Navajo Technical University

Accounting

The Accounting Associate of Applied Science Degree program incorporates the Dine' Philosophy of Education while applying the concept of "learn by doing" by completing hands-on applications. It enables students to be job-ready for career opportunities abound such as: Bookkeeper, Accounting Technician, Accounts Payable/Receivable Clerk, Payroll Clerk, or an Income Tax Preparer.

Accounting

Bachelor of Science in Accounting is a four-year program that covers all accounting areas, including financial accounting, managerial accounting, tax, audit, and accounting information systems. Besides focusing on accounting knowledge, students will explore business processes, strategies, new technologies, and the latest software.

Administrative Office Specialist

The certificate provides graduates with the knowledge and skills needed for entry level positions in today's offices. Students upon completion of the certificate program have the option of continuing for an AAS degree in Administrative Office Specialist.

Administrative Office Specialist

The Administrative Office Specialist program consists of certificate and Associate of Applied Science degree paths. Attitudes and knowledge of today's workplace are emphasized for students in both certificate and degree courses. All the equipment and software found in today's business offices is utilized in our classrooms and curriculum.

Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Technology

The Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Technology will provide students with a strong background in traditional methods while emphasizing new and emerging manufacturing methods. Students will acquire the specialized skills needed to digitize and computer model manufacturing processes including integrated simulations of multiple processes representing an entire plant. Foundational course work in materials and material processing will also be stressed.

Animal Science

Many career options are available with a degree in Animal Science. Through experiential learning, the Animal Science program will provide a high-quality educational experience. For the most part, students will complete general education courses during their first two years at NTU to prepare for more specialized courses in their third and fourth years.

A:shiwi Studies

The certificate provides graduates with bilingual capacity, and the knowledge and skills needed for entry level positions in offices and schools in the A:shiwi community and beyond. Upon completion of the certificate program, students have the option of continuing for a New Mexico Public Education 520 Native Language Certificate.

Automotive Technology

Automotive Technology

Automotive Technology program concentrates primarily on traditional gas-powered engines. This degree will allow students to learn the scope of skills and knowledge required of those who earn an A.A.S. in Automotive Technology.

Biology

The Biology Degree program is rich in biology and chemistry courses, and in other specialized courses such as biochemistry, genetics and cell biology. The program provides a solid background in physics and mathematics. Students develop a broad knowledge of biology that is integrated with dynamic high-quality research programs in specialized areas like molecular biology, genetics, animal and plant physiology, ecology, cell and developmental biology, evolution and behavior.

Building Information Modeling

The Building Information Modeling (BIM) program prepare students to pursue a drafting career. Students in the CAD program work with 2-D CAD, Microsoft Office Suite, and commercial and residential blueprint reading. Student completing the BIM degree program will have a broad range of 2-D and 3-D CAD, drafting skills and a solid, well-rounded educational foundation.

Business Administration

A degree in Business Administration should open the door to many career options. The desire of the Department of Business is to provide an education in business of the highest possible quality. In the first two years of studying Business at NTU, students are required to take a common set of courses to prepare them for more specialized courses in the third and fourth years.

CDL/Heavy Equipment Operator

The purpose of a two-semester certificate program in Heavy Equipment is to prepare students to operate and maintain heavy equipment for professional work in the construction industry. The students will receive classroom instruction and gain hands-on experience. A construction equipment operator drives and controls construction equipment, such as forklifts, backhoes, front end loaders, excavators, motor grades, and dozers.

Chemical Engineering Technology

Chemical Engineering and Process Technologists and Technicians work on industrial processes designed to convert raw materials into petroleum products. Technologists run production units, help design operations, implement process controls and address corrosion concerns. They do these tasks both in the field and in large plants. They also research products and technologies as well as environmental and reclamation techniques.

Chemistry

Commercial Driver License (CDL)

This is an entry-level tractor-trailer driver course. The primary goal of the program is to train the student driver to obtain a Commercial Driver license. Supervised training is used as a reliable way of teaching the special skills required to safely and legally operate various types of tractor-trailer combinations (van trailer, tanker, doubles, and triples).

Computer Science

This program is designed to prepare students for entry-level jobs on the Navajo Nation. Students should be able to write sequential programs, design solutions to computer-related problems and develop a technical presentation. Students will be encouraged to continue towards a baccalaureate degree in Computer Science.

