Human Services BA/BS
Learn about your community and social environment, improve your career opportunities to reach educational goals, and enhance specific human relations skills and strengthen your ability to work effectively in social services.
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Human Services – Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science
Human Services, BA/BS
Offered as a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Major
A collaboration between the Sociology/Anthropology & Psychology programs, Human Services is an interdisciplinary Bachelor’s degree program focusing on the needs of human service professionals. If you are a student that has completed an Associate of Arts degree or approximately two years of college, who wants to better understand their community and social environment, who has a desire to improve their career opportunities and reach educational goals, and wishes to enhance specific human relations skills and strengthen their ability to work effectively in social services, then this degree is for you! Classes are conveniently scheduled at nights in Ashland and Medford to accommodate the schedules of working students.
Degree Fit
Program Preparation
SOU’s small class sizes and friendly learning environment foster close ties among students, faculty, and the community. The length of the degree completion program varies with each individual, depending on prior coursework and employment status.
Degree Roadmap
To be admitted to the Human Service Program, students must have approximately 90-quarter hours of transferable credits from an accredited institution. Students with less than 90 hours may still enter the program, though some lower division courses may need to be taken in order to meet all degree requirements. University general education requirements will also need to be fulfilled as listed in the SOU Catalog.
Capstone
As a Human Services Major, you are required to complete a senior capstone project. The capstone experience integrates and synthesizes the skills and knowledge you’ve acquired in the human service program. Students develop a social service program encompassing needs assessment, program rationale, objectives, methods, activities, and a plan for program evaluation.
Career Path
Become a Professional
Career opportunities for a Sociology and Anthropology degree:
- Community Organizer
- Teacher
- Cultural Resource Manager
- Social/Human Service Worker
- Non-Profit Program Coordinator
- Museum Professional
- Correctional Officer
- International Development Consultant
- Program Evaluator
- Archaeologist
- Archivist
Salary Range
$35,000-$97,000
*Median Salary of $45,000
*Based on National Average
Future Success
SOU Sociology and Anthropology Alumni
Amy Cohen - 2006
BS in Anthropology
Chair of Anthropology at Okanagan College in British Columbia & Co-founder of Radical Action with Migrants in Agriculture (RAMA), a non-profit advocating social justice for migrant and indigenous people.
Michelle Glass - 2012
BS in Sociology
Southern Oregon Regional Director of Oregon Action, a statewide social justice nonprofit.
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Contact the Sociology and Anthropology Program
SOU Sociology & Anthropology Program
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6761
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