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Major Requirements

Major in Human Services Studies (HUS)

A.      Required Courses: Three (3) credits from each of the following categories. Minimum of 18 credit hours of the major in residence at SUNY Cortland, selected from the following categories. Students MUST complete a minimum of three (3) credits of 300 or 400 level courses chosen from THREE separate categories, in addition to HUS 490.

Category 1: Research and Statistical Tools
3 credit hours from:

ANT 493: Anthropological Methods
PSY 360: Applied Behavior Analysis I
REC 407: Evaluation and Research
SOC 493: Sociological Methods I
SOC 494: Sociological Methods II
POL 112: Introduction to Political Research
POL 312: Methods of Political Analysis
POL 315: Evaluation Research
MAT 201/PSY 201/COM 230: Statistical Methods
ECO 221: Economic Statistics
HLH 299: Statistical Concepts & Applications for Health Sciences
HLH 599: Public Health Statistics

 Category 2: Public Policy
3 credit hours from

POL 341: Current Issues in Public Policy
HUS 430/ SOC 430: Social Welfare Institutions
HLH 560: Health & Public Policy
ECO 105: Introduction to Political Economy & Public Policy
ECO 311: Economic Development
AAS 120: Politics & Multiculturalism
PHI 240: Social & Political Philosophy

Category 3: Management and Administration
3 credits hours from:

POL 240: Introduction to Public Administration
ECO 385: Human Resource Management
COM 320: Organizational Communication
MGT 250: Principles of Management
PHI 233: Management Ethics
REC 344: Commercial Recreation Mgt.
REC 495: Administration of Recreation
ANT 315: Development Anthropology

Category 4: Contemporary Human Service Issues
3 credit hours from:

BIO 325: Biology of Human Aging
ECO 385: Human Resource Management
SPE 280: Perspectives on Disabilities
PSY 331: Psychology of Exceptional Children
PSY 334: Psychology of Adulthood & Aging
PSY 431: Psychology of Mental Retardation
PSY 432: Psychology of Learning Disabilities
REC 330: Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation
REC 393: Recreation for Persons with Disabilities
PHI 220: Medical Ethics
PHI 540/HLH 540: Moral Problems in Medicine
SOC 365: Sociology of Violence
SOC 371: Sociology of Medicine
SOC 455: The Sociology of Leisure
SOC 462: Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 463: Criminology
SOC 464: Corrections
HLH 137: Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse
HLH 201; Health Problems of the Underserved
HLH 163: The HIV Epidemic
HLH 309: Child Abuse
HLH 513: Death, Bereavement & Suicide
HLH 542: Health Implications of Family Violence

Category 5: Theories of Human Interactions
3 credit hours from:

PHI 203: Social Ethics
HUS 470/SOC 470: Sociology of the Family
SOC 360: Self & Society
SOC 373: Deviant Behavior
PSY 231: Child Psychology
PSY 232: Adolescent Psychology
PSY 322: Theories of Personality
PSY 333: Developmental Psychology
PSY 421: Abnormal Psychology
PSY 422: Social Psychology
PSY 486: Counseling Psychology
HLH 313: Mental & Emotional Health
HLH 394: Health-Related Behavior: Formation and Change
HLH 512: Emotion and Human Behavior

Category 6: Prejudice and Discrimination
3 credit hours from:

HIS 313: African American History Since 1865
HIS 428: The Civil Rights Movement in American History
PHI 270: Race & Racism
PHI 380: Feminist Social Thought
ANT 230/SOC 230: Prejudice & Discrimination
ANT 234: Anthropology of Gender
ANT 352/SOC 352,AAS 361: U.S. Ethnic Identity & Conflict
ECO 325: Political Economy of Women
ECO 326: Political Economy of Race & Class
POL 110: Politics of Multiculturalism
POL 405: Discrimination Law
VAL 140: Prejudice, Discrimination & Morality
VAL 340: Philosophical Issues in Prejudice, Discrimination & Morality
AAS 170: Institutional Racism
AAS 270: Race & Racism
AAS 376: African American Community Organizations
HLH 201: Health Problems of the Underserved
PSY/AAS 210: Race & Gender Stereotypes

Category 7: Senior Seminar
3 credit hours

HUS 490: Senior Seminar in Human Services
Required of all human services studies majors.

The B.A. degree in human service studies requires achievement of intermediate-level proficiency in a foreign language. This may be accomplished by successfully completing course work in a foreign language through the 202 level, or by demonstrating such proficiency by exam.

B. Other: varies by degree (A.A., A.S. or A.A.S.) and transfer credits

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION: 124

The B.S. in human service studies does not require foreign language proficiency. Instead, it requires that students complete the following, in addition to College and major degree requirements.

-A. Six credit hours(two courses) chosen from human service categories 3,5,6

-B. CAP 100: Introduction to Computer Applications

-C. Two to four credit hours chosen from the following:

NOTE: All B.S. degree students MUST successfully complete a one-semester college- level foreign language course (101) or the equivalent (e.g., earning CLEP or AP credits). Students that have earned a score of 85 or higher on the New York State Regents in a foreign language are EXEMPT from this requirement.

SPA 101 Beginning Spanish I
SPA 102 Beginning Spanish II or higher
ENG 303 Technical Writing
ENG 309 Electronic Writing
MCS 186 Introductory Programming
MGT 254 Principles of Accounting I
MGT 255 Principles of Accounting II
MCS 287 Intermediate Programming
MCS 388 Advanced Programming & Data Structures
MGT 423 Computer Applications in Economics- Management Science
Any CAP course beyond CAP 100