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The Associate of Arts in Human Services Management degree program provides students a foundation of knowledge relating to the management of human services organizations. It offers an understanding of the roles of human services workers, public policy, multicultural practices, information technology, financial management and regulatory and ethical issues. Coursework in the concentration courses includes creating care plans, developing alternative funding strategies and determining the characteristics of good human services management.

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Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management degree online from Ashford University, and examine the human side of managing organizations. Learn to facilitate better communication, group behavior, decision-making, and human resources management while observing a code of ethics. Improve your understanding of how organizations function and develop effective skills in management and leadership. Define and understand strategic planning, financial management, law and marketing and other areas in which an organizational leader must be knowledgeable in order to be effective. Use previous education or work experience to enhance and personalize your Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management degree when you pair it with a transfer concentration.

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Support people in need! Enhance your career when you earn your Bachelor of Arts in Health and Human Services degree online from Ashford University. You will develop strong communication skills and learn the proper role of technology in health and human services. Your courses include a wide range of topics, from current medical issues to special populations in public health. Your curriculum concludes with research into access and delivery of services for a select group. Give your career in health a head start with your Bachelor of Arts in Health and Human Services.

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Support people in need! Enhance your career when you earn your Bachelor of Arts in Health and Human Services degree online from Ashford University. You will develop strong communication skills and learn the proper role of technology in health and human services. Your courses include a wide range of topics, from current medical issues to special populations in public health. Your curriculum concludes with research into access and delivery of services for a select group. Give your career in health a head start with your Bachelor of Arts in Health and Human Services.

Enhance your degree when you add the Long-Term Care specialization to your Bachelor of Arts in Health and Human Services degree program. Study gerontology and the challenges confronting long-term care facilities.

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Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management degree online from Ashford University, and examine the human side of managing organizations. Learn to facilitate better communication, group behavior, decision-making, and human resources management while observing a code of ethics. Improve your understanding of how organizations function and develop effective skills in management and leadership. Define and understand strategic planning, financial management, law and marketing and other areas in which an organizational leader must be knowledgeable in order to be effective. Use previous education or work experience to enhance and personalize your Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management degree when you pair it with a transfer concentration.

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The B.S. in Psychology program provides you with a broad understanding of psychology and its relevance in today's increasingly diverse and global society. You will apply psychological theories to current issues in psychology as you gain perspective in three vitally important areas: social awareness, responsibility, and civic engagement; cross-cultural competence; and evidence-based decision-making in an information-rich world. Take up to 70 percent of your courses in psychology or choose elective courses from other majors.

Concentrations

• Child Development Infant/Toddler
• Child Development PreSchool
• Criminal Justice
• Human Services
• Psychology Applied to Everyday Life
• Psychology Applied to the Helping Professions
• Psychology Applied to the Workplace
• Preparation for Graduate Studies

Accelerate Into Master's (AIM)
Transition from a bachelor's degree to a master's degree in less time with Walden's Accelerate Into Master's (AIM) degree option. AIM offers high-achieving undergraduate students an opportunity to take as many as five graduate-level courses in their undergraduate coursework. Upon completion, credits from these courses can be applied toward a master's degree. With the AIM degree option, you can earn your master's degree in as little as one year, depending on your individual progress and degree program.

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Human services professionals are on the front lines in serving and caring for those who are most vulnerable and in need. Walden's Ph.D. in Human Services degree program is designed to help professionals in a broad range of settings including social services agencies, healthcare agencies, treatment facilities, and more to develop their leadership and management skills so they can better support their communities.

Choose from two formats that best fit your learning style:

• A course-based program of study that may allow you to complete your degree in less than 3 years.*
• A self-directed option that allows you to conduct research independently while working closely with a faculty mentor on an area of interest about which you are passionate.

* Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred.

