Section 404.57  Acceptable Degrees

a)         The following degrees shall be accepted as human services degrees:

1)         Child, Family and Community Services

2)         Early Childhood Development

3)         Guidance and Counseling

4)         Home Economics - Child and Family Services

5)         Human Development Counseling

6)         Human Service Administration

7)         Human Services

8)         Master of Divinity

9)         Pastoral Care

10)        Pastoral Counseling

11)        Psychiatric Nursing

12)        Psychiatry

13)        Psychology

14)        Public Administration

15)        Social Science

16)        Social Services

17)        Sociology

b)         The following degrees shall be accepted as academically equivalent to human services degrees:

1)         Criminal Justice

2)         Health Care Administration

3)         Health and Wellness

4)         Public Health Administration

5)         Health and Human Services

6)         Youth/ Family Services and Administration

7)         Human Services Administration

8)         Applied Behavioral Services

9)         Behavioral Analysis and Therapy

10)        Child and Adolescent Development

11)        Child Development

12)        Communicative Disorders with a specialization in Rehabilitation Counseling

13)        Community Counseling

14)        Counseling

15)        Counseling for Child Welfare Specialist

16)        Correctional Counseling

17)        Education- Counseling Major

18)        Education- Counseling and Human Development

19)        Education- Guidance and Counseling

20)        Counseling and Organizational Psychology

21)        Counseling Studies

22)        Education Curriculum development-coursework in early childhood, childhood psycho-pathology, pre-school child

23)        Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

24)        Family and Consumer Sciences

25)        Human Behavior

26)        Human Development

27)        Human Ecology with specialization in Human Development and Family Studies

28)        Human Services and Counseling

29)        Leadership and Human Services Administration

30)        Not-for-profit Management

31)        Professional Counseling

32)        Public Management

33)        Rehabilitation Counseling

34)        Social and Behavioral Science

35)        Social Psychology

36)        Urban Education Community Counseling

(Source:  Added at 46 Ill. Reg. 15266, effective August 26, 2022)