Associate's Degree in Human Services

Degree offered at Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Lake Elmo/Woodbury, Mankato, Moorhead, and St. Cloud, MN; Ocala, Pasco County, and Ft. Myers, FL; Bismarck and Fargo, ND; Green Bay, WI; and Online.

The Human Services Associate’s degree will prepare you for a career where you help people in need. The Human Services program is perfect for someone who finds joy in helping others and seeing their work directly benefit those around them.

You will learn how to provide services to individuals or groups of people with diverse problems and help them overcome their obstacles. A degree in Human Services will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to make an impact in your community.

Once you graduate with a Human Services Associate’s degree, you will have the skills to provide people with the assistance they need to live a stable life.

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What You Will Learn in this Program:

When you complete Rasmussen College's Human Services Associate’s degree, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in the following areas:

  • Participant empowerment
  • Community and service networking
  • Education, training and self-development
  • Crisis intervention
  • Facilitation of services
  • Organizational participation
  • Community living skills and support
  • Vocational, education and career supports
  • Proper documentation techniques

Students in the Human Services program will take upper-level courses in their final quarters. These courses include: Working with Diverse Groups, Community Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Organization and Leadership in Human Services, and Introduction to Strategies in Crisis Intervention.

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What Human Service Professionals Do:

People who work in human services are continually giving back to the communities they serve. Some of their tasks may include:

  • Working with a diverse population of individuals and groups
  • Understanding family structures, human development, and psychology
  • Analyzing client needs, developing client goals, and designing and implementing a plan of action for rehabilitation and progress of services
  • Completing intake interviews
  • Facilitating a group environment

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