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Students in this Area of Study (AOS), Community & Human Services (CHS), are required to take at least one course to meet each one of the 6 categories below.

COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICE

Area of Study Requirements

1. Knowledge of human behavior:

Students should identify and demonstrate an understanding of human behavior within the context of various social, developmental, global, economic, political, biological and/or environmental systems. These studies should cover theory, historical and developmental perspectives.

· For example, studies could include human development, fire-related human behavior, child development, deviant behavior, stress in families, or cognitive psychology

2. Knowledge of service delivery:

Students should identify and analyze systems, institutions and policies that are relevant to the delivery of services in their field of study.

· For example, studies could include history of social welfare, human service management, introduction to social welfare, fire-prevention organization and management, introduction to human services, early childhood program

· administration, the United States health systems, managed care, social policy, and/or community organization

3. Skills

Students should acquire skills in assessment, intervention and evaluation with individuals, families, groups and/or communities in their field of study. Additionally, students should demonstrate digital and information literacy as appropriate to their field.

a. For example, studies could include case management, documentation in human services, observation and assessment in early childhood programs, counseling theory, working with survivors of rape and sexual assault, fire investigation and analysis, creative arts therapy: working with special populations, health informatics, family intervention, and/or crisis intervention

4. Ethics

Students should articulate and evaluate the code of ethics and/or the professional standards within their field and apply them to practice situations within their field. Students should identify and examine possible conflicts between their own values and professional expectations.

a. For example, studies could include human service ethics, introduction to ethics, ethical dilemmas in criminal justice and ethics in health care.

5. Diversity:

Students should demonstrate recognition of the range of human diversity, as well as examining the impact of their own power, privilege and oppression on work with individuals, families, groups and communities. Human diversity may include, but not be limited to race, ethnicity, gender, class, socioeconomic status, age, culture, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, sexual identity, geographic differences, and/or ability. 

a. For example, studies could include sex and gender in a cross-cultural perspective, contemporary global issues, economic issues in health services, crime and punishment in American life, exploring human diversity through film, exploring poverty and resiliency and disabled in America.

6. Application and Integration:

Students should plan to demonstrate the application of knowledge, values and skills related to their field. This can include practical applications included in studies, prior learning assessment, and/or relevant volunteer or work experience.

For example, studies could include applications of fire research, survey of social science research methods, social policy analysis, management of health services, developing infant toddler programs, interviewing skills and techniques, protecting America: Cases and controversies, observation and assessment of children, risk analysis, family intervention, crisis intervention, managing bioterrorism and delivering human services.

Concentration Courses/Studies

Select 6 Advanced level Studies directly related to your OWN declared concentration .