As a behavioral health professional, you provide support for patients with a wide variety of needs, focusing on each as a whole person. To enter this field, you first earn a behavioral health degree. Key concepts explored in this degree program include approaches, techniques, current trends, history, research and best practices in behavioral health.
While developing a broad perspective on behavioral health, learners at Grand Canyon University (GCU) study human behavior within a Christian values-oriented environment that emphasizes compassion and ethics.
By pursuing a behavioral health science degree, you can prepare for a career in which you serve others by improving the quality of life for your clients or patients. Courses in the behavioral health program at GCU include:
- Addiction and Substance Abuse Disorders
- Counseling Theories
- Group Dynamics and Processes
- Human Development
- Abnormal Psychology
- Family Dynamics
- Understanding Trauma
- Ethics of Behavioral Health Science
- Probability and Statistics
- Cultural and Social Diversity
In GCU’s behavioral health program, you acquire the education and training to help others live productive, rewarding lives. Graduates are prepared to work in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, prevention and intervention programs and other social agencies in the following positions:
- Behavioral health specialist
- Community or social service manager
- Mental health service technician
- Case manager
Further, this undergraduate program provides students with the training they need to continue their education and earn a master’s degree in such areas as clinical psychology, marriage and family counseling, criminal justice and human sciences. A master’s degree in counseling or a related area is a required stepping stone toward state licensure.
Grand Canyon University’s mission is to provide each of our learners with a high-quality education that helps them develop the skills for career success. For details on the Bachelor of Science program in Behavioral Health Science, please visit the College of Humanities and Social Sciences or click the Request More Information button located on this page.