Theory & Practice III (3) - This is the Writing Intensive CHS capstone course in which students write a senior thesis.

Field Education courses............................................12 credits
SOC480 Fieldwork in Human Services I (4)
SOC481 Fieldwork in Human Services II (4)
SOC482 Fieldwork in Human Services III (4)

Arts & Recreation courses.........................................5 credits
Each student must complete, by advisement, two (2) approved courses in Arts & Recreation. These are hands-on courses that will provide students with a variety of modalities.

Cognate courses....................................................6 credits