Computer Science

The Computer Science program is designed to prepare students for careers in the 21st century with the Navajo Nation, state, and federal agencies as well as private companies. Completion of the Computer Science program will enable employment opportunities in public and private sectors in diverse industries related to computing, such as software, automotive, healthcare, and aerospace.

Construction Technology

The Construction Technology program will broaden the knowledge and improve the skills of students in building construction. It will also prepare students for both trade and entry-level management in the construction industry within the state and national level.

Construction Technology

Construction Technology offers specialized instruction in modern techniques of the construction practice. The goal of the program is to produce highly competent and technically trained graduates who possess a solid understanding of construction concepts. The program prepares graduates to work with architects, engineers, contractors, and other concerned with construction.

Counseling

The Certificate Program in Counseling requires 34 credit hours and is designed for a one-year program of study. The program is designed to prepare students for entry level job on Navajo behavioral health facilities and students may continue to obtain an associate degree or a baccalaureate degree.

Counseling

The Associate of Arts Degree Program in Counseling requires 64-65 credit hours and is designed as a two-year program of study. The program is designed to prepare students for entry level job as Behavioral Health Technicians at the Navajo Nation Department of Behavioral Health Services, in area hospitals, schools and surrounding Pueblos, and/or students may continue to obtain a baccalaureate degree in Counseling or Psychology.

Creative Writing

Navajo Technical University's Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program in Creative Writing encourages students to focus on their own written work with emphasis in the crafts of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and scriptwriting. Students are provided with the knowledge, skills, practice, and opportunities needed to succeed in creative, literary, publishing, communications, and academic endeavors and careers.

Criminal Justice

The Associate of Arts degree in Criminal Justice will provide a pathway to a degree to Navajo Police Officers who hold an NTU Technical Certificate in Law Enforcement and better prepare those officers to compete for front-line supervisory positions. It will also provide an opportunity for non-Navajo Police Department officers to obtain an education in law enforcement, preparing them for a variety of law enforcement and regulatory compliance positions on the Navajo Nation.

Culinary Arts

The Culinary Arts program provides students with the basic knowledge needed for entry into the professional food industry. Instruction focuses on a maximum hands-on experience, as well as theory and safety. Students will be involved in all aspects of meal preparation for the staff, students, and community.

Culinary Arts

The A.A.S. Culinary Arts degree program is designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary for employment in a number of food service industry settings. Students will obtain training in professional cooking and baking so they will understand the demands of product delivery.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is a program that focuses on protection of computer systems and network from theft or damage to the software, hardware or electronic data, and disclosure of limitations. It includes instruction in information systems, security systems, information technology, cyber security, data communication, networking, and digital defense.

Dine Culture, Language, and Leadership

This four-year-degree program is to produce graduates for employment as cultural teachers/instructors/professors, cultural interpreters, cultural social workers, health care workers, community service workers, community liaisons, health educators, various leadership roles and other relevant occupations.

Early Childhood Multicultural Education

Navajo Technical University is dedicated to preparing Early Childhood Professionals in a culturally and linguistically diverse environment. Student work intensely and progressively to prepare for their State Early Childhood Teacher Licensure from Birth to 8 years old. This program provides a unique opportunity to assist present or future teachers of young children to use child development knowledge within the childcare, preschool and primary schools.

Early Childhood Multicultural Education

Navajo Technical University is dedicated to prepare Early Childhood Professionals in a culturally and linguistically diverse environment at a baccalaureate level. Students work intensely and progressively to prepare for their State Early Childhood Teacher Licensure from Birth to 8 years old. This program provides a unique opportunity to assist present or future teachers of young children to use child development knowledge within the childcare, preschool and primary schools.

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Trades

The Electrical Trades program enables students to develop marketable skills and gain the knowledge needed to excel at various jobs in the electrical industry such as electrician, apprentice lineman, maintenance electrician, and electrical sales. The electrical trade classes meet each day in indoor or outdoor labs specifically designed for practical work experience within the trade.

Energy Systems

The Energy Systems program teaches the students to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics while they study the transformation of mechanical energy to electrical energy. The program emphasizes techniques used to harness the earth's renewable energy sources while preserving our natural resources. Students will learn the fundamentals of electricity as it pertains to renewable and sustainable energy sources, which includes photovoltaics and wind energy.

