Madera Community College

21st Century Job Skills

Prepares students for entry-level positions in the world of business, providing necessary skills, education, and classroom experience to understand basic business concepts and human relations and professional workplace behaviors.

21st Century Job Skills

Academic and Vocational English as a Second Language

Accounting

Combines an in-depth understanding of accounting principles with a breadth of business knowledge, preparing students for employment in the accounting field with skills in basic, managerial, cost, and manufacturing accounting.

Accounting

Prepares students for an entry level position in accounting, with skills to use either manual or computerized accounting in addition to word processing and spreadsheet applications.

Addiction and Drug Studies, AS

Administration of Justice

The Associate in Science Degree in Criminology prepares students for transfer into a four-year degree at any of the California State University campuses, focused on the study of Law Enforcement or Corrections.

Administrative Assistant

Prepares students to efficiently perform general office work including using application software to create and edit documents and spreadsheets, applying basic accounting skills, and managing a phone system.

Administrative Assistant

Prepares students to efficiently perform general office work including using application software to create and edit documents, spreadsheets, and database files, managing a records system, and managing a phone system.

Agricultural Mechanics

Provides practical hands-on instruction in the areas of basic maintenance and repairs to agricultural electrical, mechanical, welding fabrication, small engine repair, and hydraulic machines/equipment.

Agricultural Mechanics

Provides practical hands-on instruction in the areas of basic agricultural mechanics, welding/fabrication, small engine repair and maintenance, electricity, power transmission hydraulics and machine operation.

Agriculture Business

Prepares students for transfer into a CSU baccalaureate degree program similar to the agriculture business area of emphasis, providing a foundation in agribusiness theories and principles.

Agriculture Business, Option A

Combines an in-depth understanding of business principles with a breadth of agricultural knowledge, designed for students seeking a two-year degree that allows them to acquire entry-level positions within the agriculture business industry.

Agriculture Education

Designed to equip students for careers as agricultural communication specialists or secondary agriculture teachers, with specialization in Agricultural Business, Animal Sciences, Plant Sciences, Mechanized Agriculture or Natural Resources.

Agriculture Plant Science

Prepares students for transfer into CSU and UC institutions and provides training for careers in management within the production agriculture industry, satisfying CSU transfer requirements in plant and soil sciences.

American Sign Language

Students receive in-depth instruction in American Sign Language and are exposed to the linguistic aspects of the language and facets of Deaf Culture, preparing them to work with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people as para educators or interpreting aides.

American Sign Language Conversational Proficiency

Prepares students to work with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people with a culture awareness of Deaf Culture, and to take the American Sign Language Proficiency Interview to be evaluated as conversationally proficient.

Art History

A transfer preparation degree offering a core foundation for the study of art history across cultures and eras, preparing students to continue studies in art history or studio arts at the CSU and UC systems.

Art: Two-Dimensional

Designed to give students basic skills in 2-d composition, an introductory level knowledge of art history and computer digital art familiarity, preparing students for transfer into four-year art programs.

Associate Teacher

Provides the educational coursework that serves as the core curriculum for the early childhood education field and allows the student to work as a teacher in a private early care and education program.

Backcountry Skills

Students gain the skills necessary to travel and navigate safely in the backcountry for multiple days, preparing them for employment in recreation, forestry, or natural resources and for extended and independent backcountry assignments.

Basic English as a Second Language

Basics of Computers

Provides students with the knowledge, training, and hands-on experience to pursue a career in Information Systems, with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental elements of computing in a business environment.

Basics of Computers

Biological Science

Students master a variety of biological topics including chemistry of life, cell structure, function and metabolism, genetic information flow, evolution, biodiversity, and ecology, and develop scientific literacy to address current issues and global problems.

Biology

Designed for students who plan to earn a bachelor's degree in Biology or a related field. Also serves as a basis for pre-medicine, pre-dentistry and pre-veterinarian students.

Business Administration 2.0

Prepares students to transfer to a California State University in business, providing a broad knowledge of modern business and management theories through a structured core curriculum in accounting and economics.

Business Administration, Entrepreneur

Designed for students who wish to gain the necessary skills and knowledge to imagine, create, and run a successful venture, learning the process of starting a new business or reorganizing existing endeavors.

Business Administration: General Business

Prepares the student for employment at both the beginning and intermediate levels of business positions along with beginning and intermediate levels of supervisory positions.

Business Administration-Information Systems Management

Prepares a student to assume responsibility for an entry or mid-level managerial position in an organization, providing a broad knowledge of modern business and management theories with a focus on computer information systems.

Business Administration: Management

Prepares a student to assume responsibility for an entry or mid-level managerial position in an organization, providing a broad knowledge of modern business and management theories through a structured core curriculum.

