Belhaven College seeks to introduce all students the study of human behavior and mental processes within a Christian context. This major is designed to provide a foundation of knowledge in the field of social services and to prepare students for future study in the fields of social services. Emphasis is placed on developing the students' abilities to understand and to apply social services in their everyday lives. An important goal in all social service courses is to help students in their ability to appropriately interrelate their study of social service and the Christian faith.

Belhaven College has developed each course to build upon the previous course in a sequence. The format is an accelerated "lock-step" approach in which an entering class stays together throughout the program. Each course is offered in a five to seven week format. Students meet one night a week for four hours of classroom instruction and one night a week in their project teams.

• Official transcripts from all colleges and/or universities previously attended showing a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
• One year of relevant work experience
• Applicants whose native language is not English must provide evidence of proficiency in English by scoring 500 paper-based or 173 computer based or above on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The TOEFL requirement may be waived under certain circumstances if English proficiency can be demonstrated through reliable documentation.
• To begin in the major in Social Services, students will have 48 transferable semester hours.