Chair: Dr. Stacey Edmonson
Assistant Chair: Dr. Mary Nichter
Human Services Minor
The Human Services minor field of study is offered by the Educational Leadership and Counseling Department. The counseling program is located in the Counselor Education Center, adjacent to the Teacher Education Center.
The Human Services minor is designed for students working toward a bachelor’s degree who are interested in developing skills necessary to work with people in a variety of professional and personal settings. The goals for the 18 semester-hour minor are:
- introduce undergraduates to the helping professions, especially counseling in its many applications.
- involve undergraduates in courses that are highly experiential and that involve service learning opportunities.
- offer two sophomore level classes which can be useful electives for a wide range of majors, i.e. CNE 231 Introduction to the Helping Relationship, and CNE 232 Career Development. CNE 232 provides critical support for all undergraduate students as they prepare for the world of work.
- expand student awareness of the Counseling profession through the upper division courses that explore a variety of approaches to counseling, observation of client-centered play sessions structured to facilitate child development, and Adlerian approaches to parent education and marriage enhancement (in CNE 487).
Courses to be included in the 18 semester-hour undergraduate minor in Human Services are as follows:
Required Courses:
CNE 231 Introduction to the Helping Relationship
CNE 232 Career Development
CNE 331 Introduction to Principles of Counseling
CNE 487 Workshop in Counseling and Human Services
In addition, students must pick two from the following courses:
CNE 332 Introduction to Child-Centered Play Sessions
FCS 369 Family Relationships
COM 486 Family Communication
PSY 365 Close Relationships or SOC 462 Marriage and the Family