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Real experience. Real results.

Want a career helping others? This pathway explores career opportunities for those who are committed to helping people improve their quality of life or to managing the organizations that support this work. These programs equip students to implement the newest developments, theories and technologies in both the public and private sectors.

 

Programs

Four-Year Programs

Upper-Division Program

Career opportunities

examples include:

  • advocacy
  • counseling
  • community relations
  • employee relations specialist
  • manager of a family service program
  • manager or administrator of a hospital department, long-term care facility or other health services center
  • mental health services

Internships and Employers

examples include:

  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
  • Catholic Charities
  • Center for Urban Families
  • Erickson Living
  • Healthcare for the Homeless
  • Humanim
  • Johns Hopkins HealthCare
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Kennedy Krieger Institute
  • LifeBridge Health
  • Maryland Justice Project
  • Mercy Medical Center
  • MedStar Washington Hospital Center
  • Mosaic Community Services
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Sheppard Pratt Health System
  • Sinai Hospital
  • U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
  • Wilmer Eye Institute