College for Teens
Engineering/CAD Design
Engineering/CAD careers offer tremendous versatility and opportunities as the work
makes an impact on our everyday world. Engineers and Computer Aided Designers (CAD)
have the opportunity to design things that can significantly improve our lives. This
class will introduce high school students to a career in engineering and CAD. Students
will explore their skills, values, and life goals while be introduced to tools such
as hand-on printed circuit board layout, 3D printers, and other engineering tools
through software programs and lecture. We will include career mapping, tools such
as SOLIDWORKS, printed circuit board layout, to formulate a real-world perspective
on current jobs in Engineering and CAD and the requirements needed to achieve them!
Class will culminate with an assessment. Upon successful completion, students can
earn (1) credit for IDS135 – STEM Career Exploration at Middlesex Community College.
(15 hrs) $175
6/3 - 6/12 3:30pm - 6pm Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
Bedford MA Campus
YTH 804 30 CRN: 14462 Professor Escalona
Public Service Career Exploration
This course is intended for students who are interested in learning about careers
within Public Service at the local, state or federal level. A variety of different
public service careers will be explored within the following fields: law enforcement
agencies, court system, corrections, emergency response services and victim services.
Students will explore their work interests, personality, skills, values and life goals
in order to identify possible public service careers that match with their strengths.
Career mapping and organization research will be used to formulate a real-world perspective
on current jobs and the requirements needed to achieve them. Class includes walking
field trips and tours of the Lowell Police Department and Lowell Justice Center. Upon
successful completion, students can earn (1) credit for IDS133 – Public Service Career
Exploration at Middlesex Community College. (15 hrs) $175
7/8 – 7/11 9am-12:45pm Mon/Tue/Wed/Thur
Lowell MA Campus
YTH 825 80 CRN: 14463 Professor: Nobrega
Business Career Exploration
High school students will explore their personality, skills, values, and life by learning
concepts of introduction to business and the various types of organizations that exist
along with financial accounting and learning how to understand simplified financial
statements. This course will include career mapping, writing, and research to formulate
a real-world perspective on current jobs in the fields of business and accounting,
and the requirements needed to achieve them. The class will culminate with a cumulative
assessment. Upon successful completion, students can earn one (1) credit for MCC’s
IDS 131 - Business Career Exploration. $175
Next session dates TBA
Course Number: YTH 808 75 Professor: SHARMA
Medical Laboratory Career Exploration
Have you ever wondered who works in the hospital laboratory? What types of testing
do they perform? What role does the medical laboratorian play in the healthcare field
and what skills do you need? Welcome to the world of medical laboratory science! If
you are a high school student with an interest in laboratory science, join our Medical
Laboratory Technology faculty as we explore tests performed to aid in detecting cancer,
diabetes, kidney disease, bacterial infections and blood typing used in transfusion
medicine. The last class will consist of a walking field trip to a local hospital
laboratory where students will meet employees and view the sophisticated testing performed
by these individuals.Upon successful completion, students can earn one (1) credit
for IDS 132- Health Career Exploration at Middlesex Community College $175
Next session dates TBA
Lowell Campus, Room LT 401
Course Number: YTH 818 80 Professor: McHale
For general questions please call 781-280-3570 or email: career_training@middlesex.edu