Business Administration: Marketing

Designed for students interested in marketing as a career and tailored to develop competency in marketing strategies including the marketing mix of product, price, place and promotion, for both large and small businesses.

Business Foundations

Students obtain a foundational knowledge of modern business and management theories, acquiring skills, education and classroom experience to understand foundational business principles for entry level business positions.

California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)

Child Development

Designed to prepare students to work with young children in a variety of early care and education settings, providing the coursework required to work as a teacher in a private or public setting serving preschool-age children.

Child Development

Designed to prepare students to work with young children in a variety of early care and education settings and fulfills the requirements to obtain the California Child Development Permit at the Teacher level.

Communication Studies

Students will have communication skills applicable in the workforce, enhancing their ability to communicate in social, professional, and relational contexts. Coursework may be applied toward an AA degree.

Communication Studies

Communication Studies

Gives students a solid foundation of communication skills for a variety of situations, so that students will know how to gather, organize, and present information to others with confidence and competence.

Communication Studies 2.0

Designed to prepare students to continue studies toward a B.A. degree in Communication or for entry into a variety of career options requiring competent and ethical communication skills.

Computer Science

Students understand the social impact of computers on human society, carry out computer related tasks with professional ethics, and write programs using both procedural and object oriented programming languages.

Creative Writing

Prepares students with the skill and knowledge necessary to pursue their own creative writing projects for publication and/or personal enrichment, and validates the experience of students entering a creative writing program at a four-year college.

Crime Scene Investigation

Prepares students to collect, identify, classify, and analyze physical evidence related to criminal investigations, assisting students in meeting the minimum requirements for this profession.

Criminology-Corrections

Designed for students interested in the academy, employment and/or further education in all aspects of the criminal justice system, with focus on corrections, probation and parole.

Criminology-Corrections

Designed for students interested in the academy, employment and/or further education in all aspects of the criminal justice system, with focus on corrections, probation and parole.

Criminology-Law Enforcement

Designed for students interested in the academy, employment and/or further education in all aspects of the criminal justice system, with focus on law enforcement.

Criminology-Law Enforcement

Designed for students interested in the academy, employment and/or further education in all aspects of the criminal justice system, with focus on law enforcement.

Developmental Services - Life Skills, Community Emphasis

Prepares students with a range of disabilities for greater independence and participation in their community, learning the practical skills necessary for increasing their independence and taking an active role within their community.

Developmental Services - Life Skills, Workability Emphasis

Prepares students with a range of disabilities for greater independence and participation in their community, with a focus on work readiness skills and completing the necessary steps to obtain employment.

Drafting

Students learn to work safely in a CAD/CAM and mechanical drafting environment, gaining skills in mechanical drafting with CAD programs, CAM programs and 3D printing equipment for entry level employment.

Drafting

Early Childhood Education

Prepares students to transfer into a baccalaureate program in Early Childhood Education or Child Development at a California State University.

Early Intervention Assistant

Covers the study of infants and toddlers with disabilities, atypical development or other special needs, exploring strategies and interventions used in the field of Early Intervention.

Economics

Designed for students who plan to complete a bachelor's degree in Economics at a CSU campus, acquainting students with the fundamentals of economic thinking and the principle concepts of macroeconomics and microeconomics.

Elementary Teacher Education

Prepares students for transfer into a baccalaureate level degree at any of the CSU campuses and prepares students for jobs teaching in the Kindergarten through eighth (K-8) grades.

Engineering

Prepares students for engineering internship opportunities or entry-level industrial jobs with skills in computer drafting, solid modeling, engineering design, and problem solving, and for transfer into four-year engineering programs.

English (Associate in Arts Degree)

Students complete classes in composition, literature, linguistics, and critical thinking, writing a passing research paper with proper documentation and demonstrating transfer level essay writing proficiency.

English (Associate in Arts for Transfer Degree)

A transfer degree for English majors. Completion of this major allows students to transfer to CSU as a junior.

Entry Level Business Skills

Prepares students for entry-level positions in the world of business, acquiring necessary skills, education, and classroom experience to understand basic business concepts.

Environmental Horticulture

Students develop skills and competencies in landscape design and maintenance, plant propagation and production, floral design, pest management, irrigation installation, and water management.

Environmental Horticulture

Students develop skills and competencies in landscape design and maintenance, plant propagation and production, floral design, pest management, irrigation installation, and water management for the horticultural industry.

Environmental Horticulture

Food and Beverage Management, Level 1

An interdisciplinary program introducing the framework of Food and Beverage management, exploring controls and control systems used for purchasing, ordering, receiving, storing, issuing and production.

Food and Beverage Management, Level 2

Explores the procedures and techniques to develop industry specific business skills within the hospitality industry, emphasizing key elements of management including financial, marketing, computer literacy, human resources, and small business operations.

