Feather River Community College District

Accounting

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. The curriculum of introductory courses covers all of the major areas in business study.

Accounting Management

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. It also provides a course of study that prepares students for transfer to a four-year college or university.

Administration of ECE Programs

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program provides an academic and experiential foundation offering students occupational and transfer degree options and a variety of certificates. Students will study child development in the context of the family and the community as well as best practices for teaching and learning.

Administration of Justice (A.A.)

The Administration of Justice Program is designed to give students a basic foundation in the three major areas of the criminal justice system: law enforcement, courts and prosecution, and corrections. The program at FRC also includes the study of terrorism, crime scene investigation and multiculturalism.

Administration of Justice (A.S.-T)

The Administration of Justice Program is designed to give students a basic foundation in the three major areas of the criminal justice system. The program provides transfer opportunities to four-year universities in the areas of Administration of Justice, Criminal Justice, and Public Administration.

Agricultural Studies

The associate of science degree in Agricultural Studies includes courses and hands-on learning opportunities for students interested in a career in agriculture. The curriculum is designed to enable students to advance into Feather River College's Bachelor Degree Program, transfer to another college, or enter the agriculture industry.

Agriculture Business (A.S.)

The associate of science degree in Agriculture Business includes courses and hands-on learning opportunities for students interested in managing business aspects of agriculture operations. Potential careers include farmers, ranchers, other agricultural managers, and sales representatives.

Agriculture Business (A.S.-T)

The associate of science transfer degree in Agriculture Business includes courses and hands-on learning opportunities for students interested in a career in agriculture. The curriculum follows the C-ID requirements to enable students to transfer to the CSU system and Feather River College's Bachelor Degree Program.

Allied Health

The Allied Health certificate is designed to provide a broad base of knowledge and skills to support student development along the healthcare career pathway. Students earning this certificate will be prepared to satisfy the pre-requisite course requirements for admission to a variety of healthcare programs.

Allied Health

The Allied Health A.S. is designed to provide a broad base of knowledge and skills to support student development along the healthcare career pathway while meeting general education requirements. Students earning this degree will be prepared to satisfy pre-requisite course requirements for admission to programs such as Registered Nursing, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Respiratory Care, Radiologic Technology, Occupational Therapy Assistant, or Dental Hygiene.

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of the human species, its relatives and antecedents, everywhere and throughout time. It involves the study of people, their origins, their biological variations, their languages and cultural patterns, and their social structures and institutions.

Associate Teacher

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program provides an academic and experiential foundation offering students occupational and transfer degree options and a variety of certificates. Students will study child development in the context of the family and the community as well as best practices for teaching and learning.

Athletic Training

The Health and Exercise Studies Program prepares students who plan on transferring to four-year colleges. The primary goal of this program is to facilitate students who wish to pursue a Kinesiology major at a four year school of their choosing.

Backcountry Search and Rescue

Outdoor Recreation Leadership is a unique program designed to prepare students for careers in outdoor leadership and outdoor teaching positions as well as preparing students for transfer. Feather River College and the surrounding Plumas National Forest provide an ideal laboratory for learning skills related to outdoor adventure leadership and teaching.

Biological Science Technician

The Biological Science Technician Certificate provides students with hands-on and theoretical education about wildlife and plant biology, ecology, and management. Upon completion, students meet the requirements to gain employment as a Biological Science Technician (GS-4) for the US Forest Service and as a field technician for local, state, and federal agencies.

Biological Science Technician

Biology

The Biology (BIOL) program is primarily designed for students who intend to transfer into any biology-related track at a four-year college or university. The curriculum is organized so that courses will readily transfer to the UC and CSU system.

Business (A.A.)

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. It also provides a course of study that prepares students for transfer to a four-year college or university.

Business (A.S.-T)

As part of the Business Program, this degree provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business with a focus on transferring to the CSU system. The curriculum of introductory courses covers all of the major areas in business study.

Business Management

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. The curriculum is designed to help students develop business knowledge and managerial skills beneficial to them and meaningful to employers.

CalGETC

Child Care Entrepreneurship

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program provides an academic and experiential foundation offering students occupational and transfer degree options and a variety of certificates. Students will study child development in the context of the family and the community as well as best practices for teaching and learning.

Early Childhood Education

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program provides an academic and experiential foundation offering students occupational and transfer degree options and a variety of certificates. Students will study child development in the context of the family and the community as well as best practices for teaching and learning.

Early Childhood Education (A.A.)

