Studying Human Services gives you the opportunity to learn research skills and choose courses in particular areas of study, maximising your ability to develop more focused career directions within your degree.

Students majoring in subjects such as Psychology, Law, Education, Management and Sociology also have the opportunity to strengthen the human service component of their studies by including HSRV courses.

At UC, courses include a focus on professional contexts and issues such as workplace bullying, management and supervision, and the dynamics of the worker-client relationship.

There are five broad pathways within the Human Services progamme at UC:

• Health and Family Systems ? for those interested in health and well-being
• Work and Organisational Systems ? gain knowledge to implement change in organisational systems, to consider critical debates within policy, as well as to develop skills in organisational communication
• Youth Development ? looks at youth culture and youth work and relevant development organisations
• Local and Global Community Development ? an area of growing popularity in New Zealand and overseas
• Violence and Criminal Justice Systems ? many Human Services courses make use of UC staff specialisation in the areas of violence and provision of services across different contexts. Most of these courses consider violence as a contemporary and historical issue.