Bachelor of Science in Human Services

at Upper Iowa University - Quad Cities Campus USA

Seeking a career in the wide world of business? UIU’s Business Administration degree gives you seven emphases to pick from, and you will leave UIU with the foundation of knowledge, hands-on experience, and confidence you need for success. Our expert faculty help you understand the world of business and help you strengthen the leadership, collaboration, communication, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills you need to conquer it.

Do you want to help others? The public administration degree is a practitioner-oriented degree that provides students with the necessary skills to manage and lead in government and nonprofit organizations. Public administrators work in a variety of specialty areas, such as healthcare, finance, psychology, emergency disaster management, and agriculture.

Follow your great degree from UIU with a high-paying career in human resource management. UIU’s Human Resources Management program provides you with the real-world skills you need to succeed in the ever-changing, high-demand field of human resource management. You will learn the details and ethical standards around strategic plans, staffing, training/development, and compensation that will help you impress in your job interview.

Whether you are aspiring for a psychology or human services career, or making long-term plans for a graduate degree, UIU’s Psychology program provides the perfect balance of theory and student-centered learning. Together, these help you understand, predict, and analyze human behavior, including how individuals think, relate to others, act, feel, and develop.

Today’s world of uncertainty dictates a need for prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. UIU’s Emergency and Disaster Management program integrates theory with practice to prepare you to understand, manage, and mitigate the physical and human consequences of natural, technological, civil, and human-caused disasters.

UIU’s Social Science program is geared toward those students interested in broader exposure to the social sciences and is particularly well suited to adult learners and those students planning careers in law, business and public administration.

Looking for job security? How about a career in the largest, yet rapidly growing, private sector, one employing 13% of the U.S. workforce. Your flexible UIU Health Services Administration degree is your ticket to career opportunities in hospitals, clinics, senior living, public health, insurance, and even human resources and human services. As a UIU graduate, you will have the knowledge, skills, and leadership traits employers demand in the people they hire.

Looking to join one of the fastest growing career fields in the United States and the world? As people and communities experience increasing need for human services professionals, the demand is great for trained people who can provide assistance to a diverse and ever-changing population. As a graduate of UIU’s Human Services program, you will have knowledge, skills and confidence to assist individuals, families and communities in need.

Turn your creativity into a rewarding career! In this program, you will use the latest digital technologies to learn the technical and creative problem-solving skills needed to produce the advertisements, videos, social media, and web designs that so much of our world depends on.

UIU’s comprehensive Communication Studies degree reflects the diverse skillset that communication media professionals need to be successful. When you leave UIU, you will be proficient in writing, speaking and visual communication. You will also have enhanced your ability to plan, organize, evaluate, and think strategically and creatively.