USCB Human Services Brochure

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THE BS IN HUMAN SERVICES: A DEGREE WHOSE TIME HAS COME “The Human Services program has been the perfect interdisciplinary degree to prepare me for working with youth. I can eventually serve as an advocate to those who are suffering from social injustices.”

Alice Atkins, fourth-year student

The United States is becoming increasingly a service economy, and colleges and universities across the nation are responding to the demand for augmented knowledge and technical sophistication by developing Human Services programs. Five years ago Dr. Lynn Mulkey, USCB Professor of Sociology, dreamed of bringing a fouryear program in Human Services to South Carolina and to USC Beaufort. To aid in crafting an exceptional program, she surveyed Beaufort County about the knowledge and skills needed for professional level positions in the field and reviewed the most successful of the nation’s some 225 human services degree programs.

“I love Dr. Mulkey. She makes sociology so interesting that I really want to learn.

Pursuing the Human Services degree allows me to combine sociology and psychology classes to fit my career interests – helping young people. This spring I interned at United Communities for Child Development and now have a better idea of what it will be like working in my field.”

Roshanna Holmes, third-year student Mission Statement: USCB’s Human Services Program prepares human service professionals. Graduates will have the requisite abstract knowledge in the social/behavioral sciences as well as in applied/practical/technical knowledge to serve their prospective employers. As part of a new and burgeoning field of study nationally and internationally, this Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary degree prepares its students to fill an employment gap in an increasingly sophisticated global economy.

The program’s internships are part of a county alliance and a community-based model that allows students to learn from and serve the needs of regional employers in sustaining and enhancing quality of life. Whether work is in a church, a school, a legal office, social services, government offices, planning and environmental protection agencies, hospitals, mental health offices, or in a multitude of other contexts, human service graduates are prepared for work at the baccalaureate level or can pursue graduate studies in a variety of areas.

The only baccalaureate program in Human Services offered in South Carolina’s public colleges and universities, this program’s many online course offerings permit students to complete the degree from wherever they reside throughout and outside the region. No degree is more promising to graduates and the communities they will serve than the Bachelor of Science in Human Services.

For further information, contact Dr. Mulkey at 843-290-3357 / 877-885-5271 or mulkey@sc.edu

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HUMAN SERVICES Lynn M. Mulkey, Program Director

CURRICULUM I. General Education Requirements (38-49) English BENG 101, 101L and 102 (each with a grade of C or higher)1 . . . . . . . 6-7

OUR CURRICULUM HAS BEEN UPDATED Numerical and Analytical . . . . . . . .is. .continually . . . . . . . . . .deepening . . . . . . . . . and 6-7 The University of SouthReasoning Carolina Beaufort BMTH 110 or BMTH 111/111L or a higher level mathematics course, enriching its curriculum - to maintain pace with changes in the field and plus an additional course in mathematics, logic, statistics, or to position students to transition successfully into their careers. computerour science.

Speech visit www.uscb.edu/bulletin to review requirements for the Please BSPCor140 or BPSC . . . . . . . . .directly. .............................3 degree contact the230 department Liberal Arts Liberal Arts Electives2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 BHIS 101, 102, 111 or 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fine Arts3 . . . . . .UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . . . . .OF . . .SOUTH . . . . . . .CAROLINA . . . . . . . . . BEAUFORT .............3 January 2008 Social/Behavioral Sciences4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Natural Sciences5 Two courses with laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Foreign Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Requirement may be satisfied by proficiency. Students shall demonstrate in one foreign language the ability to comprehend the topic and main ideas in written and, with the exception of Latin and Ancient Greek, spoken texts on familiar subjects.

Non-Western Studies6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3

1 Students may place out of BENG 101L with an appropriate score on the Freshman

II. Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19 BPSY 101 and BSOC 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Foreign Language (two courses at a higher level, in the same language as above, preferably Spanish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 One statistics course from either BPSY 227, BSOC 220, BSTA 201, BSTA 210, or BMGS 291 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 One research methods course from either BPSY 226, BSOC 497, or OUR CURRICULUM BBAD 396 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

2 Courses from the following disciplines: BAFR, BANT, BARH, BATS, BECO, BENG,

English Placement Exam.

BFRE, BGEO, BGER, BHIS, BHSV, BLIN, BMUS, BPHI, BPOL, BPSY, BRLG, BSOC, BSPA, BSPC, BTHE. 3 Courses from: BARH, BATS, BMUS or BTHE. 4 Courses from: BANT, BECO, BGEO, BLIN, BPOL, BPSY, BSOC. 5 Courses from: BAST, BBIO, BCHM, BGEL, BMAR, BSME and BPHY. 6 The following courses have been approved for this requirement: BANT 102, BANT HAS BEEN UPDATED 317, BARH 349, BENG 291, BGEO 121, BGST 301, BRLG 203, BSOC 315 or any South Carolina Beaufort is continually deepening and non-Western History course.

The University of III. Major Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . enriching . . . . . . . . .its . . curriculum . . . . . 48 - to maintain pace with changes in the field and Five psychology courses at 300 level or above . . . . . to . . position . . . . . . . .our . . . students . . . 15 to transition successfully into their careers.

Five sociology courses at 300 level or above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 BHSV 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please . . . . . . visit . . . . www.uscb.edu/bulletin .......3 to review requirements for the BHSV 301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 degree or contact the department directly.

BHSV 302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 BHSV 401 (three internships) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 IV. Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

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V. Minor Requirements (optional) January 2008 Students can obtain a minor by completing 18 credit hours in an area of study (i.e. anthropology).

Total hours required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

“Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.”

Aristotle

HUMAN SERVICES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES •

Social Services

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Recreation Departments

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Foundations

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Senior Centers

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Child Care Facilities

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Group Homes

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Literacy Advocacy

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Substance Abuse Programs

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Mental Health Centers

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Environmental Protection

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Public Relations

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Legal Offices

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Schools

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Health Services

“I’m delighted that here in our very own Lowcountry environs, USCB’s Human Services program is serving the worldwide

and growing effort to prepare human service professionals.”

Lynn Mulkey, Program Director (843) 290-3357 | mulkey@sc.edu www.uscb.edu

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