Prepares students for a variety of entry- and mid-level positions within the field of human services, which focuses on helping others gain the skills to help themselves. Students will participate in both classroom instruction and a community-based internship experience with a local human services provider. Students who intern at these agencies serve a variety of populations, including the mentally ill, the developmentally disabled, seniors, persons living with HIV/AIDS, homeless, incarcerated adults, at-risk youth, pregnant and parenting teens, foster families, persons with substance abuse issues, and numerous other specialty areas. Students are responsible for choosing and securing their own internship placement and are primarily eligible for employment in the area in which they choose to complete their internship experience. Internship site choice requires instructor’s approval. For an AAT or AAS-T degree, students may complete one of the following specialty options: 1) Human Services Generalist or 2) Human Services Chemical Dependency. The Human Services Generalist option can be completed in as little as six quarters, while the Human Services Chemical Dependency option will require a minimum of eight quarters, plus prerequisites and general education courses. Program completion generally takes 1.5-2 years to satisfy all degree requirements. Students receiving a “C-” or below in a Human Services class must repeat the class in order to satisfy the Human Services program requirements for graduation.