Special Features

In the Field:

INTERNSHIPS: a chance to try out a role.
After required foundation courses students begin their internships. Internships give students a chance to try out roles that they are interested in. Human Services interns get to work with staff members who have different kinds of training. Through on-going supervision student interns are not just observers, they deliver services and provide real assistance to people who need it.

In the Classroom:
While on internship, students take other specialized courses where ideas are taught through discussions about the students’ practical experiences in the internship. Students can bring a challenging internship situation to the classroom for everyone to discuss, helping each other to learn and find answers to problems.

An Education in Cultural Awareness:
LaGuardia, with students from more than a hundred countries, is a continual lesson in studying and working with people from other cultures. Human Services students, as they go to class and their internships throughout New York City, take part in a living laboratory of exposure to different kinds of ideas, values, and behaviors. Human services classes provide instruction in working constructively in a multicultural world.

Planning for the Future:
Students learn how to advance in their human services careers through weekly seminar classes while they are on internships. Seminars help student to develop their strengths and weaknesses, design plans for continuing education and learn about career options.