Human Services Dual Admission Program with Borough of Manhattan Community College (AA/BS)
The Human Services and Community Justice (HSCJ) major examines issues of social, racial, and economic injustice, and the challenges encountered by diverse and undeserved populations in society. Through its multi-disciplinary course work and experiential learning opportunities, students become self-reflective, competent and compassionate counselors, human services professionals, advocates, community leaders, and change makers. The Major emphasizes cultivating strong interpersonal skills, ethical and cultural competencies, problem-solving analysis, and professional helping proficiencies essential for human services practice. Students will develop a rich appreciation for diverse human systems and interventions, community-based approaches to justice, as well as advocacy, policy, and administration. Students graduating with a BS in Human Services and Community Justice enter a wide variety of careers in private and nonprofit public human services and community-based organizations, and are ideally prepared for graduate school in social work, psychology, counseling, and related fields.
Learning Outcomes. Students will:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of key concepts in Human Services field and critically interpret, analyze and assess material using different methods of inquiry.
- Demonstrate the historical development of human services and major trends from its origins to the present.
- Critically analyze community-based approaches to justice and apply this critical thinking to advocacy, policy and social change on behalf of populations at risk.
- Critically analyze conditions that promote or inhibit human functioning, collect data, develop and implement effective interventions, and evaluate results.
- Organize and communicate information clearly and effectively to a variety of audiences through oral presentation, interpersonal communication, written documents, and reports.
- Display awareness of personal values, attitudes, beliefs, biases, emotions and past experiences including ability to reflect on how these affect one’s thinking, behavior and relationships in all aspects of professional interactions.
- Demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge and skills in the recognition and understanding of differences including those related to race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, age, religion/spirituality and other expressions of culture and identity.
- Complete a research project that includes formulating and justifying a research question, collecting and analyzing data, and articulating conclusions.
- Demonstrate ability to integrate knowledge, skills, values, and ethics in Field Education experience as outlined by the Council for Standards in Human Service Education.
Credits Required.
| Human Services AA/BS |
48 |
| General Education |
42 |
| Electives |
30 |
| Total Credits Required for B.S. Degree |
120 |
Coordinator and advisor. Professor Nancy Velazquez-Torres, Department of Counseling & Human Services (212.237.8135, ntorres@jjay.cuny.edu)
Advisor. Betty Taylor Leacock, Department of Counseling & Human Services (212.237.8140, bltaylor@jjay.cuny.edu)
Advising information. Major Advising Resource page.
Foundational Courses
Required
| MAT 150 (at HCC) | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| | or | |
| MAT 206 (at BMCC) | Pre-Calculus | 3 |
| | or | |
| MAT 209 (at BMCC) | Statistics | 3 |
| | or | |
| MAT 301 (at BMCC) | Analytic Geometry and Calculus I | 3 |
| | and | |
| SOC 100 (at BMCC) | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 6
Part One. Required Core
| HUM 201 (at BMCC) | Human Service Skills | 3 |
| AFR 145 | Introduction to Community Justice in Human Systems | 3 |
| AFR 227 | Community-based Approaches to Justice | 3 |
| CHS 230 | Culture, Direct Service and Community Practice | 3 |
| CHS 235 | Theories of Assessment and Intervention in Human Services | 3 |
| CHS 310/CSL 210 | Advanced Interpersonal Counseling Skills | 3 |
Note: This section includes 50 hours of field experience fulfilled by John Jay courses (40 hours), plus additional hours from BMCC coursework (10+ hours).
Total Credit Hours: 18
Part Two. Research Methods and Evaluation
Required
| AFR 325 | Research Methods in Human Services and Community Justice | 3 |
| CHS 320 | Program Planning and Development | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 6
Part Three. Electives
Students choose three, one from each category.
Category A. Human Systems and Interventions
Select one
| HUM 213 (at BMCC) | Child Welfare | 3 |
| | or | |
| PSY 240 (at BMCC) | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| | or | |
| SOC 250 (at BMCC) | The Family | 3 |
Category B. Justice in Human Services
Select one
| AFR 229 | Restoring Justice: Making Peace and Resolving Conflict | 3 |
| AFR 317 | Environmental Racism | 3 |
| AFR 319 | Self, Identity & Justice: Global Perspectives | 3 |
| AFR 320 | Perspectives on Justice in the Africana World | 3 |
| ANT 330 | American Cultural Pluralism and the Law | 3 |
| CSL 363 | Vocational Development and Social Justice in Human Services | 3 |
| LLS 322 | Latinx Struggles for Civil Rights & Social Justice | 3 |
| LLS 325 | Latinx Experience of Criminal Justice | 3 |
| SOC 216 | Probation and Parole: Theoretical and Practical Approaches | 3 |
| SOC 314 | Theories of Social Order | 3 |
Category C. Advocacy, Policy, and Administration
Select one
| HUM 411 (at BMCC) | Social Welfare Programs and Policies | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 9
Part Four. Field Experience (300 Hours Required)
Field Experience I - 150 Hours
Required
| HUM 401 (at BMCC) | Field Experience in Human Services II | 3 |
105 hours completed with HUM 401, plus an additional 55 hours from HUM 301 at BMCC complete this requirement.
Field Experience II - 150 Hours
Select one
| AFR 3YY | Field Education in Community Organizing and Community Practice II | 3 |
| CHS 382 | Field Education in Human Services II | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 9
Part Five. Senior Seminar
Required
| CHS 415 | Senior Seminar in Human Services & Community Justice | 3 |
Additional courses to receive Human Services Associate's degree from BMCC:
- HUM 101 (Introduction to Human Services and Social Work)
- One Program or Social Science elective
- HUM 301 (Field Experiences in Human Services I)
- One modern language course
Total Credit Hours: 42