Human Services, Bachelor's Degree - Undergraduate Degrees at MCNY

The Program

MCNY’s accredited Bachelor of Professional Studies in Human Services is the degree for people who are passionate about improving the lives of others. Graduates emerge as true practitioners, equipped with the theoretical foundations and practical skills to make an impact and contribute as front-line leaders. MCNY also offers an accredited Associate in Human Services that can serve as a stepping-stone to the BPS degree—or to an exciting career in the helping professions—and can be earned in as little as 16 months.

Bachelor of Professional Studies Human Services

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This program will allow you to:

Be prepared for a leadership position in a wide variety of human services settings, such as childcare, eldercare, substance abuse, counseling, and community affairs.
Earn your degree in as little as two years and eight months.

Gain hands-on experience and practical knowledge through Constructive Action, a workable plan the student develops and implements.
Benefit from flexible scheduling options designed to make education practical for working adults.
Have access to financial aid and scholarship opportunities.

Community and social services job outlook

Community and social service occupations include social workers, counselors, and religious workers. Employment of community and social service occupations is projected to grow 11 percent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations, adding about 306,200 jobs. Most projected new jobs in this occupational group are in counselor and social worker occupations, as their services will continue to be needed in areas such as drug abuse counseling and rehabilitation counseling, and also for school and career counseling.

The median annual wage for community and social service occupations was $46,090 in May 2019, which was higher than the median annual wage for all occupations of $39,810.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

See Curriculum

	Purpose 1	Purpose 2	Purpose 3	Purpose 4
Constructive Action	Self-Assessment and Preparation for Practice	Promoting Empowerment through Professional Relationships	Promoting Empowerment through Work in Groups	Promoting Empowerment through Teaching and Communication
Values & Ethics	Contemporary Values & Classical Ethics	Critical Thinking & Writing through the Study of Literature	Group Values, Norms, and Morality	Philosophies and Theories of Learning and Cognitive Development
Self & Others	Human Biology and the Life Sciences	Social & Developmental Psychology I	Social & Developmental Psychology II	Philosophies and Theories of Learning and Cognitive Development
Systems	Introduction to Social Systems	Social, Political, and Economic Aspects of Service Delivery Systems	The Sociology of Group Behavior	American Government
Skills	Computer Applications for Profit & Non-Profit Management / Math for Human Services I	Math for Human Services II	Statistics for Group Analysis	Public Speaking & the Arts of Persuasion
Field Work		Practicum	Practicum	Practicum
Credits	15	15	15	15

	Purpose 5	Purpose 6	Purpose 7	Purpose 8
Constructive Action	Promoting Empowerment through Counseling	Promoting Empowerment through Community Liaison	Promoting Empowerment through Supervision	Promoting Empowerment through Change Management
Values & Ethics	Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling	Comparative Philosophies of Communities	Political & Economic Philosophy	Philosophies of Change and their Impact on Social Policy
Self & Others	Models of Counseling	Community Psychology	Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations	The Individual, the Organization, and Social Change
Systems	Counseling Systems: Prevention & Technology	Social, Political, and Economic Dynamics of Communities	Managing Human Resources	Social Policy & Planned Change: Processes and Strategies
Skills	Professional Skills for Counseling	Data Analysis for Understanding Communities	Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations	Empowerment through the Arts
Field Work		Practicum	Practicum	Practicum
Credits	15	15	15	15