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Human Services

A.A.S. Degree - Career Program

Department:Education and Human Services

School(s): Community Engagement & Development

MCC Program Code: HU01
CIP Code: 44.0000
NYSED Code (DCC): 01249

Description
This program prepares students for employment in agencies, schools and centers that value paraprofessionals who bring to the job a combination of college course work and human services field experience.

Human Services graduates assist professionals in all kinds of positions where people help people. These include community and social welfare agencies, mental health and social service agencies, community organizations, habilitation and rehabilitation agencies, day care centers and nursery schools, elementary and secondary schools, and geriatric services. The Human Services A.A.S. - General Career Track is flexible so that the students may choose the courses that are most appropriate to their interests and career goals. The Human Services A.A.S. - Disability Studies Career Track, with a focus on disability studies, will prepare students to specifically support individuals with a wide variety of disabilities and related needs in the above settings.

Students must be qualified (by Accuplacer) to take ENG 101 in order to register for HUM 101 and HUM 111. There is an extended option for students taking Transitional Studies courses in reading/writing.
A minimum grade of C- or higher is required in all HUM courses to graduate from the program.
(Housed in the Human Services Department)

Program Learning Outcomes
1) Identify generic helping skills utilized in the Human Services field.
2) Demonstrate as appropriate the helping skills utilized in the Human Services field.
3) Assess when the various applications of the Human Services helping skills are used effectively in an agency setting.
4) Apply good judgment and professionalism as supported in the “Ethical Standards of Human Services Professionals” in areas similar to but not necessarily: basic client rights to privacy effective treatment or ethical issues.
5) Document behaviors accurately in cogently written statements.
6) Develop an action-oriented Human Services assessment.
7) Conduct a thorough study of a community agency (including mission statement agency history organizational structure and funding).
8) Define the various roles of a Human Services worker in providing services to clients in community agencies.