Major Requirements

Demonstrate the ability to understand the dynamics of human negotiation among conflicting interest groups and how to achieve mutual agreement.

Demonstrate the ability to be comfortable with differences between self and others, to engage in a process characterized by mutual respect and sensitivity, to assess the needs and capabilities of culturally diverse populations and to communicate effectively across cultural groups to deliver appropriate health and human services.

Demonstrate the ability to understand the budgeting process and the financial management of public agencies and nonprofit organizations.

Demonstrate the ability to apply computer and Internet technology to health and human services practice and public policy development.

Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental principles and issues common to the major fields of health and human services including community health, social welfare and public policy; and demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities pertinent to the health and/or human service concentration area(s) selected.

Demonstrate an understanding of and begin to master the skills to motivate others by promoting a shared vision and setting clear direction for collaborative implementation of sustained change in interprofessional settings and diverse communities.

Demonstrate the ability to initiate and maintain a flow of information between sender(s) and receiver(s) through the use of critical listening, and oral and written communication skills; communicate basic and complex ideas to a variety of groups; appreciate the organizational and cultural contexts within which communication occurs; and conduct professional quality oral and electronic presentations.

Demonstrate the ability to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for growth and development as an entry-level professional by producing evidence of increasing self-awareness and self-correcting behavior.

Demonstrate the ability to articulate the values and ethics which are the foundation for health and human services practice, to recognize areas of conflict between the professional values and the student's own and to clarify conflicting values in the delivery of health and human services.

Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze public policy issues and begin to master the skills necessary to identify and define public problems, analyze existing policies, develop alternatives to current policy and recommend alternatives.

Demonstrate knowledge and application of basic research methodologies and statistical analysis in applied and community-based health, human services and public policy research.