Human Services Graduate Program

Versatility in Context: Expanding Skills to Serve Others

Human Services is a broadly defined field with an interdisciplinary knowledge base, focused on prevention and remediation to uniquely promote various ways to meet human needs. The core curriculum, internship, and capstone experience provide enhanced competence and advanced qualifications grounded in best practice and directed toward success in the helping professions.  Graduates may obtain promotions and positions in leadership of human service programs, administration of nonprofits, staff training, grant writing, team leader, program development and coordination, family support, operational management, marketing and public relations, research and program evaluation, advocacy and community organizing, advancement and fundraising, and expanding number of roles with private, public, voluntary, international, and nonprofit organizations.

Human Services: The Future of the Helping Professions

The world is changing, growing more diverse and complex. There is a need for a variety of helping professionals. Governments are privatizing, and the resulting human service organizations create units and positions with versatile functions and transformative response.  While our practitioners will work for the public, they will also serve foundations and for-profit purposes.

This is just a sampling of the opportunities available in this field. Please join us!