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program provides an academic and experiential foundation offering students occupational and transfer degree options and a variety of certificates. Students will study child development in the context of the family and the community as well as best practices for teaching and learning.

Early Childhood Education (A.S.-T)

The ECE program offers the AS-T degree for students who plan to complete a bachelor's degree in a similar major at a CSU campus. This major prepares students for a broad range of career options in the field, with positions available in preschools, child care facilities, private homes, recreation programs and human service agencies.

Ecological Farming

The Ecological Farming program provides students with hands-on and theoretical education in sustainable and small-scale farming. Courses focus on sustainable production techniques, high-altitude diversified crop production, marketing and business management, and the creation of resilient local food systems.

Ecological Farming

Economics

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. It also provides a course of study that prepares students for transfer to a four-year college or university.

Ecosystem Restoration and Applied Fire Management

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Science degree in Ecosystem Restoration and Applied Fire will learn important skills in data and geospatial fields, environmental policy and management planning, communication, and the historical and cultural context related to natural resources and ecosystem management in the West.

Elementary Teacher Education

The A.A. Degree in Elementary Teacher Education for Transfer is a pathway designed for prospective elementary teachers who intend to transfer to earn a baccalaureate degree and a multiple subject (K-8) teaching credential. This program of study meets the introductory content area subject matter requirements for teaching at the elementary school level.

English

The major in English provides students with a solid knowledge in the literature and culture of the Anglophone world. The major provides a general academic foundation for further literary study and for other areas, including pre-law, teaching, research, journalism, and publishing and editing.

English as a Second Language

Environmental Science

Students pursuing an A.S. in Environmental Science will learn the basics of environmental, biological and physical science that may ultimately prepare them to work studying or managing the environment. The coursework will prepare students to transfer to four-year schools and pursue environmental science or other related bachelor degrees.

Environmental Studies

Students pursuing an AS degree in Environmental Studies will learn the basics of environmental science and policy by taking coursework in biological, physical, and social science areas. Students will be prepared to work in field jobs or transfer to four-year schools to pursue degrees related to Natural Resource Management.

Equine and Ranch Management

The Bachelor of Science: Equine and Ranch Management combines scientific agricultural management courses with a hands-on livestock experience. It incorporates both traditional and progressive ranch management, and performance horse methods.

Equine Studies

The Feather River College Equine Program specializes in unique, hands-on learning opportunities that help students gain knowledge in many areas of the horse industry. Students will develop practical skills in horse care while completing appropriate electives in areas such as pack skills, ranch skills, horse training, and rodeo techniques.

Equine Studies

The Equine Studies program is designed to prepare students for a variety of professions in the horse industry or transfer to a higher institution. Students preparing for immediate entry into a horse career will find practical hands-on courses designed to assist them in achieving their occupational goals.

Equine Studies: Horse Training Skills

Equine Studies: Ranch Skills

Finance

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. The curriculum is designed to help students develop business knowledge and managerial skills beneficial to them and meaningful to employers.

Fire and Fuels Technician

This certificate prepares students to work in fire and fuels management with an emphasis on the application of prescribed fire. Students will learn the fundamentals of forestry and fire ecology and have the option to obtain National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) certifications.

Forensic Crime Scene Investigation

This certificate will prepare students who plan to enter the criminal justice field as a crime scene investigator, private investigator, patrol officer or similar positions. Curriculum covers investigation techniques, forensic crime scene processing, criminal law, forensic anthropology, photography and scientific approaches to criminal investigation.

Forestry Technician

The Forestry Technician Certificate provides students with hands-on and theoretical education about forest ecology, management, and the impacts of disturbances such as fire, insects, or disease. Students completing this certificate will meet the requirements to gain employment as a Forestry or Fuels Technician (GS-4) for the US Forest Service.

Fundamentals of Horse Training Skills

The Feather River College Equine Program specializes in unique, hands-on learning opportunities. For this certificate, students have the opportunity to learn how to train young horses under saddle and develop practical skills for successful horse training practices.

Fundamentals of Ranch Skills

The Feather River College Equine Program specializes in unique, hands-on learning opportunities. For this certificate, students have the opportunity to work with cattle while on horseback and develop practical skills for successful ranch applications.

Fundamentals of Rodeo Techniques

The Feather River College Equine Program specializes in unique, hands-on learning opportunities. For this certificate, students have the opportunity to compete in National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association events and develop practical skills for successful practice of rodeo techniques.

Fundamentals of Western Horse Show Techniques

The Feather River College Equine Studies Program specializes in unique, hands-on learning opportunities. For this certificate, students have the opportunity to learn how to competitively show a horse in western performance disciplines and develop practical skills showing horses under saddle and in hand.

