Health and Human Services BA - Community Mental Health Concentration - Program Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.000 in the major. All courses taken by a student that are included in a student's chosen curriculum will be used in calculation of the major GPA. For example, if a curriculum requires a student to select two courses from a particular section and the student completes three courses from that section, all three courses would be used to calculate a student's major GPA.

All undergraduate majors include at least 24-credit hours at the upper division (at least 300-level).

For students not continuously registered at UB or who are newly admitted transfer students, courses taken more than 10 years prior to the date of admission or readmission to the University may constitute no more than 20% of a major program in the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Programs. Students who have more than 20% of course work over 10 years old will be required to complete additional courses in the major.

The Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Programs do not support joint majors.

Students pursuing a double major may use a maximum of two advanced courses towards both majors. For example, a student completing a double major between an SSC major and sociology may take only two advanced level sociology courses for completion of the SSC major. The Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Program reserves the right to disallow any double major based on excessive course duplication between the two majors.

All transfer courses officially articulated to UB courses used in the Health and Human Services major will be accepted to meet major requirements.

Students should consult with a departmental advisor to determine how any non-articulated transfer courses or exam credit may be utilized in meeting general education, prerequisite, or major requirements.

For students not continuously registered at UB or who are newly admitted transfer students, courses taken more than 10 years prior to the date of admission or readmission to the University may constitute no more than 20% of a major in the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Programs. Students who have more than 20% of course work over 10 years old will be required to complete additional courses in the major.

PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
SSC 103 Introduction to Health and Human Services

Choose one statistics course from the following:

• CEP 207 Introduction to Statistics and Computing
  
• NSG 295 Statistics for Health Care
  
• PSY 207 Psychological Statistics
  
• SOC 294 Basic Statistics for Social Sciences
  
• STA 119 Statistical Methods
  

Choose one research methods course from the following:

• PSY 350 Scientific Inquiry in Psychology
  
• SOC 293 Social Research Methods
  
• SSC 213 Social Research Methods
  
• NSG 348 Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Research
  
• COM 205 Research Methods
  

Choose one human biology course from the following:

• APY 345/APY 346 Comparative Primate Anatomy/Dissection
  
• BIO 129 Perspectives in Human Biology
  
• BIO 130 Perspectives in Human Biology
  
• BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
  
• ES 207 Human Form and Function
  
• PAS 313 Human Anatomy
  
• PGY 300 Human Physiology
  

Intermediate Courses

PHI 327 Medical Ethics – Social and Ethical Values in Medicine

Choose one of the following intermediate courses:

• APY 275 Culture, Health and Illness
  
• APY 349 Human Genetics
• COM 202 Intercultural Communication
  
• COM 217 Communication in Organizations
  
• COM 223 Principles and Methods of Interviewing
  
• COM 225 Interpersonal Communication
• GGS 265 Sexuality and Cultures
  
• GGS 325 Violence in a Gendered World
• GGS 360 Women's Health: Problems and Practices
• HIS 215 Death in America
  
• HIS 240 Alcohol and Other Drugs in American History
  
• HIS 241 Sexuality in America
  
• HIS 345 US Disability History
  
• LAI 205 Introduction to Child Development
  
• NSG 250 Human Growth and Development
  
• SOC 206 Social Problems
  
• SOC 211 Sociology of Diversity
  
• SSC 209 Case Management
  
• SSC 210 Skill Development in Human Service
  
• SSC 235 Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations
  

Part A - Choose two of the following:

• SSC 318 Issues in Mental Health
  
• SSC 320 Issues in Developmental Disability
  
• SSC 413 Addictions Treatment
  
• SSC 420 Child Mental Health
  

Part B - Choose four of the following:

• CEP 401 Introduction to Counseling
  
• CEP 410 Introduction to Grief and Loss
  
• PSY 321 Psychology of Personality*
  
• PSY 322 Abnormal Psychology*
  
• PSY 331 Social Psychology*
  
• PSY 411 Self and Self Esteem*
  
• SOC 314 Sociology of Gender*
  
• SOC 322 Medical Sociology*
  
• SOC 335 Sociology of Adolescence*
  
• SSC 318 Issues in Mental Health (if not taken for Part A)
  
• SSC 320 Issues in Developmental Disability (if not taken for Part A)
  
• SSC 343 Violence and the Family
• SSC 390 Human Services Administration
  
• SSC 395 Urban Schools and Communities
  
• SSC 407 Healthcare and the Elderly
  
• SSC 408 Alzheimer’s & Dementia
  
• SSC 413 Additions Treatment (if not taken for Part A)
  
• SSC 414 Grant Writing for Nonprofits
• SSC 417 Working with Diverse Populations
  
• SSC 420 Child Mental Health (if not taken for Part A)
  
• SSC 421 Interventions and Play
• SSC 422 21st Century Mental Health and Play Therapy with Teens
  
• SSC 428 Health Law
  
• SSC 431 Topics
  
• SSC 451 Program Evaluation
  
• SSC 452 Fundraising and Philanthropy
  

Part C - Take both of the following:

SSC 496 Human Services Internship 1
SSC 496 Human Services Internship 2

*No more than two PSY courses may be taken; no more than two SOC courses may be taken.

A student in the Health and Human Services BA – Community Mental Health concentration is eligible for departmental honors based on their major grade point average. All courses taken by a student that are included in a student's chosen curriculum within the major will be used in calculation of the major GPA. For example, if a curriculum requires a student to select two courses from a particular section and the student completes three courses from that section, all three courses would be used to calculate a student's major GPA. Honors levels are Distinction with a GPA of 3.250 to 3.490, High Distinction with a GPA of 3.500 to 3.740 and Highest Distinction with a GPA of 3.750 or higher. A minimum of 50% of credits for the major must be completed at UB to be eligible for departmental honors.

Students should consult with an academic advisor to determine how any transfer or exam credit might be utilized in meeting general education, prerequisite, or major requirements.

See Baccalaureate Degree Requirements for general education and remaining university requirements.

Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This chart should not be used for financial aid purposes.