Human Services Management

Application Code:

2153

Degree Received:

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Academic Department:

Description:

The baccalaureate degree (BS) program in human services management prepares workers who, as generalists, can work with clients in a wide range of human services agencies and also can employ sound management practices. This interdisciplinary program prepares students to offer direct service to clients but who also know the basics of program management and supervision. The program requires students to take lower and upper-level courses in the human services, and additional courses in management, accounting, and leadership. An upper-level internship of 400 or more hours in a public or private human services agency is required.

Internship Opportunities

Internship opportunities exist with a number of local and regional human services agencies including, but not limited to, ACCORD Corp., Adelphoi Behavioral Sciences, Alfred Montessori School, Allegany County ARC, Allegany County Department of Health, Allegany Department of Social Services, Allegany County Office for the Aging, Allegany Rehabilitation Associates, Inc., Catholic Charities, Hillside Children's Services, Hornell Area Concern for Youth, St. James Mercy Healthcare, Trapping Brook House, and the Y.M.C.A. of Hornell.

Entrance Requirements & Recommendations:

Applicants must have graduated from an approved high school or possess a high school equivalency diploma, and must provide verification of same to the Alfred State College Admissions Office.
Applicants without a college degree must submit ACT or SAT scores. A composite ACT score of 21 or a combined SAT score of 1000 (reading and math) is recommended.
Applicants without a college degree must have successfully completed math A or its equivalent.
Applicants with previous college course work must submit an official college transcript.
Applicants are informed that many human services agencies require that field practicum students pass background checks before being allowed to begin their field placements.
While the program allows students to pursue their degrees on a part-time basis, applicants should be aware that they must enroll as full-time students in the semester in which they take their senior fieldwork (HUSR 5314).
Financial need is not considered as part of the admissions process.

Features & Facilities:

Students take a minimum of 42 hours of human services professional courses; 13 at the lower level and 29 at the upper level. The lower-level professional courses are introduction to human services; issues in human services; basic helping skills; and the second year practicum. The upper-level human services courses are community organization; counseling theory; social policy and human services; grants, contracts, and organizational advancement in human services; case management systems; and the field practicum and seminar. In addition, students take 18 hours of management courses; three at the lower level and 15 at the upper level. The lower-level course is fundamentals of management. The upper-level courses are accounting perspectives; human resource management; principles of leadership; management communication; and ethics and leadership in management. The capstone of the program is the field internship (HUSR 5314) which typically is taken in the eighth semester. In this semester-long experience, students spend a minimum of 400 hours working as interns in a human services agency in a management capacity. This provides students with the opportunity to pull together all that they have learned and to apply it in the real world.

Graduation Requirements:

Successful completion of above listed courses with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Successful completion of at least one course in each of the 10 General Education knowledge areas established by SUNY.
Minimum of 121-122 total credit hours, of which at least 50 must be at the upper level and 60 must be in the liberals arts and sciences.
Ability to pass any background check required by the internship agency.
2.5 GPA or higher in each upper-level human services course prior to taking the senior internship.
3.0 GPA or higher in the senior internship.
Successful completion of a semester-long internship of at least 400 hours at a departmentally approved human services agency offering management internships.

Career Opportunities:

Case, Program, or Residential Manager
Human Services Supervisor
Aftercare Coordinator
Quality Assurance Specialist
Outreach Coordinator
Grants Management and Organizational Development Specialist
Program Planner

Transfer Opportunities:

Graduate level programs in areas including human services, human services administration, social work, social work administration, business administration, business administration - non-profit and government, and public administration.

Typical Semester Layout:

A full-time student typically takes five courses (15-16 credit hours) each semester. Most classes meet three times a week for 50 minutes or twice a week for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Students should plan to study about three hours for each one hour spent in class. Human services professional class sizes are about 30 for lower-level courses and 20 or less for upper-level courses. Subject to the approval of their faculty adviser, students are responsible for setting their own class schedules and for ensuring that they have met all course and graduation requirements.

First Semester			credits
COMP	1503	Freshman Comp	3
PSYC	1013	General Psychology	3
SOCI	1163	General Sociology	3
HUSR	2083	Intro to Human Services	3
	xxx3	Fine Arts Elective	3
	xxx1	Physical Education Elective	1
			16

Second Semester			credits
PSYC	1023	Human Development	3
PSYC	1063	Basic Helping Skills	3
HUSR	4033	Issues in Human Services	3
MATH	xxx3	Statistical Concepts or Statistics I	3
LITR	xxx3	Literature Elective	3
			15

Third Semester			credits
SOCI	1223	Minority Cultures	3
	xxx3	Other World Civilization Elective *	3
	xxxx	Natural Science Elective	3-4
PSYC	xxx3	Psychology Elective	3
SPCH	1083	Effective Speaking	3
			15-16

Fourth Semester			credits
SOCI	1183	Contemporary Social Problems	3
HUSR	1074	Practicum **	4
	xxx3	American History Elective ***	3
	xxx3	Computer Elective	3
	xxx3	Open Elective	3
			16

Fifth Semester			credits
ACCT	5043	Accounting Perspectives	3
BUAD	3153	Fundamentalsl of Management	3
SOCI	5023	Research Methods	3
PSYC	5013	Counseling Theory	3
HUSR	5003	Community Organization	3
			15

Sixth Semester			credits
BUAD	5023	Human Resource Management	3
BUAD	5013	Principles of Leadership	3
BUAD	5003	Management Communications	3
HIST	1113	Western Civilization	3
HUSR	5103	Social Policy & Human Services	3
			15

Seventh Semester			credits
	xxx3	Foreign Language Elective	3
BUAD	5043	Ethics & Leadership in Management	3
HUSR	5203	Grants, Contracts, Org. Adv. HS	3
HUSR	5213	Case Management Systems	3
PSYC	5103	Industrial Psychology	3
			15

Eigth Semester			credits
HUSR	5314	Field Practicum & Seminar ****	14
			14

Note:

* One out of international relations or marriage and family across world civilizations.

** 104 hours of field work and two-hour seminar; requires 2.0 cumulative GPA and C+ average in HUSR 2083, HUSR 4033, and PSYC 1063.

*** One out of American history I, American history II, or American government.

**** Minimum 400 hours field work, three-hour weekly seminar, requires 2.0 cumulative GPA and 2.5 average GPA in all upper-level HUSR courses.

Employment and Transfer Report

Employment and Transfer Salary Information:

Employment Statistics

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects demand for bachelor's prepared human services professionals to grow faster than average through the next decade, especially in rural areas which already face a significant shortage of human services professionals. Depending on location, starting salary will typically range from $35,000 to $40,000.

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