Program Overview

A degree in human services is ideal for students who would like to make a career out of helping others. Graduates in the

human services field reach out to individuals, families, and communities.

The course work includes topics such as understanding diversity, aging, helping relationships, field experience and

an internship, first aid in fitness settings, human growth and development, nonprofit management, social problems,

community and social movements.

The human services degree provides you with the skills to work in a variety of public outreach organizations and relate

to clients on multiple levels. Graduates work in a variety of fields such as nursing, psychiatry, psychology, rehabilitative

or physical therapy and social work.

Sample careers include:

• Case management

• Community corrections

• Counseling

• Social services

• Victim’s advocacy

• Volunteer coordination

Let Indiana Tech help you take your associate degree to another level.

We make it easy to build upon your Ivy Tech associate degree to earn a bachelor’s degree. Find out exactly which

classes you need to take on the back of this information sheet.

Indiana Tech will help you financially as well. If you graduated from Ivy Tech after 2010 and have a minimum

cumulative GPA of 2.5, you are eligible for the Ivy Tech Merit Scholarship, which will result in a 20 percent

reduction in tuition.

Associate of Science in Human Services

Bachelor of Science in Human Services

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Transfer Credits

THESE IVY TECH COURSES THESE INDIANA TECH REQUIREMENTS

Associate Degree in Human Services Bachelor’s Degree in Human ServicesFULFILL

GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES

ENGL 111 English Composition 3 ENG 1250 English Composition I 3

HUMS 101 Introduction to Human Services 3 HS 1200 Introduction to Human Services 3

HUMS 102 Helping Relationships Techniques 3 HS 1500 Helping Relationships 3

IVYT 111 Student Success in University Transfer 1 N/A 0

MATH 123 or higher

Quantitative Reasoning 3, 4 MA 1020 & MA 1025

Foundations of College Math II & Mathematical Problem Solving

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HUMS 103 Interviewing and Assessment 3 PSY 2510 Theories of Counseling 3

PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology 3 PSY 1700 Introduction to Psychology 3

XXXX-XXX Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Elective (Literature Elective)

3, 4 Humanities Elective - Literature

Humanities Elective - Literature 3

XXXX-XXX Scientific Ways of Knowing Elective (BIOL 101) 3, 5 BIO 1110 Anatomy & Physiology 3

XXXX-XXX Speaking and Listening Elective (COMM 101) 3 ENG 2320 Professional Communication 3

HUMS 201 Internship I 3 Elective Elective 3

HUMS 206 Group Process and Skills 3 SS 2720 Group Dynamics 3

SOC 111 Introduction to Sociology 3 SS 2800 Introduction to Sociology 3

XXXX-XXX Transfer Cluster Elective (PSYC 201) 3 PSY 1750 Human Growth & Development 3

XXXX-XXX Transfer General Education Core (TGEC) Elective (CRIM 103)

3 PSY 2000 Understanding Diversity 3

HUMS 202 Internship II 3 Elective Elective 3

HUMS 279 Human Services Capstone Elective 2 N/A 0

XXXX-XXX Transfer Cluster Elective (PSYC 253) 3 PSY 2780 Social Psychology 3

XXXX-XXX Transfer Cluster Elective (PSYC 205) 3 PSY 2520 Abnormal Psychology 3

XXXX-XXX Transfer General Education Core (TGEC) Elective (POLS 101)

3 SS 1110 American Government 3

XXXX-XXX Transfer General Education Core (TGEC) Elective

3 Elective Elective 3

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IN ADDITION TO FULFILLING THE COURSE REQUIREMENTS ABOVE, YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING INDIANA TECH COURSES TO ACHIEVE A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HUMAN SERVICES:

BA 1200 Foundations of Business 3 HUM 3710 Ethics 3

BA 2010 Principles of Management 3 PSY 2760 Theories of Personality 3

BA 2410 Human Resources Management 3 PSY 3730 Aging 3

BA 2700 Organizational Behavior 3 PSY 3750 Interview Strategies for Helpers 3

BA 2850 Managing in the Legal Environment 3 PSY 3770 Assessment in Psychology 3

ENG 1270 English Composition II 3 PSY 4520 Advanced Abnormal Psychology 3

ENG 2400 Grant Writing 3 SS 2820 Marriage and the Family 3

MA 2010 Foundations of Statistics 3 SS 2900 Community & Social Movements 3

MIS 1300 Software Tools 3 HS 2000 Human Services Programming 3

HUM 2000 Introduction to Humanities 3 SS 2810 Social Problems 3

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