Middle Bucks Institute of Technology
Administrative Director: Kathryn Strouse, M.Ed.
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology offers a complete array of career, technical, and pre- professional courses to enhance the academic program of all students. The Middle Bucks Campus is located on Old York Road in Jamison, Warwick Township. The school is operated jointly by four participating school districts: Centennial, Central Bucks, Council Rock, and New Hope-Solebury. The school provides both a morning and afternoon program, with students spending the other half of the day at their high schools, studying their required subjects and participating in co-curricular and interscholastic activities. Students entering 10th, 11th or 12th grades are eligible to apply for admission. Transportation to Middle Bucks is provided by the school district.
Variety of Career Development Experiences
Students whose career plans include college will find any of the career programs to be meaningful and appropriate enhancements to a college prep curriculum. Middle Bucks also offers many technical programs ideal for the employment-bound student.
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology has a variety of college and university connections available to students including career pathway articulation agreements. Articulation agreements provide college advanced credits and are in place with many post-secondary institutions including, but not limited to, Bucks County Community College, Culinary Institute of America, Delaware Valley University, Gwynedd-Mercy University, Johnson and Wales University, and Pennsylvania College of Technology. Students can earn from six to twelve credits toward an associate’s degree or certification at these or other post-secondary institutions.
The Educational Program
The educational program at Middle Bucks Institute of Technology is organized into ten career clusters and twenty-one career pathways (i.e., major courses of study). Typically, students enroll in one career pathway as their major field of study, then they complete a core set of courses common to the career cluster and a highly rigorous technical sequence of courses related to their career pathway. Students may complete additional specialized courses as they advance beyond standard secondary curriculum. The career cluster model is recognized as one of the most effective educational initiatives for preparing young people for the new economy.
Admission
Students must complete a Middle Bucks application to be considered for admission. Selection is based on completion of selected prerequisites, aptitude and achievement scores, interest inventories, attendance records, behavior patterns, emotional stability, and staff recommendations. Selected programs require prerequisites. For more information about admissions, please visit the MBIT website.
ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION
MBI101 Residential Construction
MBI102 Computerized Drafting & Engineering Graphics
MBI103 Electrical & Network Cabling
MBI104 HVAC and Plumbing Technology
MBI105 Horticulture & Landscape Design
MBI106 Building Trades Occupations
ARTS, A/V TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS
MBI200 Commercial Art & Design
MBI201 Multimedia Technology
HEALTH SCIENCE
MBI202 Dental Occupations
MBI205 Sports Therapy & Exercise Management
MBI206 Medical and Health Professions
HOSPITALITY & TOURISM
MBI301 Culinary Arts & Science
HUMAN SERVICES
MBI401 Cosmetology
MBI402 Early Childhood Care & Education
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
MBI501 Networking & Operating Systems Security
MBI502 Web Design & Interactive Media
LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY, & SECURITY
MBI601 Public Safety
MANUFACTURING
MBI702 Welding Technology
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS
MBI901 Engineering Related Technology
TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS
MBI801 Collision Repair Technology
MBI802 Automotive Technology