The Human Services, A.S. program is designed to provide students with the foundational skills and concepts to meet human needs through an interdisciplinary approach to prevention and remediation of barriers to quality of life among diverse service populations. In addition to General Education requirements, the program is rooted in two primary skills, Case Management and Crisis Intervention and two primary employment paths, Social Work and Counseling. Students graduating from the Human Service, A.S. degree are prepared to enter the Human Services field in a number of entry level paraprofessional positions such as social-service technicians, case management aides, mental health technicians, gerontology aides, special-education teacher aides, and residential managers. In addition, graduates are able to make informed decisions about career paths, and are prepared to enter four-year college degrees in the field of behavioral health and the helping professions.