Rehabilitation and Human Services

Students gain a broad range of professional skills including:

• Advocating for others
• Assessing client needs
• Consulting with other agencies
• Managing client caseloads
• Resolving conflicts

Seniors in the RHS program are required to complete a semester long internship totaling 600 hours. These internships provide real world experience and important connections for students. They sometimes even lead to jobs upon graduating.

Program courses include

• Case Management and Communication Skills
• Race and Ethnic Relations
• Medical Aspects of Disability
• Group Work in Rehabilitation Practice
• Community Mental Health Practice and Services
• Children and Families in Rehabilitation Settings

You could get a job working in:

• Social Services
• Rehabilitation Centers
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Public Welfare
• Hospital and Medical Settings
• Drug and Alcohol Programs

Recommended Academic Plans

Recommended Academic Plans provide the possible order of courses students might follow as they pursue a particular degree. RAPs are proposed schedules only. Individual student's schedules might look different if -- in consultation with an academic adviser -- the student has created a different plan. Care should be taken when changing the order of courses, as the RAP takes into account prerequisites and course controls. Changing the other of a RAP might be in the student's best interests and can occur with an adviser's guidance. For the final work regarding the courses needed for graduation in a particular major, all students should consult the University Bulletin and their degree audit.

Recommended Academic Plan for Rehabilitation and Human Services >>

Recommended Academic Plan for Rehabilitation and Human Services - Psychology Minor >>

Students who began studying at Penn State summer 2018 or later should refer to the new suggested academic plans.