Human Services Program and
Profession
HN 115 -
Seminar Unit 4
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Your Degree Plan
This week becomes even more personal as
you personalize your degree plan to fit you as
the individual!
This is where you will pick your electives that
will build the career you desire. This is your decision.
No one will tell you once you have your degree plan put
together what classes you have to take for you are making
this decision in the Unit 4 project.
How exciting for all of you to be building your own
degree with the electives that you decide to take to
enhance the Human Service core classes and emphasis
areas.
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This week when you open the Reading Icon you
will find the Associate and Bachelor Degree
excel sheet.
If you have the excel sheet opened we will use
it to discuss the rest of the work you need to
do. If you do not have it open go ahead and
open it and come back to seminar. If it is
easier for you , print it out. We will wait a
few minutes before we proceed.
Now together we will look at the requirements
and electives for your Associate or Bachelor of
Science Degree in Human Services.
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Today we will be looking for the course
catalogue and the descriptions of the
electives you can take for your degree
So who knows where to find the course catalogue
so we can review the electives?
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If you do not have a course catalog, you can
access one from your student webpage by
following these directions:
Go to the Kaplan student webpage.
Scroll down to Resources under My Classes.
Click Documents.
Click University Catalog.
Scroll down to Undergraduate Course
Descriptions to read descriptions of all the
classes offered at Kaplan University.
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For the Associate, Bachelor and
Advanced Start Bachelor Degree
Programs you need to read about all
of the core courses and the major
courses that you will take as part of
your degree.
This will help you to understand what
each class is about along with what
topic the courses cover.
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Associate of Science in Human Services
Degree Plan
How many elective credits
are required for the
Associate Degree and what
level of courses?
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Associate Degree Requires 35 open
elective credits
35 elective credits in 100/200 level courses
You will find the electives you can take for you
degree at the bottom of the excel sheet. You will
click on the tabs such as business, health sciences,
criminal justice, social sciences, and psychology so
you can see what courses are available to you for
your electives.
** Be sure you have met the prerequisites
for any classes
Here is the degree
program for the AS
degree. All the
required classes are
listed.
On the tabs below are
suggested elective
courses
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Bachelor of Science in Human Services
Degree Plan
How many elective credits
are required for the
Bachelor Degree and what
level of courses?
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Bachelor Degree Requires - 59 open
elective credits
35 elective credits in 100/200 level courses
And
24 elective credits in 300/400 level classes
You will find the electives you can take for you degree
at the bottom of the excel sheet. You will click on the
tabs such as child development, substance abuse,
business, criminal justice and health science so you
can see what courses are available to you for your
electives.
** Be sure you have met the prerequisites for any classes
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**BS Students - IT133 – Software
Applications needs to be taken as an
open elective
Good class for AS majors too for
computer experience
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Advanced Start - Bachelor of Science in
Human Services Degree Plan
How many elective credits
are required for the
Advanced Start Bachelor
Degree and what level of
courses?
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Advanced Start Bachelor Degree Requires
24 open elective credits
24 elective credits in 300/400 level classes
You will find the electives you can take for you
degree at the bottom of the excel sheet. You will
click on the tabs such as child development,
substance abuse, business, criminal justice and
health science so you can see what courses are
available to you for your electives.
** Be sure you have met the prerequisites for any
classes
Please be sure to follow the course
levels
100/200 level courses
300/400 level courses
If a class needs a prerequisite you
cannot take it until you have had
that prerequisite
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Advance Start Bachelor of Science in Human
Services Degree
Bachelor of Science in Human Services Degree
Associate Degree in Human Services Degree
Any questions at this point in the
seminar?
Unit 4 Project
Part I: Please submit your completed
Customized Human Services Degree Plan
(Excel spreadsheet), indicating your
selection of elective courses needed
to complete your degree.
What do you need to submit on the
excel sheet be it for your Associate
or Bachelor Degree to me?
Unit 4 Project
Part II: To complete this portion of
the project, answer each of the
questions about your Customized
Degree Plan using the Word template
provided in the unit:
Why have you chosen the elective
plan?
What skills and knowledge do you
How will these individual skills
field?
How will these electives further
classes included in your degree
expect to learn from these classes?
and knowledge help you in your
your career goals in general?
Answer each question in paragraph form. Your responses should be
double-spaced, using 12 pt. Arial font and Standard American
English. If you do cite outside references, you will have to
provide the source information. In addition, projects should
demonstrate careful proofreading.
Unit 4 Project
Will the project be different for
someone who is working toward their
Associate Degree verses a Bachelor
Degree?
How many documents will be attached in
the dropbox for your project this
week?
TWO
1. An Excel document - Your
completed and filled out degree
plan
2. A Word document – Answers to the
questions asked on the template
provided in the project directions.
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Please be sure to take your time and thought
into completing this project.
You will use these to schedule for the rest
of your time here at Kaplan. The great
thing is you are in control of what courses
you put down.
You have the ability to enhance your own
learning.
I will be forwarding your degree plans that
you create on to the dean of students and
she will send them to your advisors.
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Great job and have
fun planning your
future!