MA Specialization: Social and Human Services

This specialization is designed for professionals working in group homes, adoption agencies, com­munity activism, transitional housing, services for the homeless, child advocacy and in early childhood settings with families who need additional support services who wish to increase their understanding and knowledge of family systems, conflict mediation, community assessment and strategies for working with groups. (This specialization is offered at the graduate level only and is available in Pasadena.)

Requirements

1. HD 478/MA: HD-602 Working with Families in a Diverse World

2. At least one of the following Social and Human Services electives:

• HD 310/MA: HD-551 Conflict Resolution and Mediation
• HD 396/MA: HD-520 Contemporary Urban Adolescents
• HD 420/MA: HD-515 Art of Observation
• HD 450/MA: HD-601 Ecology of Working with Children
• HD 464/MA: HD-564 Community as a Context for Development
• HD 474/MA: HD-625 Intervention Models in ECE
• MFT 505/MA: MFT-505 Communication and Counseling Skills
• MFT 253/MA: MFT-561 Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting
• MFT 374 Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
• MFT 475/MA: MFT-560 Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence

3. Clinical Field Experience

HD 456/MA: HD-658 Parent/Community: Fieldwork/Observation (3 units)

4. At least one of the following diversity electives or an additional Social and Human Services elective approved by advisor:

• HD 285/MA: HD-570 Development of Bicultural Children
• HD 360/MA: HD-562 Advanced Studies in Diversity and Anti-Bias Issues
• HD 427/MA: HD-571 Working with Bicultural Children
• HD 460/MA: HD-572 Seminars in Bicultural Development and Education
• MFT 235/MA: MFT-650 Cross Cultural Mores and Values: Socio-Cultural Environments

Advisors: Human Development Faculty (Pasadena)