General Agriculture

The Feather River College Agriculture Department specializes in providing students with hands-on learning opportunities in general agriculture and ranch management. For this certificate, students have the opportunity to develop general agriculture skills to benefit agricultural business management applications.

General Business

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. The curriculum is designed to help students develop business knowledge and managerial skills beneficial to them and meaningful to employers.

General Studies: Arts and Humanities Emphasis

This degree is designed to give students an interdisciplinary foundation in a particular area of focus while preparing them to think critically, analyze evidence effectively, and understand the different approaches of the various disciplines.

General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences Emphasis

This area of emphasis is designed to give students a broad foundation in the related fields of the social and behavioral sciences, and prepare students to think critically, analyze evidence effectively, and understand the different approaches of the various disciplines that examine people as members of society.

Geography

Geography is the study of Earth phenomena by examining spatial patterns of physical, biological, social or political processes and features on our planet. Students completing this degree will be prepared to move on to four-year schools to study geography.

Geology (A.S.)

Geology is the scientific study of the Earth, including our planet's composition, behavior, and history. Students pursuing an A.S. degree in Geology will learn the basics of geologic and physical science that will prepare them to further pursue this line of study in baccalaureate programs.

Geology (A.S.-T)

Geology is the scientific study of the Earth, including our planet's composition, behavior, and history. The Associate of Science in Geology for Transfer Degree (AS-T) is designed for students who intend to pursue a degree in Geology or related discipline at a California State University.

Hatchery Technician

Students completing a hatchery technician certificate will gain the skills necessary to work as a technician, raising and caring for fish in a hatchery setting.

Health and Exercise Sciences

Health and Exercise Studies

The Health and Exercise Studies Program prepares students who plan on transferring to four-year colleges. The primary goal of this degree is to facilitate students who wish to pursue a Kinesiology major at a four year school of their choosing.

Health and Exercise Studies

The Health and Exercise Studies Program prepares students who plan on transferring to four-year colleges. The curriculum emphasizes general education courses that will assist the student in undertaking upper-level coursework at a university.

History (A.A.)

The study of history demonstrates that we cannot hope to comprehend the present and prepare for the future without an understanding of the past. The study of history can lead to professional work as a teacher, government or private agency historian, or museum curator.

History (A.A.-T)

The study of history provides students with a sense of the people, ideas, forces, and institutions that shaped the condition of our contemporary world. This History Transfer Model Curriculum degree is for students anticipating transfer to a California state University.

Hydrologic Technician

The Hydrologic Technician Certificate provides students with hands-on and theoretical education about hydrology, watershed protection and restoration. Students completing this certificate will meet the requirements to gain employment as a Hydrology Technician (GS-4) for the US Forest Service and as a field technician for local, state or federal agencies.

Hydrologic Technician

Infant/Toddler

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program provides an academic and experiential foundation offering students occupational and transfer degree options and a variety of certificates. Students will study child development in the context of the family and the community as well as best practices for teaching and learning.

Kinesiology

The Health and Exercise Studies Program prepares students who plan on transferring to four-year colleges. The primary goal of this degree is to facilitate students who wish to pursue a Kinesiology major at a four year school of their choosing.

Liberal Arts: Fine Arts and Humanities

Licensed Vocational Nursing

Careers in the health care industry are expected to increase dramatically in the next few years. Both the A.S. and certificate options prepare students to take the State Board of Vocational Nursing Licensing Exam (NCLEX-PN) and upon passing apply for a state license as a vocational nurse.

Licensed Vocational Nursing

Careers in the health care industry are expected to increase dramatically in the next few years. Both the A.S. and certificate options prepare students to take the State Board of Vocational Nursing Licensing Exam (NCLEX-PN) and upon passing apply for a state license as a vocational nurse.

Management

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. The curriculum is designed to help students develop business knowledge and managerial skills beneficial to them and meaningful to employers.

Master Teacher - Creative Curriculum

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program provides an academic and experiential foundation offering students occupational and transfer degree options and a variety of certificates. Students will study child development in the context of the family and the community as well as best practices for teaching and learning.

Master Teacher - Special Needs

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program provides an academic and experiential foundation offering students occupational and transfer degree options and a variety of certificates. Students will study child development in the context of the family and the community as well as best practices for teaching and learning.

Mathematics (A.S.)

