HUMAN SERVICES / A.S. DEGREE   
Curriculum Code 212

Campus and Times Available

Ammerman Admission in either the spring or fall is possible. Curriculum specific courses are offered on the Ammerman campus only. Other courses in the curriculum may be completed at any of the College’s campuses.

Overview of Program 

This curriculum provides opportunities for students seeking transfer to bachelor degree programs in social work, counseling or human services and for students seeking employment in the human services. Human services is a broadly defined, multidimensional helping profession that assists individuals, families and groups to meet challenges in their ability to cope during life transitions, crisis, and when under stress. Human service professionals are employed in a variety of fields including mental health, health, developmental disabilities, child welfare, corrections, services to youth, and the elderly and to those who are homeless or poverty struck. It is an eclectic field requiring a strong liberal arts background with an emphasis on the social and behavioral sciences as well as courses providing a foundation in the history, methods, theory and helping skills of the human service professions. Courses in the curriculum have a strong theoretical tie to the social work profession and include a two semester practicum providing students a supervised field work experience in a local human service agency. 

Students seeking to transfer to a bachelor degree program are advised to consult the intended transfer institution to ensure a successful transfer. Graduates can successfully transfer to B.S.W. programs at SUNY Stony Brook, Adelphi University and Molloy College as well as to both local and distant schools in programs other than the B.S.W. Students seeking employment upon graduation may choose electives that permit specialization in particular areas of interest.

Title of Courses 

                SS11: Introduction to Social Welfare
                SS12: Interviewing in Social Work Practice
                SS22: Human Services Seminar and Field Practicum I
                SS23: Human Services Seminar and Field Practicum II
                SS30: Theories and Methods of Helping in the Human Services
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Admissions Criteria

Entering students should have an 80 high school average. Continuing college students should have completed 12 college level credits with a 2.8 GPA including EG11 and PC11 with grades of C+ or better. All applicants must have satisfactorily completed all required developmental reading and writing courses. Strong communication skills and appropriate volunteer experience is preferred for all applicants. An interview is required. Students are admitted fall and spring. Most students who are admitted meet more than the minimum standards. May 1^st filing deadline is recommended for fall admission.

Additional Information  

Contact Professor Maureen G. Bybee at 631- 451-4299 or
e-mail to bybeem@sunysuffolk.edu 

or go to:
http://www3.sunysuffolk.edu/Catalog/2004-06/SCCC04_06Catalog.pdf  pages 130-131
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