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The Social Services degree program trains students for employment in social service agencies. These agencies provide services in areas such as crisis counseling, employment, housing, mental health, corrections, and advocacy. The curriculum includes courses in personal growth, interviewing, counseling, assessment, and case management.

Program Outcomes

Students completing this degree should be able to satisfy the following outcomes:

1. Describe the nature of human systems: individual, group, organization, community, society, and their major interactions.
2. Describe the conditions that promote or limit optimal functioning in the major human systems.
3. Identify and select interventions that promote client growth and goal attainment.
4. Plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.
5. Select interventions that are congruent with the values of oneself, clients, the employing organization, and the human services profession.
6. Utilize process skills to plan and implement services.
7. Adapt assessment skills and interventions to a variety of settings.
8. Comprehend and recognize the worth and uniqueness of the individual, including race, culture, ethnicity, gender, religion, learning style, abilities, sexual orientation, age, social class, and other expressions of diversity.

Getting Started

This program has special admission requirements and enrollment limits, and there is a deadline for applications. Criminal history limitations may apply to students in the practicum experience.

By enrolling in PLP121, Introduction to Prior Learning Portfolio, students may be able to earn credits for prior learning acquired through jobs, non-credit classes, community or volunteer service, or individual study. For more information, call 503.399.5114.

An associate of applied science degree is awarded upon successful completion of the required 95 credit hours with a grade of “C” or better in WR 121Z  and all Human Service courses. 25 credits of practicum are required.