• It is designed as a general preparation for a career in human services such as social work, counseling, criminology, or prevention/treatment programs in mental health. The idea for combining the three primary fields is based on the belief that it is important for an individual who plans to work with people to understand human beings as individuals (psychologically) who function in groups (social psychologically) within a social context (sociologically) which varies across cultures (anthropologically).
  • These disciplinary perspectives offer different but complementary views of people. In order to understand, predict, or influence human behavior, one needs some comprehension of how humans develop, the problems they confront, the organization or structure in which they function, and how and why these go awry. It is also critical to have some exposure to the methods employed by behavioral scientists and some actual experience in the working world of the human services.