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Opportunities

April 2nd, 2012

As a human development and family sciences major at Messiah College, you?ll be able to:

• Take courses in human sexuality, marital relationships, childhood development, aging, community services, and family intervention.
• Choose from a wide range of minors such as children and youth services, gerontology, gender studies, multicultural families, and pre-marriage and family therapy, or minors outside the department such as Bible, business, communication, early childhood education, music, counseling, and Christian education.
• Gain practical experience by interning at a group home for children, foster care or pregnancy center, retirement community, or a variety of other types of services agencies for individuals and families.
• Spend a semester studying abroad in places such as Greece, England, Africa, India, or Thailand or join faculty on three-week cross-cultural courses to destinations like the Bahamas, Spain, Philadelphia, Costa Rica, and Korea.
• Join the Messiah College Council on Family Relations (MCCFR) ? a student professional organization affiliated with the National Council on Family Relations.
• Attend a professional conference, and even co-present papers with faculty.
• Develop an independent study program in an area of human development and family science that particularly interests you.
• Become a member of the Open Houses and Diplomat Program, where select students attend college preview days/open houses and share information about the department with prospective students.
• Earn a Smith Scholar internship, which allows qualified students to work in apprentice relationships with faculty members.
• Learn about children by observing at the campus Early Learning Center (ELC).

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