Engineering Technician

The program is designed to prepare students for entry into an engineering or technology program. All of the credits earned as part of the certificate program apply fully to first year requirements in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Students completing this certificate can work as an Engineering Technician or Draftsperson.

Engineering Technology

The credits earned as part of this Associates program apply to requirements in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Students completing this degree can work as an Engineering Technician or Draftsperson.

Environmental Engineering

Environmental Science and Natural Resources

The Environmental Science and Natural Resources certificate program emphasizes a thorough overview of environmental laws, regulatory compliance and safety through Native American perspectives on environmental and natural resource protection and management.

Environmental Science and Natural Resources

The Environmental Science and Natural Resources program emphasizes a thorough overview of environmental laws, hands-on experience, regulatory compliance, safety, and Native American perspectives on environmental and natural resource protection and management. The program is designed to meet the needs of tribal, state, and federal environmental and natural resource management entities, particularly those entities working in Native American communities.

Environmental Science and Natural Resources

The Environmental Science and Natural Resources Bachelor of Science degree program focuses on Environmental and Natural Resources management with an emphasis on environmental regulations compliance. The program is designed to meet the needs of tribal, state, and federal environmental and natural resources management and enforcement entities.

General Studies

The purpose of the Associate of Arts degree in General Studies is to provide a flexible degree program that allows students to complete their degree by attending classes that focus primarily on general education courses yet provides insight into a variety of potential academic pathways for those who are undecided about a major.

Geographic Information Technology

The Geographic Information Technology (GIT) program will serve to introduce students to the fundamental principles of geographic information systems, remote sensing, database applications, cartography, and enable students to understand the current state of knowledge residing in a geographic information system.

Geographic Information Technology

The Geographic Information Technology (GIT) program will serve to introduce students to the fundamental principles of geographic information systems, remote sensing, database applications, cartography, and enable students to understand the current state of knowledge residing in a geographic information system. The GIT program seeks to ready students for positions with governmental agencies, engineering companies, and topographical drafting organizations.

Geology

The Geology program prepares students for technician jobs in the field and/or laboratory and provides the foundations to earn valuable certifications and advanced degrees. Geology technicians support scientists and engineers in exploring, extracting, and monitoring natural resources, such as soil, natural gas, and water.

Hotel and Restaurant Administration

The mission of the Hotel and Restaurant Administration program is to prepare students to become effective and efficient entrepreneurs, managers and executives in culinary, gaming, tourism, and hospitality industries.

Industrial Engineering

The Industrial Engineering program at Navajo Technical University focuses on design of systems for manufacturing and service applications. Students learn material science, manufacturing processes, CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping and other subjects which allow them to build or rebuild systems in organizations.

Industrial Maintenance and Operations

Navajo Technical University offers a certificate in Industrial Maintenance and Operations. An industrial maintenance mechanic is a person trained to repair and maintain commercial or industrial machinery in buildings, plants or factories. This program focuses on vibration analysis, electrical troubleshooting, drive system repair and hydraulic, pneumatic system troubleshooting and repair.

Information Technology

This Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Technology program is structured to prepare students for immediate and continuing employment in two different areas: Careers in programming and computer or network operations and digital moviemaking, digital sound, and graphics. This program has a unique blend of computer programming and information technology skills, as well as focusing on introducing and mastering parallel programming methodologies.

Information Technology Assistant

The IT certificate is designed to ensure a thorough knowledge of information systems and includes general practice using contemporary technologies in troubleshooting, problem solving, organization, customer support, analysis, evaluation, communication, and transmission of information.

Information Technology - New Media

The New Media in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Technology prepares students to be effective in video/audio production and post-production environments that also includes a unique blend of information technology skill sets.

Information Technology Technician

This program is structured to prepare students for immediate and continuing employment opportunities in the broad disciplines of information technology and computer support. This includes positions such as helpdesk technician assistant, information system support, and data analyst assistant.

Law Advocacy

The Law Advocacy baccalaureate degree program will prepare students to successfully complete the requirements for admission to the Navajo Nation Bar Association and to work as private or public legal advocates within the Navajo Nation. The Law Advocacy program will also prepare students to smoothly transition into any accredited law school in the United States in order to pursue a Juris Doctorate degree.

