Bachelor of Science in Community and Human Services, Concentration in Human Services
Level: Bachelor
Language: English
Category:
Human Resources
Social Sciences
Description
The Bachelor of Science in Community and Human Services with a concentration in Human Services focuses on the relationship of human needs to social conditions, emphasizing the identification and analysis of social and psychological problems and their solutions through the helping professions. Such studies lead to professional development in the fields of social work, urban planning, allied health, mental health, childcare, social policy and planning, fire and emergency services and other related helping professions. Human-service professionals work in private and public agencies providing direct services to individuals and communities and to groups with special needs, such as children, families, the elderly and the handicapped. Human-service workers are active in a variety of fields including child chare, community organization, counseling, activities therapy, advocacy, health care, social work and emergency services.In addition to understanding research and developing statistical literacy, students are encouraged to clarify values which will contribute to their own personal growth and assist them in applying empirical methods in a manner appropriate to the fulfillment of client and consumers' human needs and potential. Students also develop skills important in human services in areas such as policy management, research skills, information management, administrative, prevention and intervention and interpersonal skills. Human services students also apply these skills through expanding experience and practical study with individuals and in groups, communities and systems.
Recent Reviews
A really good SUNY School
April 17, 2008
I am graduating this June 2008 and I have to say that my experience at SUNY ESC has been an enjoyable one for the most part- aside from the writing three 15 page+ research papers, but hey, this is college and this is the kind of work that is expected ...
Best Online School Worldwide
December 9, 2007
I have just completed my BS in Community and Human Services with SUNY/ESC. What the first reviewer left out was probably the most important factor pursing a degree in ESC; it is a State University of New York degree. Not as valuable as a SUNY Cornell degree, but valuable nonetheless. ...
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eve February 15, 2009 at 7:37 p.m.
When you graduate from Empire State, do you think your chances of getting a good job are the same/less than/ or more than a degree from one of the more traditinal SUNY colleges? Also what does your diploma from ESC read?