Abilene, USA
DEGREE TYPE
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
USD 29,526 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
Introduction
Our Human Services Administration Program (HSAD) promotes excellence in education enlightened by Christian faith and values along with preparing graduates to excel in the 21st century in an administrative capacity in non-profit agencies, schools, health care centers, and other community-based organizations while assisting those who are vulnerable and underrepresented. The Human Services Administration interdisciplinary program provides students with skills required to seeking leadership or specialist roles in social services, criminal justice programs, child welfare organizations, developmental disabilities, health care services, gerontology, program management, educational settings for preschool-aged children, or residential treatment programs.
Graduates of the Human Services Administration program are required to successfully complete 55 hours of foundational curriculum classes, 33 hours of Human Service Administration, and complete the chosen specialization track. The four specialization tracks include: adult services, preschool and childcare, public health, and applied behavior analysis administrators.
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Curriculum
The Human Services Administration interdisciplinary major provides students with skills required to seeking leadership or specialist roles in adult services, pre-school and childcare administration, gerontology, program management, or social service. The major allows students with an interest in enhancing the quality of life of individuals and families in need through various agencies: non-profit, schools, health care centers, and other state and community-based organizations.
Students are required to successfully complete 55 hours of foundational curriculum classes, 36 hours of Human Service Administration, and complete their chosen specialization track.
Specialization Tracks:
Applied Behavior Analysis (24 hours)
Preschool & Childcare (21 hours)
This course of study provides students with the skills required to seeking careers in the administration of early child-care centers, both for-profit and non-profit; private and public pre-kindergarten programs; Head Start; pre-schools; parent’s day out programs; before and after school care; and centers for children with special needs.
Adult Services (18 hours)
This course of study provides students with the skills required to seeking careers in the administration of a variety of human service organizations that provide social services to diverse client populations, including but not limited to non-profit organizations, for-profit service providers with a social mission, and government agencies.
Public Health (18 hours)
This course of study provides students with the skills required to seeking careers in the administration of five core disciplines of population health management within public health systems at the national, state, and community levels in the United States. (Minor in Holland School of Sciences & Mathematics)
BBS Core Curriculum
BBS Human Service Administration Core Requirements
These courses are required to be fulfilled in the Core Curriculum.
- Intro to Psychology
- Intro to Sociology
Major Requirements
Major: Human Services Administration
- Survey of Accounting
- Business Law I
- Organizational Communication
- Sports First Aid and CPR
- Introduction to Management
- Nonprofit Management
- Human Resource Management
- Introduction to Social Work
- Human Behavior/Social Envir I
- Cultural Diversity
- Internship
Students will choose one of the following four specializations:
Specialization: Applied Behavior Analysis
- Current Issues in Spec Ed
- Educational Ass. of Exceptional Learners
- Adv. Strategies for Exceptional Learners
- Managing Academic and Social Behavior
- Internship
- Social Work Practice I
- Social Research Methods
- Child & Adolescent Psyc
Specialization: Adult Services
- Abnormal Psychology
- Human Sexuality
- Adult Development and Gerontology
- Aging in Society
- Psychology of the Family
- Sociology of Marriage and Family
- Health Care Issues in Society
Specialization: Preschool and Childcare
- Theory and Foundations of Early, Childhood Education
- The Learning Environment
- Foundations of Learning and Development
- Physical Activities for Children
- Beginning Literacy Development
- Human Behav/Social Envir II
- Child Welfare Services
Specialization: Public Health
- Public Health Microbiology
- General Microbiology
- Fundamentals of Toxicology and Industrial Hygiene
- Introduction to Public Health
- Fundamentals of Epidemiology
- Health Care Issues in Society
- Statistical Methods
3 Elective credits from:
- Introduction to Research Methods
- Medical and Research Ethics
- Bioinformatics
- Virology
- Immunology
- Environmental Ethics
Program Outcome
The following are several, but not all, possible employers for graduates with the HSAD degree: public welfare agencies, federal/state/local government, private social service agencies, religiously affiliated organizations, police departments, probation and parole offices, victim services organizations, hospitals, nursing and retirement homes, hospice, mental health organizations, schools, vocational rehabilitation, community health centers, family service organizations, child welfare departments, public K-12 school systems, private K-12 school systems, private learning centers, business firms in various industries, developers of educational products, or national foundations and associations.