TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES
CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER e: REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE
PART 403 LICENSING STANDARDS FOR GROUP HOMES
SECTION 403.36 ACCEPTABLE DEGREES


 

Section 403.36  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. 15249, effective August 26, 2022)