Human Services: Community Service and Social Welfare (A.A.)
Human Services: Community Service and Social Welfare (A.A.)–This program leads to the Associate of Arts degree and is designed for those students who intend to transfer to a baccalaureate program in social work or a related human services field. The program includes a broad variety of required and elective courses in community service (social-work oriented courses), social sciences, humanities, literature, science and math, and addictions. Various articulation agreements are in place for successful graduating students.
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Human Services
A.A. Program
Hegis Code: 5506
Total Credits: 64
| First Semester | Credits |
|---|---|
| ENG 100 Enhanced Composition I or ENG 101 Composition I or ENG 108 The Craft of Composition / Honors English I(1) |
3 |
| HMS 117 Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
| PSY 203 General Psychology I | 3 |
| Science Elective | 3 |
| SOC 201 Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Total Semester Credits | 15 |
| Second Semester | Credits |
| Arts Elective(2) | 3 |
| BIO 101 Introduction to College Biology I | 4 |
| ENG 102 Composition II or ENG 109 The Art of Analysis / Honors English II |
3 |
| HIS 104 History of the United States since the Civil War | 3 |
| HMS 102 Interviewing in Human Services Case Practice | 3 |
| Total Semester Credits | 16 |
| Third Semester | Credits |
| HED Elective(4) | 3 |
| HMS 200 Human Service Skills | 3 |
| Literature Elective(5) | 3 |
| MAT 102 Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| World Language Elective(3) | 3 |
| Total Semester Credits | 15 |
| Fourth Semester | Credits |
| Communication Elective(6) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| HMS 205 Human Services Internship | 3 |
| Humanities Elective(5) | 3 |
| MAT/CMP Elective | 3 |
| Social Science Elective(7) | 3 |
| Total Semester Credits | 18 |
- Depending on placement
- SUNY GE The Arts
- SUNY GE World Language
- SUNY GE Social Sciences
- SUNY GE Humanities
- Choose from:
COM 101 Interpersonal Communications, or
COM 103 Public Speaking, or
COM 123 Argumentation and Debate, or
COM 202 Persuasive Speaking - Choose from:
SOC 209 Race, Class, Ethnicity, or
SOC 220 Sociology of the Family, or
SOC 222 Sociology of Gender, or
ANT 204 Cultural Anthropology
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