BA/BS in Human Services, General

Human Services at Lincoln University is offered as a Bachelor of Science, a Bachelor of Arts, or a minor. The major prepares students to help people, households, and neighborhoods with an approach grounded in care, advocacy, and cultural responsiveness. Coursework stresses trauma-informed practice, mutual aid, and deep listening, and it encourages students to question structural injustice and imagine new models of community care. Training is strengths-based and holistic, applicable across many fields. Career paths include social services, running nonprofits, teaching, writing grants, family support, elder care, crisis response, and policy work. Graduates also continue into social work, counseling, health, teaching, nonprofit management, or law. The Human Services Department lists faculty and staff contacts on the program page. Students who want a clear view of what the degree involves can look at the course lists in the university catalog and speak with faculty about advising, course planning, and how the major fits their long-term goals. The campus is in Pennsylvania and is a historically Black institution.