Human Services and Psychology, BS (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston128 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source

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Overview

One of:
- HUSV 1000 — Human Services at Northeastern
- INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern

Professional Development for Co-op

One of:
- EESH 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
- EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Human Services Required Courses

HUSV 1101 — Social Change and Human Services
HUSV 2300 — Counseling in Human Services
One of:
- HUSV 2970 — Research Methods for Human Services
- INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
HUSV 3570 — The Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy, and Social Change
HUSV 3900 — Social Policy

Human Services Electives

From the catalog
Complete three of the following:

Choose 12 semester hours from:
- HUSV 2320 — Techniques in Individual and Group Counseling
- HUSV 2340 — Mindfulness in Mental Health
- HUSV 2370 — Restorative Justice: Transforming the System
- HUSV 2401 — Food Justice and Community Development
- HUSV 2440 — Expressive Therapy
- HUSV 2500 — Science of Play
- HUSV 2800 — Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression
- HUSV 2850 — Sexual Politics and the Practice of Sexuality Education
- HUSV 2960 — Intercultural Studies through Human Services
- HUSV 3520 — Child Intervention and Treatment
- HUSV 3540 — Substance Use and Social Justice
- HUSV 3580 — Sexual Violence: Counseling, Programs, and Policy
- HUSV 4994 — Human Services Internship

Required Courses

PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology
PSYC 3402 — Social Psychology
PSYC 3404 — Developmental Psychology
PSYC 3450 — Learning and Motivation
PSYC 3466 — Cognition

Statistics

From the catalog
Complete the following. Students who receive transfer credit for the Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1 semester hour PSYC 2315 course (requires department permission).

PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

Psychology Lab

From the catalog
Complete one of the following. This requirement may not be fulfilled via transfer credit.

One of:
- PSYC 4600 — Laboratory in Research Design
- PSYC 4604 — Laboratory in Learning and Motivation
- PSYC 4612 — Laboratory in Cognition
- PSYC 4614 — Laboratory in Social Psychology
- PSYC 4628 — Laboratory in Developmental Psychology

Psychology Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete any two PSYC courses:
Recommended: Law and PSYC 2370 Cross-Cultural Psychology

Capstone

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- PSYC 4660 — Seminar in Cognition
- PSYC 4662 — Seminar in Personality
- PSYC 4664 — Seminar in Social Psychology
- PSYC 4676 — Seminar in Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 4682 — Seminar in Learning and Motivation

First-Year Writing

One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers

Math

One of:
- MATH 1213 — Interactive Mathematics
- MATH 1215 — Mathematical Thinking

Advanced Writing in the Discipline

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ENGW 3306 — Advanced Writing in the Health Professions
- ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Integrative Course

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- HUSV 2355 — Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment
- HUSV 3540 — Substance Use and Social Justice
- PSYC 1214 — The Moral Mind: The Science Underlying Ethical Decision-Making and Virtuous Character
- PSYC 2370 — Cross-Cultural Psychology

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

EESC 2000 ↔ EESH 2000 (tier B)
ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 3306 ↔ ENGW 3307 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under human-services-and-psychology-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.