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Why Choose NEC to Earn Your Human Services Degree?

Associate or Bachelor’s Programs:

Choose the degree option that best fits your goals: an associate degree aimed at entry-level skills or a bachelor’s degree that teaches skills for aspiring managers.

Generous Transfer Credit Opportunities:

We make it possible for you to get credit for what you already know. Students can transfer up to 44 credits to the AA program or 90 credits to the BA.

Programs Designed for Working Adults:

Our engaging learning environment provides the flexibility you need to balance earning a college degree with full-time work and family responsibilities.

Accelerated Format:

We offer multiple start dates so you can start when
you’re ready and four-credit courses so you can finish sooner.

Versatile Skills for Administration and Direct Support:

At every level, our human services programs cover behavioral health topics, program planning and administration, and working with clients.

Human Services Overview

Prepare for careers that support those in need, including the elderly, vulnerable children, refugees and immigrants, and more.

What You Will Learn

Associate of Arts in Human Services

Our AA program aims to produce graduates who can:

  • Understand human services delivery, assessment, and planning;
  • Strengthen critical-thinking skills to analyze information
  • Develop an ethical world view and build leadership skills, and;
  • Prepare for human services careers or further education.

Bachelor of Arts in Human Services

Our BA program is designed to produce graduates who can:

  • Understand human services delivery, assessment, and planning;
  • Apply an understanding of the key governmental and international institutions that formulate and implement policies related to crisis management in our society, including Congress, the judiciary, the presidency, and state and local governments; the role that terrorism and natural disasters play in shaping crisis response policies and methods.
  • Understand the emergency management process at the local, state, and national level in depth.
  • Explain and apply the mechanics of strategic planning and crisis communications.
  • Effectively analyze public policy issues, particularly those related to homeland security and emergency management, as well as present arguments persuasively and logically, and write and speak clearly, correctly, and convincingly.

Courses and Curriculum

Associate of Arts in Human Services
Prepare for entry-level administrative roles in public or private human services organizations. To graduate, you will complete 60 credits: 24 in your major, 28 in general education, and eight credits in elective courses.
PS 1000 - Exploring the Mechanisms of Prejudice, Discrimination, and Social Justice
PS 1120 - Introduction to Human Services
PS 2050 - Social Psychology
PS 2110 - Writing and Research in Social Sciences
PS 2160 - Lifespan Development
PS 2420 - Systems of Care
PS 3210 - Perspectives in Mental Health and Mental Health Disorders
PS 3310 - Culture and the Practice of Psychology
Bachelor of Arts in Human Services
Prepare for entry-level administrative roles in public or private human services organizations. To graduate, you will complete 60 credits: 24 in your major, 28 in general education, and eight credits in elective courses.
PS 1000 - Exploring the Mechanisms of Prejudice, Discrimination, and Social Justice
PS 1120 - Introduction to Human Services
PS 2050 - Social Psychology
PS 2100 - Careers in Psychology
PS 2110 - Writing and Research in Social Sciences
PS 2160 - Lifespan Development
PS 2310 - Statistics for the Social Sciences
PS 2420 - Systems of Care
PS 3210 - Perspectives in Mental Health and Mental Health Disorders
PS 3310 - Culture and the Practice of Psychology
PS 4200 - Issues in Professional Practice: Human Services
PS 4220 - Research Methods
PS 4320 - Fundamentals of Counseling and Therapy
PS 4340 - Client Assessment and Planning

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