Clinton Community College

Accounting

The A.A.S. Accounting Degree provides a general education and specialized training in accounting and management to prepare graduates for entry-level positions in industry, service organizations, retail establishments, and various government agencies. The A.A.S. Degree is not designed to prepare graduates to transfer to a four-year institution. However, almost all courses do transfer to most four-year universities, and many A.A.S.

Advanced Manufacturing Essential Skills-1 (AMES-1)

Learn valuable skills for employment in the manufacturing industry. Our online interactive and lab-based training provides individuals with core competencies in advanced manufacturing skills, with twenty-eight hours of online instruction and six hours of lab work. The program includes Employability, Safety Fundamentals, Mathematics for Technicians 1, Lock Out/Tag Out, Mechanical Fasteners, Hand Tools, Power Tools.

Advanced Manufacturing Essential Skills-2 (AMES-2)

AMES-2 is intended to follow AMES-1 and provides thirty-four hours of instruction. With twenty-eight hours of online training and six hours of lab work, this program covers courses such as Mathematics for Technicians, Intro to Advanced Manufacturing, and Lean Manufacturing.

Alcohol & Substance Abuse Counseling

The Human Services Alcohol & Substance Abuse Counseling Certificate Program is a 30-credit program designed to prepare students for entry- level employment or to enhance current employment within the addictions field. This certificate provides an academic and experiential foundation for skill development and ethical practice in the field of addiction counseling.

Applied Psychology

Earning an A.S. in Applied Psychology provides a considerable advantage to those who are looking to secure employment in personal and home health care. Students who complete the program will have extensive knowledge in the liberal arts as well as areas that focus on the application of learning and behavior to enhance the lives of children and adults who are struggling with behavioral and/or developmental disabilities.

Business Administration (A.A.S.)

The A.A.S. Degree Program in Business Administration has been developed for students contemplating careers in the expanding fields of marketing, sales, retailing, advertising, personnel, office management, and other business fields. The curriculum provides specialized training in management, as well as a comprehensive general education. Many graduates enter the workforce by successfully completing governmental examinations.

Business Administration (A.S.)

The A.S. Degree Program in Business Administration is designed for students intending to transfer to four-year institutions. The program prepares students for a smooth transition, frequently with junior-level status, to many four- year colleges. Many students transfer to colleges that offer degrees in financial information and analysis; entrepreneurial studies; hotel, resort, and tourism; management; e- business; management information systems, international business, and accounting.

Business Administration: Sport Management

The A.S. Business Administration: Sport Management Degree Program is designed to prepare students for entry and mid- level positions of employment in the Sport Management field or for a smooth transition into a four-year Bachelor of Sport Management Degree Program of their choice.

Business Management

The Certificate in Business Management is designed for individuals seeking to advance their careers in their current positions or aspiring to new supervisory positions in a business. Students completing the certificate will have obtained college- level reading, writing, math and computer application skills.

Computer and Electronics Technology

The Computer and Electronics Technology (CET) A.A.S. degree program provides graduates with skills in two areas: information technology and electronics. Students have the option to concentrate their studies by following either the information technology track or electronics track.

Computer Information Systems

The Computer Information Systems (CIS) degree is a hands-on program that covers a wide variety of topics including computer programming, hardware, operating systems, web design, and database management.

Computer Support

The Computer Support Certificate includes several Information Technology courses and covers a wide variety of computer skills. This certificate is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions in computer support. All credits from this certificate are transferable to the Computer Information Systems Associate in Applied Science Degree Program.

Criminal Justice

The A.A. Degree Program in Criminal Justice is designed for students intending to transfer to four-year colleges and universities throughout the State University of New York (SUNY) system, as well as private institutions, where they can often enter with junior status and take additional courses to complete a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.

English

The English A. A. is an interdisciplinary program designed for students who wish to major or minor in English at the baccalaureate level to seek career opportunities in diverse fields — such as creative, professional and/or institutional writing, education, and others—or use the acquired skills to pursue a variety of other degrees, like law, education, public relations, and many others that require strong verbal and writing skills.

Environmental Science

The Environmental Science A.S. degree program is to prepare students for transfer into a 4-year Environmental Science B.S. program with an appropriate mix of general education and specialized coursework in the natural sciences. Students will develop a strong foundation in the sciences with courses in environmental science, ecology, geology, biology and chemistry.

Environmental Technology

The Environmental Technology A.A.S. Degree will give students the scientific background and hands-on instruction needed to pursue a technical career in fields related to environmental science. Graduates will possess basic skills applicable to careers in environmental site investigation, cleanup, and monitoring and wastewater/drinking water operations. As one of only four (4) NYSDEC- approved wastewater programs in the state, the A.A.S.

Health Services Management

The A.A.S. degree program in Health Services Management prepares students for positions such as service coordinators, personnel assistants, office managers, field staff supervisors, administrative assistants and other business office personnel.

Human Services

The mission of the Human Services Program is to prepare competent entry-level professionals for employment in the helping professions and/or transfer to baccalaureate programs in Human Services or related fields. The program provides students with theory and practice in the areas of general human services and selected specialty areas. The Human Services (HUS) curriculum is a two- year program that leads to an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) Degree.

