Human Services faculty are dedicated to providing students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to perform competently and successfully as Human Service Professionals in a culturally diverse and pluralistic society. A learning environment is fostered which promotes the intellectual, social, and personal development of students through the pursuit of moral and ethical decision making, critical thinking, multiculturalism, scholarly excellence and actual practice.

Rehabilitation Services
The Rehabilitation Services program offers undergraduates the opportunity to learn entry-level rehabilitation skills. Students are taught to understand the total impact of disability upon the individual and how to work as a team member by coordinating and matching client needs with available resources. This program is recognized by the CORE undergraduate registry of rehabilitation programs. more>>

Sign Language Interpreting
"The Sign Language Interpreting (SLI) program is a bachelors completion program for students who already have an associate's degree in American Sign Language...." more>>

Endorsement Programs:
Transition to Work (TTW)

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Business and Organizational Management Counseling
Prepares graduates with basic counseling, interviewing, training, management and/or consultation skills. Master's level management courses provide for a program like few other's. Graduates qualify for a variety of positions in the business, government, non-profits, social services, and consulting. Additional coursework can lead to professional counseling licensure. more>>

Community Counseling
Prepares graduates work with individuals of all ages on a variety of issues (e.g., abuse and neglect, crisis, substance abuse, personal, career, mental illness, and/or interpersonal problems).The curriculum provides a blend of counselor training experiences designed to provide the skills and knowledge necessary to become a professional counselor. Additional coursework can lead to professional counselor license. more>>

Counseling Exceptional Children
Individuals learn to counsel children of exceptionality in setting such as hospitals, mental health agencies, residential treatment and school settings. All aspects of exceptional children are included. Students have the opportunity to individualize their learning in areas of specialization such as learning disabilities, behavior disorders, developmental disabilities, gifted, autism, and attention deficit disorder. Additional coursework can lead to professional counselor license. more>>

Marriage and Family Counseling
This concentration prepares students to counsel both families and couples. Students are trained in systems theory and the systemic perspective of how to view, interpret, and intervene with problems associated with marriage and family life. This degree prepares students for work as a marriage and family counselor. Some additional course work is required for counseling licensure. more>>

Mental Health Counseling
Student learn theories and techniques for counseling individuals, families and groups, and administration and interpretation of psychometric assessment.This major has all the courses required to qualify for admission to the Ohio professional counselor licensure exam. more>>

School Counseling
This program prepares graduates to become guidance counselors in the K-12 school setting. The curriculum emphasis is in guidance, clinical counseling principles, guidance program development, and implementation and evaluation procedures. more>>

Rehabilitation Counseling: Chemical Dependency
Graduates work as chemical dependency and rehabilitation counselors, prevention specialists, and employee assistant counselors. This program is available completely online or in a tradition classroom setting. more>>

Rehabilitation Counseling: Severe Disabilities
Graduates of this program work with people experiencing physical, mental, emotional, or social disabilities. This program is available completely online or in a tradition classroom setting. more>>