Human Services

HUMAN SERVICES– 2 YEAR A.A.S. DEGREE
Human Services is designed for students interested in helping people to help themselves with problems of psychological or social survival. The clients generally have such massive problems of survival that the realistic goal is to help an individual or group learn to function effectively in today’s world.

While this program is designed to provide the training appropriate for immediate employment in a human services occupation, it is also designed to provide the foundation for a long term career in a professional field.

Human Services is both occupational and professional in nature. It is occupational in that the student acquires a specific body of formal knowledge and practical skills in the A.A.S. Degree that is necessary to obtain a position in a particular occupation or job. It is professional in that the course work (in the A.A. track) provides two of the four years of college course work required for a Bachelor’s Degree in a related area (i.e. social work, psychology, sociology, etc.).

For students who want a Bachelor’s Degree in human services, the college offers an Associate in Arts Degree that meets the lower-division prerequisite requirements and prepares students for transfer to any four year institution.

Mesabi Range Community & Technical College does have specific transfer articulation agreements with the Social Work programs at the College of St. Scholastica and the University of Wisconsin - Superior leading to a BSW degree, as well as an articulation agreement with the Applied Psychology Program at Bemidji State University.

CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION 64

FRESHMAN YEAR - FALL SEMESTER
CDEP 1255 Psychology of Addiction or CDEP 1261 Chemical Dependency Theories or CDEP 2262 Chemical Dependency Assessment 3 Credits
HLTH 1465 Drug Use and Abuse 2 credits
* HSER 1231 Introduction to Human Services 4 credits
MTC REQUIREMENTS
  ENGL 1511 College Writing I 4 credits
  SPCH 1555 Public Speaking or SPCH 1565 Interpersonal Communication 3 credits
    TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS 16

FRESHMAN YEAR - SPRING SEMESTER
* HSER 1232 Helping Process 3 credits
* HSER 1233 Interviewing 2 credits
MTC REQUIREMENTS
  ENGL 1512 College Writing II 4 credits
  PSYC 2551 General Psychology 4 credits
General Electives 3
    TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS 16

SOPHOMORE YEAR - FALL SEMESTER
* HSER 2240 Human Services Internship 2 credits
* PSYC 2655 Group Dynamics 3 credits
MTC REQUIREMENTS
  PHIL 1551 Introduction to Ethics 3 credits
  PSYC 2567 Lifespan Development or 4 credits
  PSYC 2558 Abnormal Psychology 3 credits
General Electives 3-4
    TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS 16

SOPHOMORE YEAR - SPRING SEMESTER
Program Requirements Credits L/L
* HSER 2234 Crisis Intervention 3 credits
* HSER 2240 Human Services Internship 2 credits
MTC Requirements
  Math/Science Elective minimum 3
  SOC 1558 Human Relations 3 credits
General Electives 5
     TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS 16

* Fieldwork Work—total of four (4) credits. May be taken as four (4) credits in one semester or two (2) credits in each of the sophomore semesters.
* Must be taken in the semester indicated.