What are the Course Requirements?

Students obtain a BA degree in Sociology with a Concentration in Human Services. The requirements include 59/60 credits and although this sounds like a lot, students graduate with 120 credits as required.

The courses are as follows:

Required Sociology Courses (15 credits)
SOC100 Introduction to Sociology
SOC220 Social Inequality
SOC303 Sociological Theory
SOC306 Research Methods
SOC350 Introduction to Human Services

Sociology Electives (12 credits)
Each student must complete, by advisement, 4 Sociology Electives (prefix SOC)

Human Services Concentration Core Courses (9 credits)
SOC443 Human Services Theory and Practice I
SOC444 Human Services Theory and Practice II
SOC445 Human Services Theory and Practice III (the Writing Intensive CHS capstone course in which students write a senior thesis)

Field Education Courses (9 credits)
SOC480 Field Education in Human Services I
SOC481 Field Education in Human Services II
SOC482 Field Education in Human Services III

Arts and Recreation Courses (5/6 credits)
Each student must complete, by advisement, 2 approved courses in Art and Recreation.  These courses are hands-on courses that will provide students with a variety of modalities.
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Cognate Courses (9 credits)
Each student must complete, by advisement, 3 approved courses in departments that offer courses related to human Services.  These courses complement the human services courses.
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Do you want to travel and study abroad?

In addition to the required courses, the Concentration in Human Services also offers an International Social Welfare course every summer to Denmark, Germany or Spain to study human services practices and the overall social welfare system.  These 3 credit courses are 11 days long and count as either a Sociology Elective or a Cognate course. This course is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.  Human services practitioners and educators are also welcome!  The course has been approved as an advanced elective at several Masters in Social Work programs as well as in other graduate programs.

We encourage students to study abroad a semester and will work with each student individually to make sure all major course requirements are fulfilled.