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Sep 08, 2025
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September 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Services
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Program Description
The Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Services program prepares students to uniquely approach the objective of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base, focusing on prevention, intervention, theory, and maintenance in practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. This online program provides a comprehensive knowledge base, tools, and skills for students to focus on the development, administration, leadership, and advocacy within public and private health and human services agencies and organizations. The program includes a core group of behavioral health courses to prepare students to work in various interdisciplinary settings.
Note: Upon completion of this degree, students can fulfill the educational requirement to become a Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP); however, additional HS-BCP eligibility requirements currently include 350 hours of postgraduate work experience in human services, with an exemption for those employed as a human services educator. Certification is not a state requirement for employment.
Program Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Understand the history and current human services delivery.
- Apply knowledge and theory to multiple levels of human systems.
- Demonstrate understanding and integration of models to populations served.
- Exhibit how to apply policy to practice.
- Build skills in information management.
- Adopt ethical and legal standards found in human services.
- Demonstrate knowledge in assessment, planning, and evaluation.
- Engage in genuine interpersonal skills.
- Exhibit leadership and management skills.
Program Content
A minimum of 120.00 semester credit hours is required for graduation.
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Required Courses in Behavioral Health
All courses, 25.00 semester credit hours, are required. Required Courses in Business and Human Resources
All courses, 9.00 semester credit hours, are required Required Courses in Health and Human Services
All courses, 39.00 semester credit hours, are required. Open Elective Courses
A minimum of 9.00 semester credit hours is required. Eligible students can take up to 12.00 credit hours of graduate level coursework to complete a portion of the open electives requirement. Dual Credit Courses
Eligible students can replace up to 12.00 semester credit hours of the core program requirements with approved dual credit graduate level coursework. A total of 12.00 graduate semester credit hours can be taken throughout the student’s program. | Graduate Program | Applicable Dual Credit Courses | | Master of Business Administration Master of Business Administration in Business Analytics Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management Master of Business Administration in Project Management | BU 502 Leadership and Team Dynamics BU 525 Strategic Human Capital BU 631 Project Management for Business Leaders | | Master of Science in Health and Human Services Leadership | HH 510 Inquiry and Information Literacy | | Master of Social Work | MSW 520 Generalist Social Work with Individuals/Families/Groups MSN 540 Social Policy and Services | Required Courses in General Education
Students enrolled in this bachelor’s degree must complete a minimum of 36.00 semester credit hours in general. 12.00 Semester Credit Hours in Communications - EN 104 English Composition I 3.00
- EN 111 Information Literacy 3.00
- EN 116 Speech 3.00
- EN 304 English Composition II 3.00
9.00 Semester Credit Hours in Humanities - HU 140 Cultural Diversity 3.00
- HU 240 Introduction to Humanities 3.00
- HU 340 Humanities and Contemporary Popular Culture 3.00
6.00 Semester Credit Hours in Mathematics - MA 109 College Algebra 3.00
- MA 320 Statistics 3.00
6.00 Semester Credit Hours in Behavioral Science - PS 101 Psychology 3.00
- SS 350 Social Issues and Technology 3.00
3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Science - SC 270 Environmental Literacy 3.00
Transfer students may transfer courses that are within 1.00 semester credit hour of the courses listed above to meet these discipline requirements. Any resulting deficiency in the total of 36.00 semester credit hours required in general education may be made up with general education electives from any of the listed disciplines. Personal and Professional Development Courses
A minimum of 2.00 semester credit hours is required. |
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