Human Services Department
Phone: 484-365-7535
Fax: 484-365-8092
John Miller Dickey Hall, Room 286
A major in Human Services provides students with the knowledge and skills to support individuals, families, and communities in their interconnected health and healing. Rooted in principles of care, advocacy, and cultural responsiveness, the program directly aligns with the goals of restorative justice, liberation studies, and community care.
Coursework in Human Services emphasizes trauma-informed practice, mutual aid, solidarity studies, and deep listening as tools for transformation. By centering liberation and equity, the major prepares students to challenge systemic oppression and develop alternative models of community care.
Human Services also prioritizes holistic well-being, training students to work across diverse fields with culturally responsive and strengths-based approaches. Career pathways include social services, nonprofit management, education, grant writing, reproductive justice, child and family development, disability studies, aging and elder care, LGBTQIA+ services, crisis intervention, violence prevention, animal welfare, plant medicine, and policy advocacy, among many others.
Many graduates continue their education in fields such as social work, counseling, public health, education, nonprofit leadership, or law.
In short, Human Services is more than a professional pathway—it is a commitment to building communities where justice, liberation, and care are not abstract ideals but lived realities.
