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Master of Arts in Human Services

build advanced skills to make a real impact in human services.

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human services leadership, grounded in real practice.

The Master of Arts in Human Services prepares you to take on bigger roles in human services organizations and community support systems. You’ll deepen your understanding of human services administration, ethical standards, and effective communication while exploring core issues like community engagement, cultural diversity, and nonprofit leadership.

Choose the online cohort format to advance with a consistent group of peers and build strong professional connections, all while balancing your life and career. This program supports career advancement and preparation for leadership roles in social services and related fields.

  • Fully online
  • 36 total credits
  • Capstone internship, fieldwork or project

curriculum

As a graduate of this program, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to:

  • Analyze the role of ethical standards in human services.
  • Assess funding strategies and the impact of financing on a non-profit organization’s ability to meet its objectives.
  • Apply leadership and management theories and principles in a human services environment.
  • Analyze the role of community engagement in the human services field.

To receive a customized degree plan and learn more, reach out to us.

This program, offered in either a traditional or cohort format, includes such courses as:

Update course description This course introduces the personnel and conceptual skills requisite to assuming the role of an effective Human and Social Services Administrator. Essential management and organizational skills for the human services profession, including strategic planning, time and personnel management, and oral and written communication, are studied.

This course examines best practices surrounding written communication strategies for the Human Services administrator. The course will empower students with effective and efficient communication skills. This course will focus on client reports, psychosocial histories, evaluations, professional papers, research reports, papers for mass audiences, requests for funding, letters to the editor, the use of the Internet in helping clients, presentations, and the privacy rules of HIPAA, along with an emphasis on the rules and application of APA Style.

admissions

We are committed to helping you pursue your degree and achieve your career goals. We offer a generous transfer policy and credit for work experience, so you can maximize your savings and get the most out of the credits you’ve earned. We understand that you may have some questions or concerns about going back to school and we’re here to help make it seamless for you.

Master’s Requirements

Students who want to enroll in a graduate degree program will be eligible to apply if they have earned a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, or a U.S. equivalent degree from a nationally or internationally accredited college or university. Students also need to have maintained a GPA of 2.5 or better from the most recent 60 credits of coursework earned toward the bachelor’s degree or have maintained a GPA of 3.0 or better in previous graduate-level coursework earned toward the graduate degree.

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