Earn Your Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral Sciences
The Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Sciences is designed to prepare you for a career in healthcare, counseling, psychology, education, research, and social and human services—providing others with life-changing support.
Help people recover from mental and emotional problems, build community resilience and well-being, and reflect and grow as individuals. This program can provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to enter the workforce or enroll in a graduate degree program to become a licensed psychologist, therapist, or counselor.
With a bachelor’s degree in this field, you will be able to launch a career in a field with high demand while saving thousands on your education—about 75% less than a public, in-state university—and receiving extra support.
Our bachelor’s degree program in behavioral sciences is offered at South Mountain Community College, but you can take up to 90 credits at any of the 10 Maricopa Community Colleges.
Transform and Enrich the Lives of Children, Adults, and Families Through Mental Well-being
Develop the expertise to help members of your community learn to cope with the lifelong challenges of mental illness, addiction, trauma, grief, and developmental disabilities in this fast-growing field.
With increased demand for behavioral health services nationwide, our new bachelor’s degree program will prepare you for a purpose-driven career in counseling, social work, and advocacy services. This program will be led and taught by board certified license practitioners, and is designed to equip you with the knowledge, experience, and skills necessary to succeed in this field.
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- Students in this 120-credit hour program will complete coursework in resilience and well-being, ethics, trauma-informed care, applied behavior analysis, individual trauma recovery treatment, therapeutic communication skills, individual therapy, group therapy, family systems counseling, advocacy, cultural competence, therapeutic models and interventions, substance use disorders and recovery, research methods, behavioral development, case management, relational approach to trauma, and biological and environmental bases of behavior.
- Courses are designed to meet the qualifications for 12 industry certifications in the field of mental health.
- General education courses for this program explore broad foundational knowledge and essential skills to prepare students to contribute to society through personal, social, and professional interactions with others.
- Faculty instructors are licensed by the state as psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse counselors, behavior analysts, and psychiatrists. Faculty adjunct instructors are working in the field to ensure students learn the latest workforce skills.
- This program includes field-based clinical experiences, professional portfolio development, and a capstone project. Additionally, there are opportunities for paid internships.
With a bachelor’s degree in this field, you will be prepared to pursue a variety of occupations in social and behavioral health services, such as mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, substance abuse counselors, psychologists, behavior analysts, school psychologists, and neuropsychologists.
