"Putting people to work, working with people" is a phrase that best sums up the Human Services field—one of the fastest growing career fields in the United States today. In an age of turbulent social change, there is a definite need for the skilled human services professional.
The Human Services program now includes instructional faculty from campuses across the University of Alaska Anchorage system. These faculty teach core courses that Human Services AAS, BHS, and certificate programs require, which may include combined distance-delivery and on-campus instructional opportunities. This means students will fulfill degree requirements, electives, and certificate courses from faculty who may be in Anchorage, Mat-Su, Kenai Peninsula campus (Soldotna), or Kachemak Bay campus (Homer). View all Human Services courses by selecting "UAA - All Campuses" on UA Online to view the full academic schedule for the UAA Dept. of Human Services. You also can view our list of class schedules.
Develop skills in counseling, mediation, and human services administration. You also can build direct work experience through practicum placements at local agencies.
In this program, study family mediation, alternative dispute resolution, paraprofessional counseling, and group facilitation.
Enhance your communication skills and learn how to work effectively with multicultural client populations.
Gain essential skills to becoming effective members of therapeutic treatment teams.
Yvonne Chase, Ph.D., associate professor with the Dept. of Human Services under the UAA College of Health, is the new president-elect of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
Human Services Professor Dr. Yvonne Chase and Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica Ullrich were featured in an Alaska Public Media article about a study they co-authored in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment, titled "A Connectedness Framework: Breaking the Cycle of Child Removal for Black and Indigenous Children." The study explores alternative child welfare strategies to limit family separation.
UAA Human Services student intern Zachary Boyle serves lunch during the Project Homeless Connect event at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna on Jan. 26.
Kenai Peninsula Campus HUMS student Primrose Srisakphet was featured in the Kenai Senior Center newsletter as a member of the team while she completes her practicum.
Human Services alumnus Benz Guillermo talks about how he found the right fit in the Department of Human Services program at the College of Health.
Summer Institute on Alaska Social Issues
The conference series is part of the College of Health's commitment to advancing health equity and justice in our state and beyond, which focuses on trauma and addiction, social justice and diversity, and ethics in clinical practice.
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UAA Dept. of Human Services
UAA Professional Studies Building
2533 Providence Dr., Suite 218
Anchorage, AK 99508
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3211 Providence Dr., PSB 218
Anchorage, AK 99508