History

Provides a clear track for students wishing to transfer to a CSU campus, exposing students to the principles and practices of the discipline of History and building a foundation for students' personal, academic, and professional endeavors.

Honors Program

Upon completion, students will have completed at least 15 units of honors classes including an honors forum research course, gaining the knowledge and skills to conduct research-based, interdisciplinary research.

Hospitality, Foundations of

Introduces students to best practices for engagement and communication with guests and employees in the hospitality industry, examining classic service styles and food safety concepts.

Hospitality, Fundamental Skills of Management in

Helps students to develop modern management strategies for sectors in the Hospitality Industry, building on the management foundation by developing tools and strategies to manage people in the hospitality industry.

Hospitality Management

Prepares students for entry-level positions in the tourist industry, acquiring the skills, education, and classroom experience to understand the hospitality industry and contribute to firms in tourism.

Hospitality Management

Provides students with both the management theories and operational competencies necessary to enter any segment of the hospitality industry upon graduation, preparing them for supervisory positions in the industry.

Human Services

Provides students a breadth of Social Work and Social Welfare knowledge, enabling them to become employed in entry level social work occupations and gain intervention skills to address barriers within the human service field.

Industrial Maintenance Technician

Provides the industry-recognized skills needed for a career in industrial maintenance, ready for workforce employment in maintenance operations, mechanical and fluid power systems, electrical control systems, process control, repair welding, and piping systems.

Industrial Maintenance Technician

Prepares students for workforce employment in maintenance operations, mechanical and fluid power systems, electrical and electronic control systems, process control, repair welding, and piping systems.

Information Systems

Provides students with the knowledge, training, and hands-on experience to pursue a career in Information Systems, with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental elements of computing in a business environment.

Information Systems, Information Technology Support Option

Prepares students to take the CompTIA A+ Certification exam, a certification recognized industry-wide as a benchmark for information technology technician certification.

Information Systems, Networking and Security

Provides students with the knowledge, training, and hands-on experience to pursue a career as a networking technician in business, government, or education.

Information Systems, Networking and Security

Prepares students to take the CompTIA Network+ and Security+ Certification exams, certifications recognized industry-wide as benchmarks for computer networking and security technician certification.

Information Technology Support Technician

Provides students with the knowledge, training, and hands-on experience to pursue a career as an Information Technology Support Technician professional in business, government, or education.

Intermediate Academic and Vocational English as a Second Language

Kinesiology

Prepares students to transfer into four-year kinesiology programs, allowing students to pursue studies in fields such as kinesiology/physical education credential programs, exercise science, athletic training/sports medicine, and sports administration.

Liberal Arts & Sciences: Arts & Humanities

Emphasizes the study of cultural and humanistic activities and literary and artistic expression of human beings, with students evaluating and interpreting the ways people through the ages have expressed themselves in artistic and cultural creation.

Liberal Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences

Emphasizes the natural sciences which examine the physical universe, its life forms and its natural phenomena, with courses in Math emphasizing mathematical and quantitative reasoning skills.

Liberal Studies

Provides the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary to successfully transfer into the elementary school teaching programs offered at four-year institutions and a strong foundation for other professions in fields of public service.

Licensed Vocational Nursing

Prepares vocational nurses to provide safe, ethical, responsible and competent nursing care. Upon successful completion and passing the licensure exam the vocational nurse is licensed to practice nursing as an LVN.

Licensed Vocational Nursing

Prepares vocational nurses to provide safe, ethical, responsible and competent nursing care. Upon successful completion and passing the licensure exam the vocational nurse is licensed to practice nursing as an LVN.

LVN-RN

The LVN to RN nursing program consists of integrated lectures, labs, and clinical rotations, with a 30 Unit Option Certificate of Achievement qualifying graduates for the NCLEX-RN examination.

LVN-RN

Consists of integrated lectures, labs, and clinicals conducted in selected local hospitals and health agencies, preparing graduates to be qualified for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nursing (NCLEX-RN).

Machine Tool Technology

Prepares students for entrance into the manufacturing technology workforce or transfer to a four-year college, with skills in machine operation, computer numerical control, precision measurement, and blueprint reading.

Machinist

Prepares students for entrance into the manufacturing technology workforce or transfer to a four-year college, with skills in turning and milling machines, computer numerical control, precision measurement, and blueprint reading.

Maintenance Mechanic

Provides students a basic understanding of manufacturing principles and skills required for an entry level position in industry.

Managerial Assistant

Prepares students for intermediate supervisory positions as a managerial assistant, with skills to understand how businesses function, the role management plays, and the facets of organizational behavior and employee motivation.

Manufacturing 1

Addresses a need for basic manufacturing skills such as blueprint reading, foundations of industrial materials, basic welding and machining, and introduction to electricity.