Specializations

• General
• Clinical Social Work
• Criminal Justice
• Counseling
• Disaster, Crisis, and Intervention
• Family Studies and Intervention Strategies
• Human Services Administration
• Public Health
• Social Policy Analysis and Planning
• Self-Designed

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The B.S. in Criminal Justice program is designed to help you gain the skills and knowledge to prepare for a career in law enforcement, the justice system, corrections, homeland security, and social services. The program blends contemporary theory on the nature, extent, and cause of crime with the study of national and international criminal justice practices. Learning is supported through coursework and a final capstone project. Plus, the program uses the latest interactive media, including lifelike, computer-generated scenarios from crime scenes.

You will apply criminal justice theories to current issues as you gain perspective in three vitally important areas:

• * Civic engagement, social responsibility, and global awareness
• * Collection and analysis of data across organizations
• * Teamwork and communication

Our curriculum is based on the recommendations of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. The program can help prepare you to become a more effective social change agent in criminal justice organizations at the local, state, federal, or international levels.

Concentrations

• Computer Information Systems and Security
• Crime and Criminals
• Criminal Justice Management and Administration
• Homeland Security
• Human Services for Criminal Justice

Accelerate Into Master's (AIM)
Transition from a bachelor's degree to a master's degree in less time with Walden's Accelerate Into Master's (AIM) degree option. AIM offers high-achieving undergraduate students an opportunity to take as many as five graduate-level courses in their undergraduate coursework. Upon completion, credits from these courses can be applied toward a master's degree. With the AIM degree option, you can earn your master's degree in as little as one year, depending on your individual progress and degree program.

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Human services professionals are on the front lines in serving and caring for those who are most vulnerable and in need. Walden's Ph.D. in Human Services degree program is designed to help professionals in a broad range of settings including social services agencies, healthcare agencies, treatment facilities, and more to develop their leadership and management skills so they can better support their communities.

Choose from two formats that best fit your learning style:

• A course-based program of study that may allow you to complete your degree in less than 3 years.*
• A self-directed option that allows you to conduct research independently while working closely with a faculty mentor on an area of interest about which you are passionate.

* Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred.

Specializations

• General
• Clinical Social Work
• Criminal Justice
• Counseling
• Disaster, Crisis, and Intervention
• Family Studies and Intervention Strategies
• Human Services Administration
• Public Health
• Social Policy Analysis and Planning
• Self-Designed

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The Human Services Associate's degree will prepare you for a career where you help people in need. The Human Services program is perfect for someone who finds joy in helping others and seeing their work directly benefit those around them. You will learn how to provide services to individuals or groups of people with diverse problems and help them overcome their obstacles. A degree in Human Services will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to make an impact in your community. After earning a Human Services Associate's degree, you will be equipped to work in many different areas as a Community Service Specialist, Social Service Assistant, Eligibility Specialist, Rehabilitation Counselor, or Social Service Specialist. Graduates of the Human Services program have the opportunity to work in many different environments. As of 2006, there were 338,700 Social and Human Service Assistants in the field and that number is expected to grow to 452,600 by 2016. There is a need for Social and Human Service Assistants and with an Associate's degree in Human Services, you will be ready to work with people and help them during their time of need.

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The objective of the Associate of Applied Science in Human Services program is to provide the knowledge and skills to help you pursue a rewarding career in a wide variety of helping professions*. Students are taught to develop their talents, assess clients' needs, identify community resources, and problem solve and advocate for their client – all with the goal of making a difference in the life of those unable to help themselves.
*Kaplan University's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, the University does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job, eligible for job advancement opportunities, or employed at all. Additional training or certification may be required.

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Earning a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice with a Human Services emphasis will prepare students for entry level positions in various social and human services settings from corrections, domestic shelters, or juvenile justice facilities in the context of the criminal justice system. Courses will cover corrections solutions, child and adolescent psychopathology, and ethics and practices for human services counselors with a special emphasis on working with youth. Within the program at no additional cost graduates can earn five Academic Certificates: Corrections Technician, Juvenile Delinquency and Victim Services, Domestic Violence Interventions, Chemical Dependency Counseling, and Legal Studies and Court Process to enhance their credentials and earning potential.

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Post University's Master of Science in Human Services is designed to meet the educational needs of individuals who seek to advance their skills and career options or seek employment in a wide variety of human service positions.