Individual Studies (A.A.)

The Individual Studies degree option provides students with a great deal of flexibility to develop their own course of study. Course concentration is divided mainly among the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Math/Science disciplines with a large number of electives and free electives completing the curriculum. Sixty credits are needed to receive the Associate in Arts in the Individual Studies Program.

Individual Studies (A.A.S.)

The Individual Studies degree option provides students with a great deal of flexibility to develop their own course of study. Course concentration is divided mainly among the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Math/Science disciplines with a large number of electives and free electives completing the curriculum. Sixty credits are needed to receive the Associate in Applied Science in the Individual Studies Program.

Individual Studies (A.S.)

The Individual Studies degree option provides students with a great deal of flexibility to develop their own course of study. Course concentration is divided mainly among the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Math/Science disciplines with a large number of electives and free electives completing the curriculum. Sixty credits are needed to receive the Associate in Science in the Individual Studies Program.

Industrial/Commercial Electrician

This Industrial/Commercial Electrician Certificate program will prepare students to become electrician helpers, electrician apprentices, maintenance technicians, or allow them to work in the electrical retail field. It will also assist those interested in gaining access to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 910 Electrician Apprenticeship Program. The Certificate is a subset of courses offered in the proposed Industrial/Commercial Electrician A.O.S. Degree program.

Industrial/Commercial Electrician

The Industrial/Commercial Electrician (ICE) degree program will prepare students to become electricians. The ICE degree is an Associate in Occupational Studies (AOS) degree, which is a career degree in which all the courses relate directly to preparing students for specific careers. The ICE degree is a two-year program that prepares students for careers as electricians, for both residential and commercial applications.

Introduction to Mechanical Technology

The Introduction to Mechanical Technology Microcredential provides short and focused skills that can be stacked towards a certificate or degree. The microcredential provides critical and fundamental skills for strengthening technical knowledge in advanced manufacturing. The Introduction to Mechanical Technology microcredential (9 credits) is stackable into the Mechanical Technology A.A.S.

Liberal Arts: Humanities & Social Science

The liberal arts degrees require a student to take a sampling of courses in the various disciplines that make up the overall category of liberal arts: humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and science. Students will select courses in all the categories listed above, but those earning the Liberal Arts: Humanities/Social Science degree will take more courses in the humanities (art, music, literature, foreign language) and social sciences (history, psychology, political science, sociology).

Liberal Arts: Math & Science

The liberal arts degrees require a student to take a sampling of courses in the various disciplines that make up the overall category of liberal arts: humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and science. Besides sampling courses in all the categories listed above, students earning the Liberal Arts Math/Science degree will take more courses in mathematics (e.g., algebra, calculus, statistics) and natural sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science).

Mechanical Technology

The Mechanical Technology A.A.S. degree prepares students for a rewarding career in the constantly evolving technology field. Highly skilled mechanical technicians are in high demand in Upstate New York, Northern New England, and elsewhere in the country. Graduates of the Mechanical Technology program are equipped with the knowledge and skills to make an immediate impact in the technology workforce.

Nursing

The Associate Degree in Nursing prepares students for a career as a Registered Nurse, with the potential to work in a variety of health care settings. Students successfully completing the program will be eligible to take the national licensure examination for registered nurses. The program is more fully described in the Clinton Community College Department of Nursing Student Handbook.

Payroll

This program prepares students for work in the area of Payroll Accounting in most business and educational institutions and in some governmental agencies. This program not only provides payroll basics and advanced procedures, but it provides students with a variety of other skills, such as human resource management, computers in accounting, management, and public speaking.

Renewable Energy Technologies

The Renewable Energy Technologies certificate is a laboratory- oriented, technological program of study that will award a College Certificate. The program includes 14 credits of English, technical math, environmental science, and computer networking, plus 18 credits of technology courses in subjects directly related to renewable energy. The technology courses have a specific focus of preparing graduates for immediate employment in the renewable energy field.

Renewable Energy Technologies

The Renewable Energy Technologies Program is a hands-on, technology-based program of study that will award an A.A.S. degree. The program includes the study of electricity, electronics, wind energy production, power distribution, photovoltaic systems installation, operation, and maintenance, along with general education study in humanities, science, and technical math.

Wind Energy & Turbine Technology

In the United States, wind power is at the top of the list of fast growing, new sources of electrical energy. In Clinton and Franklin Counties alone, 257 wind turbines have been constructed since 2007 with more slated to be installed over the next several years. As the number of wind turbines across the country continues to grow, trained technicians will be needed to service them.

Wind Turbine Service Technician

The Wind Turbine Service Technician Certificate program is a 33-credit program designed to prepare students to begin their career in wind energy or enhance current employment in the renewable energy industry. Students will acquire a strong background in industrial electricity and mechanical systems in order to safely and competently work in the wind industry. All of the credit hours in this certificate are transferable to the Wind Energy and Turbine Technology A.A.S. Degree program.