Boricua College Bachelor of Science Degree, Human Services Program
Boricua College

Boricua College

Bachelor of Science Degree, Human Services Program

  • New York, USA
  • The Bronx, USA

BSc

119 hours

English

Full time

Sep 2026

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About: The Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services focuses on preparing students to work in various supportive roles within the community. The curriculum combines theoretical knowledge and practical skills to equip students for service-oriented careers.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles in social work, counseling, community outreach, and case management. Other opportunities may include working with non-profit organizations, healthcare settings, and government agencies.

The Human Services degree program of 132 credits is designed to prepare practitioners with the knowledge, skills, and values of the “helping process” directed at individuals, families, groups, communities, selected special populations, and social services support systems. The fundamental principle of practice is to enable individuals to move from external support to personal self-support.

Goal: Prepare human services practitioners who can demonstrate mastery of the generic human services skills, values, and knowledge that facilitate an improved quality of life for New York City residents.

Objectives:

Demonstrate self-awareness and mastery of generic intellectual, affective, and psychomotor-behavioural skills for life-long learning and professional training.

Demonstrate research-based interdisciplinary liberal arts knowledge of social problems, public policies, and programs.

Demonstrate the skills, values, and knowledge in the practice of human services directed at individuals, groups, families, and community organizations.

Demonstrate effective skills and values of human services directed at special client groups in multicultural settings.

NOTE: The Human Services Program (B.S.) requires completion of a minimum of 132 credits of course work with a minimum 2.0 GPA, based on assessment rubrics, exams, or other direct measures of student learning; and completion of the Generic Studies-Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum.

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