Human Services/Human Services Leadership 4+1 (BS/MS)

Requirements for the Degree

The four-year curriculum for the Bachelor of Science in Human Services contains required graduate courses that prepare the student for the Master in Science curriculum. With this 4+1 plan and the proper scheduling of MS classes, students may enter immediately into the MS program full-time with the possibility of completion within one year.

UD Human Services (BS) undergraduate majors who are provisionally granted admission to the 4+1 MS HDFS program/Human Services Concentration and subsequently admitted to the MS HDFS program can waive the requirement to take a) HDFS 470 or HDFS 475 by completing HDFS 601 , b)HDFS 422 by completing HDFS 621 , and c) HDFS 449 (3 credits) by taking HDFS 669  (3 credits). For any undergraduate course requirement to be waived, the student needs to earn a grade of B (3.0) or better in the corresponding HDFS graduate course. In addition, students who are provisionally approved can take up to three additional 3-credit graduate courses, while an undergraduate student, toward the 33 credit MS requirement. Refer to www.hdfs.udel.edu for information about application procedures for provisional admission.