Law Advocate

The Law Advocate degree program is intended to prepare students to successfully complete the requirements for admission to the Navajo Nation Bar Association and to work as legal advocates in the legal and judicial systems of the Navajo Nation. Classes are offered in criminal, civil, and family law; with an emphasis on court procedure and practical skills. Legal research, legal writing, and legal ethics will be stressed.

Law Enforcement

The certificate of Law Enforcement is a joint effort between NTU and the Navajo Nation Public Safety Department to produce Navajo Nation Police Officers. The certificate in Law Enforcement on an academic track prepares students to fill both certified and non-certified law enforcement and criminal justice related positions.

Legal Assistant

The Legal Assistant Certificate is intended to provide students with office skills and specialized legal knowledge and training to work as legal assistants under the supervision of attorneys and law advocates in the tribal, state, and federal legal and judicial systems.

Mathematics

The mission of the mathematics program is to provide an environment where students can learn and become competent users of mathematics and mathematical applications. The program aims to prepare graduates for employment as teachers, mathematicians, statisticians, financial analysts, consultants, engineers, physicians, lawyers, and researchers.

Mathematics

Mathematics is a program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. It includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mathematical specializations. Mathematics is a versatile program that can be applied to almost any career.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineers possess a diverse set of skills and work in a wide range of industries. Products made with the help of mechanical engineers include aircraft, vehicles, robots, motors and ships. They assist at all stages of product development and are crucial for developing a number of highly advanced technologies. The unique set of skills that mechanical engineers possess makes them essential for all modern economies.

Navajo Court Transcription/Interpretation

The program is comprised of classes in legal (tribal court) interpretation. The interpretation program involves a class in the introduction to the field of interpretation, a class in consecutive, simultaneous and sight interpretation, and a class in legal interpretation (tribal court system).

Nursing Assistant

The Nursing Assistant program is for students who are interested in pursuing a Nursing Assistant Certificate. This program will prepare students to provide care in various healthcare settings under the direction of a registered nurse. Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded a Nursing Assistant Certificate and are eligible to take the Nursing Assistant Certification (CAN) Exam in the state where the course is completed (Arizona or New Mexico).

Plumbing

The plumbing program prepares students to install and repair water distribution system, drainage, gas, bathtubs, toilets, dishwashers, and water heaters, septic tanks in homes, business, and factories. Graduates are able to find work as pipefitters or steamfitters by installing and maintaining pipes, which carry chemicals and gases in manufacturing, commercial, and industrial settings.

Professional Baking

The Professional Baking program provides students with basic skills for the entry levels of commercial baking in a professional environment. Instruction focuses on a maximum hands-on experience as well as theory and safety. Students will be involved in all aspects of baking preparation including bread, sweet breads, assorted pastries, cakes and cake decorating.

Professional Baking

The Professional Baking degree program provides students with advanced baking skills for the higher levels of commercial baking in a professional environment.

Public Administration

The A.A.S. degree in Public Administration is awarded upon completion of a course in a cross-disciplinary program. Students will develop the skills and the intellectual discipline necessary to enter any Navajo Nation governmental office and provide worthwhile and creative administrative and managerial services.

Registered Nursing

The Associate of Applied Sciences Registered Nursing program is for students who are interested in pursuing an Associate Degree in nursing. Through this Associate RN Degree program, students will learn the specific skill sets to fulfill requirements of an associate degree RN program.

Secondary Mathematics Education

Mathematics Education is a program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Furthermore, it incorporates these mathematical concepts within a pedagogical context of teaching. It includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, and other mathematical specializations as well as education principles, strategies and techniques.

Veterinary Technician

The mission of the Veterinary Technology degree program is to provide students with the academic, professional "hands-on" knowledge, and skills required to master the American Veterinary Medical Association's Veterinary Technology Student Essential Skills which will prepare students as entry-level veterinary technicians, to successfully pass the VTNE (Veterinary Technician National Exam), and to perform as effective veterinary health care team members.

Welding Technology

The Welding Technology Program prepares students for work in the field of Welding Technology. In addition to gaining an overall understanding of welding machines, weld processes, and hands-on welding proficiency, students develop skills in the areas of blueprint reading, welding symbols, weld inspection, destructive and non-destructive testing, metallurgy, computer-aided drafting along with precisions machine tool operations.