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Answers to Your Questions
About the Human Services Major
What can I do with a Human Services
major?
Will I have a chance to gain
some hands-on experience in the field?
In what types of agencies might I
do my field work?
Can I major in Human Services and
still have time for electives or a minor?
What types of graduate study could
I pursue with a Human Services major?
What can I do
with a Human Services major?
The Department of Human Services offers you the
opportunity to prepare for a career in the helping
professions. Graduates may work in agencies and
organizations in fields such as crisis intervention
services, services for children and families, social
services, substance abuse rehabilitation, mental
health, services for older adults, and services for the
developmentally disabled as well as many others. In the
Human Services major, you will gain knowledge and
skills that can be applied in a broad array of service
settings. Graduates in recent years are employed in
positions such as activities director, social worker,
juvenile court counselor, psychiatric assistant,
counselor, probation officer, agency coordinator,
volunteer coordinator, case manager, intake worker and
many others.
Will I have a
chance to gain some hands-on experience in the
field?
The Human Services Department believes that direct
experience is an essential part of a Human Services
education. The Human Services major requires students
to complete at least the following three field
experiences in human service agencies:
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A forty (40) hour of
service-learning project is required in HUS
111.
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Three (3) weeks of full-time
service for four (4) hours of course credit are
required in the Winter Term of the student's
junior or senior year. (HUS 381 Practicum)
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Eight (8) weeks of full-time
service for eight (8) hours of course credit are
required in the senior year. (HUS 481
Internship)
In what types of agencies might I
do my field work?
The Human Services Department has established working
relationships with well over 100 agencies and
institutions in Alamance County and surrounding areas. A
complete list is available in the department. Some
representative types of placements are listed
below:
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Alamance County Sheriff's Department
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Together House
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Alamance County Health Department
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Twin Lakes Retirement Center
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Western Middle School
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Women's Resource Center
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Burlington Police Department
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Triad Health Project (Higher Ground)
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Greensboro Housing Coalition
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Greensboro Volunteer Center
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Guilford Child Developmental Center
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Defense Attorney
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Can I major in Human
Services and still have time for electives or a
minor?
Yes. Unless a student decides upon the major very late,
a minor or second major is possible. Human Services
majors often pursue minors or develop concentrations that
are relevant to their personal goals. Particularly
relevant areas for minor studies are psychology,
sociology, foreign language, business, women?s studies
and criminal justice.
What types of
graduate study could I pursue with a Human Services
major?
Human Services majors in recent years have been accepted
into highly respected graduate and professional programs
all over the country. Some of these programs are listed
below:
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Columbia University: Social Work
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Johns Hopkins University: Education
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Pennsylvania State University:
Social Work and Social Planning
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Texas A&M: Higher Education
Administration
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University of Illinois: Social Work
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University of Georgia: Higher
Education Administration
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University of Maryland: Counseling,
Special Education, Social Work
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University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill: Social Work, School Counseling, Law
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University of North Carolina at
Greensboro: Higher Education Administration,
School Counseling, Child Development and Family
Relations, Community Counseling
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University of Tennessee - Knoxville:
Law
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Virginia Commonwealth University:
Social Work, Health Care Administration
Please contact a member of the Human Services
faculty in Alamance 213 if you have further
questions.
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