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Oct 31, 2024
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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Human Services Major (BS)
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Human Services Major- Bachelor of Science (BS)
Please see the UNLV College of Education Human Services web page at http://education.unlv.edu/ecs/undergraduate/human_services.html for information about the program, it’s faculty and facilities.
Please see advising information at the UNLV College of Education Advising and Field Placement Center at http://education.unlv.edu/afp/
Accreditation
Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate knowledge of an array of theoretical and applied counseling theories.
- Demonstrate basic counseling skills sufficient to conduct entry - level human services interventions.
- Demonstrate an ability to form helping relationships in accordance with principles of sound counseling practice.
- Demonstrate an ability to understand, research, and critique professional literature in counseling.
- Deliver professional services within the guidelines of ethical and professional practice standards.
- Demonstrate an appreciation of multicultural differences and the needs of diverse\clients.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate orally and/or in writing with helping professionals
University Graduation Requirements
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Human Services Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits
General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 37-40 Credits
First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3
English Composition - Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
Constitutions - Credits: 4-6
Distribution Requirements - Credits: 19
Please see Distribution Requirements for more information.
- Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 Credits
- Two courses 3 credits each from two different humanities areas - 6 credits
- One course in fine arts- 3 credits
- Social Science:
- Automatically satisfied by Major requirements
- Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 10 Credits
- Two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must have a lab
- Analytical Thinking - 3 credits
Multicultural and International
(see note 1 below)
fulfills the multicultural requirement
International, one 3 credit course required
These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: http://facultysenate.unlv.edu/students
Major Requirements - BS in Human Services - Subtotal - 42 Credits
(see note 2 below) Restrictive Electives - Credits: 15
Electives - Credits: 23-25
(see note 3 below) Notes
- CED 200 also fulfills the multicultural requirement of the general education core. Courses satisfying the international requirement may simultaneously fulfill another requirement.
- A total of 42 credits must be 300/400 level courses.
- Hours taken as part of a minor may count toward Human Services electives.
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