Degree Programs

Accounting
Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and growth in the accounting profession.

Advertising and Graphic Design
Provides students with knowledge and skills necessary for employment in the graphic design profession, which emphasizes design, advertising, illustration, and digital and multimedia preparation of printed and electronic promotional materials.

Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Technology
Provides the basic knowledge to develop skills necessary to work with residential and light commercial systems.

Associate Degree Nursing
Provides the knowledge, skills, and strategies to integrate safety and quality into nursing care, to practice in a dynamic environment, and to meet individual needs which impact health, quality of life, and achievement of potential.

Associate in Arts
Provides the student with the opportunity to complete up to 65 semester hours of course work that will transfer as baccalaureate credit to any college in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.

Associate in Arts – Pre-Business Administration
Provides the student with the opportunity to complete up to 65 semester hours of course work that will transfer as baccalaureate credit to any college in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.

Associate in Fine Arts – Art
Provides the student with the opportunity to complete up to 65 semester hours of course work that will transfer as baccalaureate credit to any college in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.

Associate in Fine Arts – Music
Provides the student with the opportunity to complete up to 65 semester hours of course work that will transfer as baccalaureate credit to any college in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.

Associate in General Education
The Associate in General Education program is designed for the academic enrichment of students who wish to broaden their education, with emphasis on personal interest, growth, and development.

Associate in Science
Provides the student with the opportunity to complete up to 65 semester hours of course work that will transfer as baccalaureate credit to any college in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.

Associate in Science – Biology and Biology Education
Provides the student with the opportunity to complete up to 65 semester hours of course work that will transfer as baccalaureate credit to any college in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.

Associate in Science – Pre-Engineering
Provides the student with the opportunity to complete up to 65 semester hours of course work that will transfer as baccalaureate credit to any college in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.

Bioprocess Technology
Prepares individuals to work as process operators in biological products manufacturing facilities.

Business Administration
Introduces students to the various aspects of the free-enterprise system.

Cardiac and Vascular Sonography
Provides the knowledge and skills necessary to acquire, process, and evaluate the human heart and vascular structures.

Community Spanish Interpreter
Prepares individuals to work as entry-level bilingual professionals who will provide communication access in interview and interactive settings.

Computer Programming
Prepares individuals for employment as computer programmers and related positions.

Criminal Justice Technology
Provides academics/knowledge of criminal justice systems and operations.

Criminal Justice Technology – Latent Evidence
Focuses on local, state, and federal law enforcement, evidence processing and procedures.

Early Childhood Education
Prepares individuals to work with children from birth through age eight in diverse learning environments.

Emergency Medical Science (EMS)
The Emergency Medical Science curriculum is designed to prepare graduates to enter the workforce as paramedics.

General Occupational Technology
Prepares individuals with an opportunity to upgrade their skills and to earn an associate degree by taking courses suited for their occupational interests and/or needs.

Heavy Equipment and Transport Technology
Prepares individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to service, troubleshoot, and repair heavy duty vehicles.

Horticulture Technology
The Horticulture Technology curriculum is designed to prepare individuals for various careers in horticulture.

Industrial Systems Technology
The Industrial Systems Technology curriculum is designed to prepare or upgrade individuals to safely service, maintain, repair and install equipment.

Machining Technology
Provides training in the use of equipment, materials, and software of the machine technology trade.

Medical Assisting
Prepares the individual to be a multi-skilled health care professional qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.

Medical Office Administration
Prepares individuals for entry-level positions in medical and allied health facilities.

Medical Sonography
Prepares the graduate to be a registered diagnostic medical sonographer, a skilled health care professional who uses high frequency sound waves to image internal body structures for medical diagnosis.

Networking Technology
Prepares students to install and support networks and develops strong analytical skills and extensive computer knowledge.

Nuclear Medicine Technology
Provides the clinical and didactic experience necessary to prepare students to qualify as entry-level nuclear medicine technologists.

Office Administration
Prepares individuals for positions in administrative support careers. It equips office professionals to respond to the demands of a dynamic and computerized workplace.

Paralegal Technology
Prepares individuals to perform routine legal tasks and to assist with substantive legal work under the supervision of an attorney.

Pharmacy Technology
Prepares individuals to assist the pharmacist in duties that a technician can legally perform and to function within the boundaries prescribed by the pharmacist and the employment agency.

Radiography
Prepares the graduate to become a registered radiographer, a skilled health care professional who uses radiation to produce images of the human body.

School-Age Education
Prepares individuals to work with children from elementary through middle grades in diverse learning environments.

Therapeutic Massage
Prepares graduates to work in direct client care settings to provide manipulation, methodical pressure, friction, and kneading of the body for maintaining wellness or treating alterations in wellness throughout the lifespan.