Human Services Minor
Advance Your Career Helping Others with a Human Services Minor
This minor is offered on Campus and Online.
You were born to make a difference in the lives of others and a minor in human services from Post University will help you to fulfill your purpose. Our Human Services Minor will be the bridge between human service knowledge and skills with your current major. Depending on your major, this minor can prepare you for a career as a caseworker, community outreach specialist, counselor assistant and more.
Program Highlights
The Human Services Minor exposes you to the skills needed to be a successful helping professional. Topics addressed in the minor include human services principles, interviewing techniques, human behavior, diversity, intervention skills, and counseling theories. Students have the opportunity to customize this 15-credit-hour minor to complement their educational and career goals with the choice of electives for human services classes. Each course is taught by our expert faculty, who have years of professional experience in the field to support, and help you grow in your studies. Your Human Services Minor also offers an opportunity for a practicum, where you can learn experientially in a local community agency environment.
What Can You Do with a Minor in Human Services?
Upon completion of this Human Services Minor, depending on your major, you’ll have honed skills and abilities for career opportunities where helping others is job number one. Depending on your major, the tools you’ll gain in this minor can help put you on the path to working in agencies specializing in child welfare, adoption services, community outreach, counseling, and more.
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At Post University, you have options to tailor your education to your specific career goals and current work schedule. We offer a variety of minors and concentrations to choose from, which you can complete at our convenient Connecticut campus or online. Few human services classes or programs offer this flexibility, but we believe when education is accessible, success is achievable.
Contribute to the betterment of society and your career skills. Add a Human Services Minor to our undergraduate degree programs in child studies, legal studies, psychology, business administration or management. Contact our admissions representatives today to learn more.
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