STUDENT
Spotlight
Human services majors spend their time at Stevenson forming an extensive base of knowledge about families and individuals and how to provide services for them. The program prepares graduates to embark on careers in human services, such as community social services, case management, services for children and senior citizens, services for college students, customer relations, and crisis services.
EMPHASIS ON FIELD PLACEMENTS
One of the best ways to learn about people and how to help them is to interact with them in a real-world setting. Human services majors understand the importance of obtaining hands-on experience in the field. Students are placed in agencies related to their areas of interest, such as hospitals, colleges, addiction treatment facilities, adoption and foster care agencies, schools and centers for children with autism and other emotional or behavioral problems, senior citizen centers, and mental health facilities. All human services graduates spend a minimum of 500 hours in field placements.
NATIONALLY ACCREDITED PROGRAM
The human services program is nationally accredited by the Council for Standards in Human Service Education. This accreditation recognizes the program as being worthy of public and professional confidence. Graduates are prepared to take the exam for certification as a Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner( HS-BCP) offered by the Center for Credentialing and Education.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM
To effectively help people in need, students should obtain knowledge in multiple disciplines. In addition to the courses within the major, human services students benefit from taking courses in law, psychology, and sociology. They may also opt to concentrate in addiction counseling, administration of programs for children, or human services administration( which includes courses in management and marketing).
AFTER GRADUATION
Graduates have a wealth of opportunities at their fingertips. Approximately one-third of students enter graduate programs in fields such as school counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, human services, and related social science disciplines. During the past five years, more than 96 percent of the SU human services students who applied to graduate school have been accepted by those schools. The BS / MS option is available to human services majors who wish to combine their bachelor’ s coursework with work toward a master’ s degree in Healthcare Management. See stevenson. edu to learn more.
KIM CROUT‘ 16 Human Services
“ My favorite part about the human services program is being able to apply the skills that I’ ve learned in class and
working in the field early on in the program,” says Kim.
After graduation, Kim began working at the Maryland Book Bank as a program coordinator, a job which grew out of an internship during her time at Stevenson. At the Maryland Book Bank, Kim stresses the importance of literacy in Baltimore City youth by coordinating multiple reading initiatives throughout the city.
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