Black River Technical College

Accounting

Designed to prepare students for accounting data entry jobs by providing an introduction to accounting and business. Graduates may continue toward the Accounting Assistant Technical Certificate and the AAS in Accounting.

Accounting

Designed for students interested in specialized accounting techniques. Prepares students for accounting positions in small and growing businesses and larger companies, such as accounts payable clerk, accounts receivable clerk, payroll clerk, and inventory control clerk.

Accounting Applications

Accounting Assistant

Designed to prepare students for a wide variety of accounting clerk positions.

A+ Computer Technician

Agriculture

Agriculture

Designed to equip students with a broad knowledge of agriculture. Students may choose an area of emphasis including agriculture business, animal science, plant and soil science, or agriculture studies. The two-year degree prepares students for employment or transfer to a four-year institution.

Allied Health

ARC Welding

Auto Collision Cosmetic Repair Technology

Auto Collision Structural Repair Technology

Automatic Transmission and Transaxles

Automotive Collision Welding

Automotive Paint and Refinish

Brakes

Business

Provides a course of study for students who intend to transfer to a four-year institution as Business majors. All public four-year institutions in Arkansas (except the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville) accept this degree as satisfaction for all basic and core business course requirements.

Business Administration

Designed for students as an introduction to accounting, management, computer technology, and communication areas of study, preparing them for potential entry-level positions in a variety of business fields.

Business Administration

Designed for students interested in specialized management techniques. Prepares students for careers in a wide range of private, public, and academic institutions. Students develop skills in management, leadership, and decision-making through core management courses as well as accounting, marketing, and business law.

Collision Electronics

Commercial Driver Training

Computer Information Technology

Prepares students to implement technology in business settings and to sit for national certification exams including CompTIA A+, Net+, and Microsoft certifications. Students learn the components of an information system and are prepared to develop, maintain, repair, customize, and supervise networking and computer systems.

Computerized Accounting

Cost Accounting

Criminal Justice

Intended to prepare students for entry-level positions in criminal justice and increase students' knowledge of each part of the criminal justice system. Offered face-to-face and 100% online.

Criminal Justice

Criminology

Education

Education

Electrical-Electronics Systems

Electrical Engine Specialty

Electricity

Emergency Medical Technician

Students who complete the nine-credit-hour emergency medical technician course are eligible for this certificate of proficiency and to test for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician exam.

Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic

Designed to provide students with the knowledge of extensive pre-hospital care and the skills to apply it. Through classroom, laboratory, and clinical practicum, students learn patient assessment, drug administration, EKG interpretation, endotracheal intubation, and use of complex medical equipment. Graduates are eligible for the National Registry of EMTs exams.

Emergency Services Response

Designed to provide high school (CTC) students with knowledge of modern municipal and rural fire protection and emergency medical skills. A career-ladder program preparing graduates to advance to the AAS in Fire Science or AS in Fire Service Administration.

Engine Performance

Engine Repair

Fiber Optic Technician

Firefighter Essentials

Fire Marshall Services

Fire Protection

Fire Science

Designed to enable individuals to draw on technical and professional knowledge in making effective decisions concerning fire science. Through technical education the student acquires specialized knowledge and develops competencies for fire service administrative and supervisory duties, including the understanding and control of fire hazards.

Fire Service Administration

General Education

BRTC offers the Associate of Arts degree in general education for students wishing to complete the first two years of a baccalaureate program. This flexible two-year plan lets students complete the general education requirements needed for most degrees and meet lower-division requirements at most four-year institutions. It may be completed entirely online.

General Education

General Studies

General Studies

The Associate of General Studies degree provides a basis for attaining general studies courses and/or technical electives when a student desires direct employment or transfer for a baccalaureate degree. It is less scheduled and more flexible than the associate of applied science degrees, requiring 60 credit hours.

GSA Welding

Gunsmithing Technology

A two-year program that teaches students all aspects of firearms building, maintenance, and repair.

Gunsmithing Technology

Designed to teach students all aspects of firearm building, maintenance, and repair.

Health Sciences

Allows students to design an individualized program of study to pursue a career in a health-related profession. There are pathway options for students seeking either nursing or respiratory care.