Mathematics (Associate in Science Degree)

Prepares students for transfer into four-year mathematics programs and provides a fundamental background for persons who plan to become systems analysts or computer programmers.

Mathematics (Associate in Science for Transfer Degree)

Prepares students for transfer into four-year mathematics programs, supporting studies in fields such as mathematics education, engineering, information technology, statistical analysis, and physical science.

Medical Administrative Assistant

Prepares students to register new patients, retrieve charts, enter patient data, prepare schedules, and handle medical front-office tasks with knowledge of medical terminology, filing, and scheduling processes.

Medical Administrative Assistant

Prepares students to register new patients, retrieve charts, prepare schedules, and handle medical front-office tasks with keyboarding and computer skills, knowledge of medical terminology, and efficient filing skills.

Modern Policing

Music

Intended for students who plan to complete a Bachelor's degree in music studies at a CSU campus. Students completing the transfer degree are guaranteed admission to the CSU system.

Music, General

Satisfies the requirements for the Associate of Arts degree with a major in music and the lower division course requirements at most California State Universities, with specialization in voice, guitar, or piano.

Music, General

The General Music Certificate prepares music students with the fundamental academics for continued pursuit of the Associate of Arts for Transfer in Music or transfer to the university level.

Music Theory

For students who enjoy reading and analyzing music but not the performance aspect, preparing them with the fundamental academic preparation for continued pursuit of the AA-T in Music or transfer to the university level in music theory.

Music Theory

Office Assistant

Prepares students for an entry level position in an office setting, emphasizing technical office skills as well as personal and social skills necessary to attain a position in an office and succeed in the work place.

Pest Control Advisor

Prepares students for a career as a Pest Control Advisor, with coursework aligned to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation PCA license requirements to prepare students to take the CDPR examination.

Philosophy

Designed for students who plan to complete a bachelor's degree in philosophy or a related major, developing critical thinking skills and the ability to read, comprehend, and analyze complex arguments.

Physical Science

Provides a background in physical science or prepares students for transfer into chemistry, geology, physics, and engineering four-year programs, and provides background for physical science technicians and engineering aides.

Physics

A physics major degree that generally transfers to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor's degree, emphasizing topics encountered in everyday life such as motion, forces, gravity, waves, electricity and magnetism.

Plant and Soil Science

Students become well-informed of physical, chemical, and biological principles and processes of plants and soils, preparing for careers in management of tree, vine, vegetable, and field crops and for transfer into CSU and UC institutions.

Political Science

Allows students to begin their major in Political Science and transfer to a CSU campus in pursuit of a Bachelor of Arts degree, giving a strong foundation in the study of American politics and government, international actors, political theory, and political science methodology.

Psychology

Provides students the opportunity to learn about the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes, emphasizing critical thinking and the scientific method as a foundation for a variety of career goals.

Social Science

Students acquire a knowledge of human behavior, society, and institutions through the study of courses in Anthropology, Economics, Ethnic Studies, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.

Social Work and Human Services

Prepares students for transfer to a university in Social Work, Human Services, and related majors, covering applied social work that includes sociology and psychology, legal and ethical issues, theories of practice, and current standards of practice.

Sociology

Prepares students with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in the study of sociology, providing skills for critical thinking, perceptive reading, and sociological analysis for transfer to a four-year institution.

Spanish

Prepares students for transfer to four-year Spanish programs, developing the Spanish language in a culturally rich environment and the receptive and productive skills necessary for advanced study at a CSU campus.

Speech Aide

Provides the educational foundation to serve as an aide to a speech-language pathologist or special educator in various job settings.

Speech-Language Pathology Assistant

Prepares the graduate to apply for licensure with the State of California to work under the direction of a supervising Speech-Language Pathologist, conducting screenings and administering treatment as prescribed.

Studio Arts

Provides basic skills in 2-d and 3-d composition, an introductory knowledge of Art History and digital art familiarity, preparing students for transfer into Bachelor's of Art or Fine Art programs within the CSU system.

Viticulture

Prepares students for entry-level employment in the field of Viticulture, or grape-growing, focusing on grape production and management and how to work cooperatively with wineries.

Vocal Performance

Prepares the vocal music major with the fundamental academics necessary for continued pursuit of the Associate of Arts for Transfer in Music or transfer to the university level.

Vocal Performance

Vocational English as a Second Language

Welder

Prepares students for entrance into the manufacturing technology workforce or transfer to a four-year college, with skills in precision measurement, blueprint reading, welding and cutting operations, and welding fabrication.

Welding Technology

Prepares students for entrance into the manufacturing technology workforce or transfer to a four-year college, with skills in precision measurement, blueprint reading, welding and cutting operations, and welding fabrication.