The focus of the Mathematics degree program is to provide students with the opportunity and direction to complete core first and second-year courses that create the foundation for a successful transfer into a math-related bachelor's degree. Students will acquire the ability to apply the principles of differential and integral calculus, differential equations, and statistics.

Mathematics (A.S.-T)

The Associate in Science in Mathematics for transfer degree is based on the approved Transfer Model Curriculum. The AS-T in Mathematics fulfills transfer major requirements for students transferring into the CSU system to complete a baccalaureate degree in Mathematics or similar major.

Nutrition, Food and Culinary

The Nutrition, Foods, and Culinary Arts Program is designed for students who intend to earn an AA degree and move directly into the workforce. FRC staff provides professional training for employment in commercial culinary service, with hands-on classes and internships available at many local restaurants and resorts.

Office Technology

The Information Communication and Technologies (ICT) program prepares students for direct employment or transfer to a four-year school. The Office Technology curriculum includes additional courses in business and accounting.

Office Technology

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. The Office Technology certificate consists of a select set of courses that provide students with key job skills in a shorter period of time than would be required for a degree.

Outdoor Recreation Leadership

Outdoor Recreation Leadership is a unique program designed to prepare students for careers in outdoor leadership and outdoor teaching positions as well as preparing students for transfer. Experiential education is a hallmark of the program.

Outdoor Recreation Leadership

Outdoor Recreation Leadership is a unique program designed to prepare students for careers in outdoor leadership and outdoor teaching positions as well as preparing students for transfer. This is the only associate's degree in Outdoor Recreation Leadership in California.

Physical Science

The Associate of Science Degree in Physical Science offers a flexible, broad-based, and interdisciplinary approach directed toward understanding of our physical world. Beyond the required core courses, the degree offers a chemistry option or a physics foundation.

Political Science (A.A.)

The study of politics is the study of power. Political science students study power relationships between people and government, and the decisions that affect peoples' lives at the state, national, and international levels.

Political Science (A.A.-T)

The study of politics is the study of power. This Political Science Transfer Model Curriculum degree is for students anticipating transfer to a California State University political science or comparable degree program.

Ranch Technology

The Feather River College Agriculture Department specializes in providing students with hands-on learning opportunities in general agriculture and ranch management. For this certificate, students have the opportunity to work with and apply agricultural tools and equipment and develop practical skills in the proper use of equipment and preventative maintenance.

Small Business

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. The curriculum is designed to help students develop business knowledge and managerial skills beneficial to them and meaningful to employers.

Small Business Management

The Business Program provides a general and practical foundation for a wide range of career opportunities in business. The curriculum is designed to help students develop business knowledge and managerial skills beneficial to them and meaningful to employers.

Social Justice Studies

The Associate in Arts in Social Justice Studies for Transfer (AA-T) Degree is intended to meet the lower division requirements for various Social Justice B.A. degrees. The interdisciplinary degree combines approaches from political science, sociology, history, literature, and popular culture to understand the struggles and experiences of marginalized groups.

Social Science

Social Work and Human Services

The field of social work and human services involves the study of society, social interactions, and methods to improve the quality of lives for people from different social groups. The program is designed to prepare students for entry-level social-work positions and for transfer to four-year institutions of higher education.

Sociology (A.A.)

Sociology is the systematic study of human society and social interactions. Students in this major explore how the interactions between individuals, groups, and the larger society shape and are shaped by social institutions such as the criminal justice system, education, government, economic structures, the media, politics, family, and religion.

Sociology (A.A.-T)

Sociology is the systematic study of human society and social interactions. This Sociology Transfer Model Curriculum degree is for students anticipating transfer to a California State University sociology, social work, or comparable degree program.

Studio Arts (A.A.)

Studio Arts artists produce expressive images that educate us, please and challenge us, and document societal trends. The Studio Arts Degree prepares students for transfer to an art institute or private academy, a four-year college, a specialized art-related program or apprenticeship, or to work as an exhibiting artist.

Studio Arts (A.A.-T)

The proposed Associate Degree in Arts in Studio Arts prepares students to have the foundation and expertise in order to perform any commercial art career and/or as a professional artist. The degree explores in depth the sequence of effectively crafting visual language process, creation, and stimulation.

Teacher

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program provides an academic and experiential foundation offering students occupational and transfer degree options and a variety of certificates. Students will study child development in the context of the family and the community as well as best practices for teaching and learning.

Teaching/Coaching

The Health and Exercise Studies Program prepares students who plan on transferring to four-year colleges. The primary goal of this program is to facilitate students who wish to pursue a Kinesiology major at a four year school of their choosing.