Advantages

• Internship opportunities are available. See details below.
• Graduate-level programs exist in areas including human services, human services administration, social work, social work administration, business administration, business administration - non-profit and government, and public administration.
• An accelerated three-year option exists for highly motivated and academically talented students.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

• Apply critical thinking skills in the context of professional practices.
• Perform the basic operations of personal computer use and employ basic research techniques to locate, evaluate, and synthesize information from a variety of sources.
• Communicate effectively and appropriately in oral and written forms.
• Apply a core set of management skills in human resources, finance, operations, and leadership.
• Apply a core set of generalist practice skills in planning, implementing, and evaluating client interventions, which include case management, information and referral, community organization, and outreach.
• Adhere to professional ethical standards and value diversity in all areas of practice, including the supervised field practicum, academic experiences, and community involvement.
• Analyze and design intervention strategies to improve social policies impacting client systems at individual, organizational, and societal levels.
• Enter into professional human services employment at the bachelor's level or graduate-level education in the helping professions.
• Synthesize and apply a solid liberal arts and social sciences foundation in critical thinking, oral and written communication, and self-directed learning.