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What makes MWCC's Human Services program unique . . .
You can benefit from:
- A long-standing, well-established program
- Expert, dedicated faculty
- The ability to specialize in a variety of areas: American Sign Language, Early Childhood Education, Criminal Justice, and Complementary Health Care
- A broad base of skills that allow students to work in a variety of settings
- Strong service-learning experiences and job shadowing opportunities integrated into classes
- A solid internship program
- Classes where technology and multi-media are used to enhance learning
- Wide-range of jobs (residential, vocational, therapeutic settings) with a variety of populations (children, adolescents, adults, and elders)
- The opportunity to join a professional Human Service organization (NEOHSE) and participate in MWCC's Human Service Club.
The benefits of a degree or certificate
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most human services employers require at least a degree or certificate. Education level influences the kind of work an employee is assigned to and the degree of responsibility granted.
Internship program
Many internships are available. Not only are internships great work experience, they look great on a resume.
Service Learning
Service Learning engages students in service within the community as an integrated part of a course. Human Services students have completed service learning experiences at many locations.
Alumni testimonials
"I felt a passion to work in senior citizen education. That passion turned into the pursuit of the qualifications necessary to realize my dream. The Mount, with teachers like Janice Gearan, helped me to design my program of study to prepare me to earn a bachelor's degree."
—Lorraine Wickman
Curriculum Developer for the LIFE program (Lifelong Learning Institute for Enrichment) at MWCC '96 Graduate of the Human Service Degree Program
"The internship allowed me to truly understand and apply what I have learned. I recommend an internship to go hand-in-hand with any degree."
—Christine Flannery
Intern and the subsequent
volunteer / Safeplan Advocate (for victims of domestic violence)
'00 Graduate of the Human Service Degree Program
"I arrived at MWCC as a high school dropout with GED in hand and almost no confidence in what I could accomplish. My very first course, English Comp I, connected me with a caring teacher who not only saw the potential in me but also nurtured and challenged that potential. Three and one-half years later I stand at the threshold of graduate school. Thank-you, Mount Wachusett!"
—Terry Howland
'99 Graduate of the Human Services Degree program and
the Liberal Studies program
Received a full-merit scholarship to UMASS Amherst
Other sites you may want to visit:
American Psychological Association
National Organization for Human Services Education
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