The program allows these prospective students to acquire the conceptual, analytical, and operational knowledge to assume new or more advanced positions in the field of human services. The curricular content is focused around an essential core of learning experiences and skill sets and provides two specializations in either human service program administration or clinical counseling within organizational settings.

The objectives of the Master's Degree Program in Human Services are to provide an:

• Understanding of human behavior systems ranging from individuals and groups to organizations, communities, and society. The training and education will stress the complexity and interconnectedness of human problems, social and cultural forces, national policies, and the demands of organizational work.
• Understanding of the core values of human service work industry, its history, ethics, and the need to be aware of one's own values and to have an empathic understanding of their client's values, lifestyle, and goals.
• In-depth understanding of the major models of intervention and treatment, industry-competent problem analysis, and skill achievement to plan, implement, and evaluate these strategies.
• In depth understanding of organizational and managerial knowledge essential to operate human service programs successfully including grant writing, planning and managing of people, preparing program budgets, and implementing information systems.

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With Post University Online, you can earn your Master of Science in Human Services part-time in as little as 18 months. MS in Human Services courses are offered six times per year in accelerated eight-week modules conveniently online or during evenings and weekends at one of four locations in Connecticut. Post University's Master of Science in Human Services with a specialization in Clinical Counseling is designed to meet the educational needs of individuals who seek to advance their skills and career options or seek employment in this growing field. The program allows students to acquire the conceptual, analytical, and operational knowledge to assume new or more advanced positions in Clinical Counseling within Organizational Settings.
The objectives of the program are to help students to:

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the issues involved in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of various psychiatric disorders
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the primary models, theories and techniques in contemporary individual, group and family counseling
• Understand how the models of counseling apply to various client populations and presenting problems
• Identify the basic stages involved in the counseling process from the initial interview through termination and referral
• Formulate a foundation for a personal philosophy of and approach to counseling

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MASTER OF HUMAN SERVICES DEGREE PROGRAM

• The Post University Master of Human Services Degree Program is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and licensed and accredited by the State of Connecticut.
• You are not required to complete the GRE test to enter the program. We look for students with work experience, a good undergraduate background, and an ambition to learn and develop their Human Services skills.
• Courses are offered every eight weeks, six times a year – so, you can start immediately.
• Our faculty not only have advanced degrees, but extensive and relevant experience in the areas they teach.
• All students are assigned academic advisors who support and guide them through their entire degree program.

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With Post University Online, you can earn your Master of Science in Human Services part-time in as little as 18 months. MS in Human Services courses are offered six times per year in accelerated eight-week modules conveniently online or during evenings and weekends at one of four locations in Connecticut. Post University's Master of Science in Human Services with a specialization in Human Service Program Administration is designed to meet the educational needs of individuals who seek to advance their skills and career options or seek employment in this growing field. The program allows students to acquire the conceptual, analytical, and operational knowledge to assume new or more advanced positions in human service program administration.
The objectives of the program are to provide an:

• Understanding of human behavior systems ranging from individuals and groups to organizations, communities, and society. The training and education will stress the complexity and interconnectedness of human problems, social and cultural forces, national policies, and the demands of organizational work.
• Understanding of the core values of the human services work industry, its history, ethics, as well as the need to be aware of one's own values and to have an empathic understanding of clients' values, lifestyle, and goals.
• In-depth understanding of the major models of intervention and treatment, industry-competent problem analysis, and skill achievement to plan, implement, and evaluate these strategies.
• In-depth understanding of organizational and managerial knowledge essential to operate human service programs successfully, including grant writing, planning and managing of people, preparing program budgets, and implementing information systems.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE MASTER OF HUMAN SERVICES DEGREE PROGRAM

• The Post University Master of Human Services Degree Program is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and licensed and accredited by the State of Connecticut.
• You are not required to complete the GRE test to enter the program. We look for students with work experience, a good undergraduate background, and an ambition to learn and develop their Human Services skills.
• Courses are offered every eight weeks, six times a year – so, you can start immediately.
• Our faculty not only have advanced degrees, but extensive and relevant experience in the areas they teach.
• All students are assigned academic advisors who support and guide them through their entire degree program.