Human Services Transfer (HSTAA)

Award: Associate in Arts Degree
Program Location: Fort Omaha Campus

The Human Services Transfer degree is designed to develop essential knowledge and skills required in the Human Services field and to efficiently accommodate transfer to four year human services-related fields from around the area. Social work programs at some area colleges and universities also accept the human service transfer degree; please check your transfer guides.

Graduation Requirements

Major Requirements: 49.5

Option Requirements: 9.0

General Education: 36.0

Total credit hours required: 94.5

All required classes with a HMSV prefix must have a grade of C or better to graduate in this program.

The following General Education courses are recommended for Human Services Transfer (HSTAA): Critical Thinking/Creativity & Social/Cultural Awareness: PSYC 1010 for the Social Sciences requirement; and Professionalism/Life Skills & Information Literacy: HMRL 1010

Major Requirements for Human Services Transfer

HMSV 1010 - Introduction to Human Services 4.5 Credits
HMSV 1120 - Helping Skills and Techniques 4.5 Credits
HMSV 1130 - Introduction to Counseling Theories 4.5 Credits
HMSV 1140 - Assessment, Case Planning, and Management 4.5 Credits
HMSV 1150 - Community Resources 4.5 Credits
HMSV 2050 - Ethics and Professionalism 4.5 Credits
HMSV 2110 - Group Counseling 4.5 Credits
HMSV 2120 - Social Services Policy and Exceptional Populations 4.5 Credits
HMSV 2150 - Multicultural Counseling 4.5 Credits
PSYC 1120 - Human Growth and Development 4.5 Credits
SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology 4.5 Credits

Option Requirements Human Services Transfer

Select 9.0 credit hrs. from the following.

Students may not use the same course to satisfy more than one degree requirement.

ECON 1000 - Macroeconomics 4.5 Credits
OR
POLS 2050 - American National Government 4.5 Credits
GEOG 1010 - Fundamentals of Geography 4.5 Credits
GEOG 1050 - Introduction to Human Geography 4.5 Credits
HIST 1010 - United States History to 1877 4.5 Credits
HIST 1110 - World Civilization from Prehistory to 1500 4.5 Credits
HIST 1120 - World Civilization from 1500 to Present 4.5 Credits
PSYC 2350 - Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology 4.5 Credits
SOCI 1250 - Introduction to Anthropology 4.5 Credits
SOCI 2050 - Current Social Problems 4.5 Credits
SOCI 2160 - Marital and Family Relationships 4.5 Credits
SOWK 1010 - Introduction to Social Work 4.5 Credits

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (36.0 CREDIT HRS.)

The following are General Education requirements for the Human Service Transfer degree. Students may not use the same course to satisfy more than one degree requirement.

*To optimize credit transfer, please select general education course options for Critical Thinking/Creativity and Social/Cultural Awareness and Scientific Inquiry from the Transfer Course list and consult with your MCC advisor and an advisor at the institution you are planning to transfer to for more specific requirements.

COMMUNICATION

3 Courses needed 13.5 credit hrs.

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I 4.5 Credits
And
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II 4.5 Credits
And
COMS 1110 - Public Speaking 4.5 Credits

QUANTITATIVE/NUMERACY

1 Course needed 4.5 - 5.0 credit hours

MATH 1300 - Introduction to Mathematical and Computational Thinking 4.5 Credits
OR
MATH 1305 - Quantitative Literacy 4.5 Credits
OR
MATH 1410 - Statistics 4.5 Credits
OR
MATH 1425 - Pre-Calculus Algebra 5 Credits
Note: Based on the Math Course you select, prerequisites may be required.

CRITICAL THINKING/CREATIVITY & SOCIAL/CULTURAL AWARENESS

2 courses needed 9.0 credit hours

Select 1 Humanities and 1 Social Sciences course from the Transfer Course Options in the current course catalog.

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

1 Course needed 4.5 - 6.0 credit hrs.

Select 1 course from the Natural Sciences Transfer Course Options in the current course catalog.

PROFESSIONALISM/LIFE SKILLS & INFORMATION LITERACY

1 Course 4.5

Select one of the following courses.

EXPL 1000 - Exploratory Studies 4.5 Credits
HMRL 1010 - Human Relations Skills 4.5 Credits
INFO 1001 - Information Systems and Literacy 4.5 Credits