Social Sciences Interdisciplinary BA - Health and Human Services Early Childhood 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 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.

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. 

All transfer courses officially articulated to UB courses used in the SSC/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 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.

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

One introductory course
One statistics course
One research methods course
One human biology course
Three intermediate-level courses, one of which must be PHI 237/SSC 237 Medical Ethics: Values in Medicine
Six courses from the chosen concentration area

Introductory Courses – 1 course

• APY 105 Introduction to Anthropology
• APY 106 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• APY 107 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
• APY 108 Introduction to Archaeology
• COM 101 Principles of Communication
• GGS 101 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies
• PHI 107 Ethics
• SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
  

Statistics Courses – 1 course

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

Methods Courses – 1 course

• NSG 348 Evidenced Based Practice and Nursing Research (nursing double degree students only) 
• PSY 350 Scientific Inquiry in Psychology 
• SOC 293 Social Research Methods 
• SSC 213 Social Research Methods

Intermediate Courses – 3 courses

PHI 237/SSC 237 Medical Ethics: Values in Medicine (required)

Two of the following:

• APY 275 Introduction to Medical Anthropology
• APY 276 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 225 Violence in a Gendered World
• GGS 238 Women, Work, and Family in the 20th Century
• GGS 265 Sexuality and Orientation
• HIS 215 Death in America
• LAI 205 Introduction to Child Development and Learning OR 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 390 Human Services Administration

Human Biology Courses – 1 course

• PAS 113 Human Anatomy
• APY 345 Comparative Primate Anatomy and APY 346 Dissections in Comparative Primate Anatomy
• BIO 129 Perspectives in Human Biology (required for students pursuing the joint health and human services/School of Social Work degree; offered fall only)
• BIO 130 Perspectives in Human Biology
• BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
• PGY 300 Human Physiology

Early Childhood Concentration Courses – 6 courses

No more than 2 psychology (PSY) and no more than 2 sociology (SOC) classes may be taken

• CDS 301 Language Development in Children (offered fall only)
• CEP 410 Introduction to Grief and Loss
• LAI 416 Early Childhood Education, Theory, and Practice
• LAI 490 Seminar and Practicum in Early Childhood Programs
• LIN 355 Child Language Development
• PSY 321 Psychology of Personality
• PSY 322 Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 336 Developmental Psychology
• SOC 313 Sociology of the Family
• SOC 314 Sociology of Gender
• SOC 335 Sociology of Adolescence
• SSC 305 Applied Child Development and Learning
• SSC 320 Issues in Developmental Disabilities
• SSC 343 Violence and the Family
• SSC 365 The Family Process
• SSC 413 Addictions Treatment
• SSC 414 Grantwriting for Non-profits
• SSC 420 Child Mental Health
• SSC 421 Interventions and Play
• SSC 496 HS1 Human Services Intern 1

A student in the SSC/Health and Human Services major is eligible for departmental honors based on her/his 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.