Curriculum, Requirements and Course Descriptions

Basic Courses

The following nine courses (30 credit hours) are required:

• General Psychology: PSYC 101, three credits
• Survey of Human Services: HMSV 101, three credits
• Human Services Practices: HMSV 201, three credits
• One course in Statistics: Criminal Justice, CRMJ 316; PSYC 304; Sociology, SOCL 301; or Social Work, SOWK 391, three credits
• One course in Research Methods: CRMJ 315, PSYC 306, SOCL 206 or SOWK 390, three credits
• One course in Urban Politics: Political Science, PLSC 333; 334; 390 or 391, three credits
• One course in Clinical Competency: PSYC 368 or SOWK 303, three credits
• Supervised Fieldwork I: CRMJ 390, PLSC 370, PSYC 390 or SOCL 380, three credits
• Supervised Fieldwork II: HMSV 390, six credits

Concentration Area Courses

Three courses (nine credit hours) from one of the following three areas:

Child, Adolescent and Family Services

• Juvenile Justice System: CRMJ 302, three credits
• Child Sexual Abuse: CRMJ 395, three credits
• Gender and Sex Differences and Similarities: PSYC 238, three credits
• Developmental Psychology: PSYC 273, three credits
• Adolescence: PSYC 348 (prerequisite PSYC 273), three credits
• Childhood and Society: SOCL 231, three credits
• Families: SOCL 240, three credits
• Child Welfare Services: SOWK 205, three credits
• Social Welfare Policies and Services: SOWK 201, three credits
• Children, Families and the Law: SOWK 308, three credits

Mental Health

• Domestic Violence: CRMJ 372, three credits
• Sexual Violence: CRMJ 395, three credits
• Human Sexuality: PSYC 235, three credits
• Abnormal Psychology: PSYC 331, three credits
• Childhood Psychopathology: PSYC 346 (prerequisite PSYC 273), three credits
• Health Psychology: PSYC 373, three credits
• Alcoholism and Drug Dependency: SOWK 361, three credits

Gerontology and Aging

• Maturity and the Aging: PSYC 349 (prerequisite PSYC 273), three credits
• Aging in Culture and Society: SOCL 221, three credits
• Birth, Work, Marriage and Death: SOCL 236, three credits

Elective Courses

Two courses (six credit hours), one from each of the following categories:

Social Solutions and Social Change

• Crime, Race and Violence: CRMJ 372, three credits
• Social Psychology: PSYC 275, three credits
• Community Psychology: PSYCH 374, three credits
• Social Problems: SOCL 121, three credits
• Deviance and Society: SOCL 255, three credits
• Movements for Social Justice: SOCL 261, three credits
• Social Welfare Policy and Services: SOWK 201, three credits
• Human Behavior and the Social Environment: SOWK 305, three credits

Human Diversity

• Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: ANTH 102, three credits
• World Culture: ANTH 271, three credits
• African American Politics: PLSC 218, three credits
• Women, Law and Public Policy: PLSC 319, three credits
• Children, Law and Public Policy: PLSC 323, three credits
• Psychology of Human Sexuality: PSYC 235, three credits
• Psychology of Women: PSYC 340, three credits
• Psychology Seminar: Racism and Prejudice: PSYC 398, three credits
• Race and Ethnic Relations: SOCL 122, three credits
• Inequality in Society: SOCL 250, three credits
• Global Inequities: SOCL 252, three credits
• Sociology of Sex and Gender: SOCL 271, three credits
• Environmental Sociology: SOCL 272, three credits
• American Black Men: SOWK 361, three credits
• Cultural Diversity: SOWK 370, three credits