COMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES:
OVERVIEW
Students considering human services professions such as urban planning, allied health, childcare, and mental health have many options at Empire State College. This area explores human needs and values, as well as social conditions. Your exploration helps prepare you for a wide array of helping professions and community service roles – from working with individuals and groups to solve problems, to helping communities in emergencies, to managing social service organizations.
The degree you design in the helping professions can center on a specialized topic, such as family intervention, substance abuse services, or encompass more general areas, such as management skills and counseling approaches. Your studies help you develop analysis and communication skills, as well as knowledge and skills in the delivery and management of social services.
WHO CHOOSES COMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES?
Students pursuing a degree in this area are:
- preparing to enter into personal or community service professions
- further developing their current professional role
- laying the foundation for graduate level study in programs such as social work, psychology, management or school counseling
- combining their background in nursing or substance abuse counseling with further education to broaden their knowledge and abilities.
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WHAT CAN YOU STUDY?
Popular concentrations in this area include:
- children and family services
- criminal justice
- disability studies
- emergency management
- health and human services administration
- substance abuse services
Opportunities exist to develop other concentrations that respond
to your goals and interests.
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