Human Services
HDFS Undergraduate Option
Enhance quality of life for all
Corvallis Campus
Fulfill your desire to help others with a degree in human services
Be the reason someone gets access to the social services they need.
Advocate for those typically overlooked. the undeserved.
With the human services option, within the human development and family sciences major at Oregon State, you’ll help individuals, families and communities survive and thrive.
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Sample human services courses
- Children and youth with disabilities
- Family violence and neglect
- Family policy
- Professional helping skills
With the human services option, you’ll ...
- Learn culturally aware techniques to promote human dignity, social justice and empowerment.
- Develop helping skills such as empathy, rapport building and active listening.
- Learn about barriers and access to social and human services.
- Complete at least two internship experiences in the human services field.
Human services internship
As a human services student, you’ll complete two human services internships while earning college credit.
Careers in human services
All human services careers are concerned with meeting human needs and improving quality of life on an individual and community level.
Once you graduate, you’ll be prepared to pursue a career and/or graduate work in fields such as human development and family sciences, counseling, marriage and family therapy, nonprofit administration, social work and more.
Start with the human services degree and become:
*These roles may require post-baccalaureate/graduate/professional education to qualify.
- Activity director
- Adoption agency counselor
- Caseworker
- Crisis intervention worker
- Emergency relief worker
- Housing service worker
- Human service specialist
- Neighborhood outreach worker
- Marriage and family counselor
- Residential treatment center worker
- Social worker*
- Volunteer coordinator
- Youth program specialist
Jeanette Chen
Current HDFS – Human Services student
In discovering the human development and family sciences major, Jeanette Chen discovered herself.
Explore other human development and family sciences major options
Select an option that matches your interests and career goals, whether it’s working with children, the elderly or providing services for families and communities.
- Child development
- Early childhood (OSU-Cascades campus only)
- General option (also available 100% online through Ecampus)
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Peer advisors
If you have questions regarding classes, student clubs or campus, our peer advisors would love to chat. Call or email them for advice.
Mikaela Swaim
Student Outreach and Support Coordinator
For questions about the program, application process or requirements, contact our COH recruitment team.