Health Sciences

Designed to prepare students for a variety of positions in healthcare. Students work with their advisor to design an individualized program of study to meet career goals, choosing a nursing or respiratory emphasis.

Industrial Automation

Industrial Electricity - Electronics

Industrial Electricity/Electronics

Designed to prepare students for jobs in the use and maintenance of common electrical and electronic devices and instruments. Graduates find employment in factory and plant maintenance, electrical installations, appliance repair, power line work, and circuit assembly and troubleshooting.

Industrial Maintenance Technology

Prepares students to work in the industrial maintenance field with training in electricity/electronics, hydraulics, machine tool technology, supervisory management skills, and welding. The 60-hour degree provides industries with workers cross-trained in several areas of industrial needs.

Industrial Robotics

Law Enforcement Instructor

Law Enforcement Leadership and Administration

Law Enforcement (LETA)

Law Enforcement Patrol

Law Enforcement Technical Skills

Law Enforcement Training (LETA)

A course of study of more than 600 hours of classroom and lab experience accredited by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST). Restricted to approved law enforcement officers and eligible veterans; graduates meet statutory training requirements and are eligible for state certification as law enforcement officers.

Machine Tool Technology

Provides training in the techniques and mechanics of the machine trade and develops skills to an employment level as an apprentice tool and die-maker or machinist. Students learn setup and operation of machines such as engine lathes, milling machines, grinders, and drill presses.

Machinist

Educates students with the basic skills needed to apply for entry-level machinist positions in the manufacturing and machine tool industries and to continue their education in Machine Tool Technology or Gunsmithing.

Manual Drive Train & Axles

Medical Coding

Medical Office Administration

Emphasizes medical and business fields to help students work in a medical profession while utilizing business skills. Graduates may work in medical clinics performing office duties such as correspondence, scheduling appointments, filing medical records, processing mail, and assisting with billing.

Microcomputer Repair Technician

Microsoft Office Specialist

Microsoft Operating Systems

MIG Welding

Motor Controls

Networking

Non-metal Component Repair

Non-Structural Analysis

Nursing Assistant

Approved by the Department of Human Services, Office of Long-Term Care, this program combines classroom instruction with clinical experience and prepares students for the state certification exam. Graduates can work in hospitals, nursing homes, home health, and other medical facilities.

Nursing (Traditional Pathway)

Nursing (Transition Pathway)

Nutrition and Dietetics

Nutrition and Foodservice Management

Nutrition & Foodservice Management

Paramedic

The EMT-Paramedic Technical Certificate meets minimum requirements for approval by the Arkansas State Department of Health and is accredited by CAAHEP. It combines didactic and laboratory training, clinical rotations, and a field internship; graduates are eligible to take the National Registry EMT-Paramedic exams.

Patient Care Technician

Awarded to students upon successful completion of the Nursing Assistant and Phlebotomy programs. Patient Care Technicians work under the supervision of nurses and physicians to provide direct patient care and draw labs.

Payroll Accounting

Phlebotomy

Prepares individuals to draw blood samples using a variety of invasive procedures. Instruction includes vascular anatomy and physiology, blood physiology, venipuncture techniques, specimen collection and handling, and safety. Graduates take the NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician exam.

Pistolsmithing

Geared for students who already have machining skills. Students learn all aspects of building, maintaining, and repairing pistols.

Plant Sciences

Powertrains Systems

Practical Nursing

The Practical Nursing program meets minimum requirements for approval by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and ADHE. Graduates receive a Technical Certificate that prepares them to take the NCLEX-PN.

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Respiratory Care

Meets the requirements for approval by the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). Respiratory care concerns the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with cardiopulmonary diseases. Practitioners work in hospitals, physician clinics, home-care settings, and medical sales.

Riflesmithing

Geared for students who already have machining skills. Students learn all aspects of building, maintaining, and repairing various types of popular rifles.

Robotics Operations

Shotgunsmithing

Geared for students who already have machining skills. Students learn all aspects of building, maintaining, and repairing various types of popular shotguns.

Structural Damage Repair

Suspension and Steering

Teaching

Teaching

Welding