Career Pathways

Each MAHS student must choose a Career Pathway which focuses their elective courses toward preparing for a specific goal area. A Pathway is a broad grouping of careers that share similar characteristics and whose employment requirements call for many common interests, strengths and competencies. The five Career Pathways are: Arts & Communications; Business, Finance & Information Technology; Engineering & Industrial Technology; Human Services; and Science & Health.


BUSINESS, FINANCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BFIT Pathway

Pictured Left to Right: Luke Fegley, Caroline Gill, Arthur Dash, Jaden Miller, Nakia Scott, Tamia Hill-Johnson

The Business, Finance & Information Technology Pathway is designed to prepare students for the world of business management,
marketing and sales, financial services and information technology.

BFIT OPPORTUNITIES:
Accounting Day
Business Side of Sports
Business of Baseball
Career Expo
Entrepreneurship Experience
Careers in IT Day
PA Free Enterprise Week
Future Business Leaders of America

INTERNSHIP PLACEMENTS:
Finance/Accounting
Information Technology
PennDot
Dauphin County Treasurer’s Office
BELCO
COURSE ELECTIVES:
Intro to Coding
Computer Science A - JAVA
Computer Science B - JAVA
Computer Science - Python
Entrepreneurship
Microsoft Office
Futures 1 and 2
Multimedia Design I and II
Consumer Law
Personal Finance
Accounting I and II
AP Microeconomics
AP Microeconomics
Sports & Entertainment Marketing 

ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY
Engineering & Industrial Tech

Pictured Left to Right: Joey Spear, Morgan Klingeman, Justin Yohn, Antonio Koser, Damion Williams, Chris Joseph, Cameron Deimler

The Engineering and Industrial Technology (EIT) Pathway is designed to cultivate students’ interests in construction and architecture, manufacturing, engineering and engineering technology, transportation, distribution and logistics. Students are provided experiences in design, building and construction, tools and equipment, computer technology, engineering fields, and they apply science and math to real world situations.

ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITIES:
Penn State STEM Event (freshmen only)
Engineering Day
Transportation, Trades and Computer Day
Geographic Information System Day
Nuclear Engineering Day
Career Expo
Penn State Capstone Design Project Presentations
ACE Mentoring 

INTERNSHIP PLACEMENTS:
PennDot
Middletown Area School District
COURSE ELECTIVES:
Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CAD) 1
Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CAD) 2
Music Technology
Radio
Graphic Arts 1
Graphic Arts 2
Introduction to Coding
Engineering, Design and Fabrication 1
Engineering, Design and Fabrication 2
Computer Programming and Game Making
Architectural Drafting 1
Digital Photography 

ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS PATHWAY
Arts & Communications students

Pictured Left to Right: Dominic Gadsden, Dominic Smallwood, Cayla Garman, Matt Spangler, Dane Ebersole,
Nicole Altland, Alyssa Martz, Madison Zettlemoyer, Darien Pangano, and Paige Burger

The Arts and Communications Pathway is designed to cultivate students’ awareness, interpretation, application and production of visual,
verbal and written work. Students are provided experiences in Performing Arts (PA), Visual Arts (VA), and Publishing Arts (PU).

ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS OPPORTUNITIES:
Band/Jazz Band
Fall Play/Spring Musical 
ASVAB
Career Expo
Post-Secondary Fair
Shadow Day
Harrisburg Youth Symphony
Summer Music Camps
JA Young Men’s Futures Symposium 
JA Young Women’s Futures Symposium
PA State Men’s/Women’s Honor Choir 
District/Regional Chorus 
National and Eastern Honor Choir  
Dauphin County Chorus 
District/Regional Chorus  
COURSE ELECTIVES:
Band 
Chorus 
Music Tech 
Guitar I, II 
Keyboard I, II 
Music Theory 
Art I, II, III, IV 
Graphic Arts Tech. I, II 
Interior Design I, II 
Comp. Aided Drafting I, II 
Architectural Drafting 
Digital Photography Tech 
Multi-Media Design I & II 
WMSS Radio {after school program} 
Yearbook 
Personal Finance 
TV Production 
Analyze and Critique Film 
Dramatic Arts 
Mythology 
Children’s Literature and Story Telling 
Creative Living 
Computer Programming & Game Making 
Creative Writing 
Arts and Crafts 
Entrepreneurship  
Dramatic Arts I & II
Music Theory I & II
History Through Pop Culture 
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teams
History of Rock and Roll 

SCIENCE & HEALTH PATHWAY
students holding anatomy models

Johnny Jumper, Amanda Lee, Isha Shah, Leilani Fulmer, Jordyn Dupes, Dane Ebersole and Skelly

The Science & Health (SH) Pathway is designed to cultivate students’ interests in the life, physical and behavioral sciences.
Students are provided experiences in therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health services, and biochemistry research development.
The SH Pathway includes Health Science (HS), Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFN), Science, Technology and Math (STM).

Science & Health Opportunities
Live Surgery, Whitaker Center 
Nurse’s Aid Training, HACC
PULSE Program, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Partnership for Career Development, Business of Wellness          
UPMC Programs: 
Student/Parent Health Care Career Night
Destination Imaging
Experience the Lab
Extreme Nursing

Internship Placements
Pinnacle Health
Drayer PT
The Hetrick Center
Spring Creek Rehabilitation
OT/Speech Therapy
Dual Enrollment
Medical Terminology
Biology
Environmental Science
Astronomy

Course Electives
Health Science
Anatomy and Physiology
Athletic Training
Forensics
Chemistry
Botany/Zoology

Online Courses
Pharmacology for Medical Careers       


 

 


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