General Human Services

Gerontology

Social and Community Services

The Master of Science in Human Services degree program prepares learners to assume leadership positions and influence social change as they build professional expertise. Capella seeks to deliver this program through a dynamic, interactive, and collaborative learning environment, and to gain insight from the diverse professional experiences brought to the program by its learners.

Applicants whose language of instruction is not English are required to take one of the following tests: the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or the Pearson Test of English (PTE). The only exception to this requirement is reserved for learners who have earned a postsecondary degree from a U.S.-accredited university.

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48 quarter credits. Up to 12 quarter credits may be transferred into Human Services specializations. Click here and look at the Assessment, Credits, Grading Policies for more information.

1. Evaluate research and apply findings to the human services professions.
2. Create informed solutions to professional challenges.
3. Create effective change strategies.
4. Embrace and celebrate the value of diversity in effective decision-making.
5. Apply professional and personal ethics to make sound and ethical decisions.
6. Provide transformational leadership to a human services profession.
7. Lead a human services profession through effective communications.

Click here to see outcome data for  Capella University's Master’s in Human Services program. 

The effectiveness of Capella University's Master’s in Human Services program is measured directly during a single capstone courses using criterion-referenced assessments of the intended specialization learning outcomes.  From Q4 2009 through Q3 2010 over 85% of the learners' outcome demonstrations were judged to be at the proficient level of performance or higher on 7 of 8 program outcomes. Faculty have reviewed these data in detail to gain insights into their program's effectiveness, to ask new research questions, and to create action items to improve the program. The outcome data reported are an aggregation of the program outcome assessment data from the capstone course, which is intended to serve as an indicator of the program's effectiveness.

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