Our Program

Humber's program consistently receives excellent ratings from students, graduates and employers alike. It successfully prepares students to work with people experiencing distressing events - both from an individual perspective, and in a way that examines society's contribution to these crises. Students are taught how to help people promote their rights and meet their responsibilities in ways that empower them. The curriculum is updated frequently to ensure that content is current and relevant. Skilled, committed faculty with real-life work experience in the human services field deliver courses with a special focus on promoting equality to address disadvantages people face on the basis of race, disabilities, gender, sexual orientation, etc.

Course content also includes: human behaviour and development, improving communication, interviewing and counselling skills, and how to work with groups and communities so they can better support their members. Field placement lets students participate in at least two different types of human service agencies where they have supervised contact with clients. Graduates are able to intervene in crisis situations, and to work with a broad range of people including those experiencing domestic violence, alcoholism and drug abuse, child abuse, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress, and shock due to traumatic life events.