Human Services Administration, B.B.S. (HSAD)

Human Services Administration

The Human Services Administration interdisciplinary major provides students skills requisite 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 requisite 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 (15 hours)

This course of study provides students with the skills requisite 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 requisite 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

Bachelor of Behavioral Science Degree (BBS)

BBS Human Service Administration Core Requirements

These courses are required to be taken in the Departmental Requirements. May share with the core.

PSYC 1301Intro to Psychology

3

SOCI 1301Intro to Sociology

3

Major Requirements

Major: Human Services Administration

ACCT 1301Survey of Accounting

3

BSAD 3303Business Law I

3

COMM 4305Organizational Communication

3

KINE 2303Sport First Aid and CPR

3

MGMT 3351Introduction to Management

3

MGMT 3371Nonprofit Management

3

MGMT 4352Human Resource Management

3

SCWK 1350Introduction to Social Work

3

SCWK 2360Human Behavior/Social Envir I

3

SOCI 3303Cultural Diversity

3

EDUC 4327Internship

3

Total Credit Hours: 33

Student will choose one of the following four specializations

Specialization: Applied Behavior Analysis

EDUC 4340Current Issues in Spec Ed

3

EDUC 4341Educational Ass. of Exceptional Learners

3

EDUC 4342Adv. Strategies for Exceptional Learners

3

EDUC 4343Managing Academic and Social Behavior

3

EDUC 4327Internship

3

SCWK 2303Social Work Practice I

3

SOCI 3380Social Research Methods

3

PSYC 3306Child & Adolescent Psyc

3

Total Credit Hours:24

Specialization: Adult Services

PSYC 3303Abnormal Psychology

3

PSYC 3307Human Sexuality

3

 

PSYC 3337Adult Development and Gerontology

3

Or

SOCI 4370Aging in Society

3

 

PSYC 4340Psychology of the Family

3

Or

SOCI 4340Sociology of Marriage and Family

3

 

SOCI 4360Health Care Issues in Society

3

Or

SCWK 4360Health Care Issues in Society

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Specialization: Preschool and Childcare

ECED 4311Theory and Foundations of Early, Childhood Education

3

EDUC 3338The Learning Environment

3

EDUC 3330Foundations of Learning and Development

3

ECED 3300Physical Activities for Children

3

READ 3360Beginning Literacy Development

3

SCWK 2365Human Behav/Social Envir II

3

SCWK 3320Child Welfare Services

3

Total Credit Hours:21

Specialization: Public Health

BIOL 2405Public Health Microbiology

4

Or

BIOL 3420General Microbiology

4

 

ENVS 4320Fundamentals of Toxicology and Industrial Hygiene

3

PBHL 2301Introduction to Public Health

3

PBHL 3310Fundamentals of Epidemiology

3

SOCI 4360Health Care Issues in Society

3

STAT 3312Statistical Methods

3

Total Credit Hours:19

3 Elective credits from

BIOL 2334Introduction to Research Methods

3

BIOL 3304Medical and Research Ethics

3

BIOL 4314Bioinformatics

3

BIOL 4326Virology

3

BIOL 4402Immunology

4

ENVM 3312Environmental Ethics

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Total Credit Hours: 120

Note: Must complete a minimum of 120 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher to graduate.

36 upper level credits (3000 and 4000-level) required.

80 Chapel attendances required.