Nebraska Indian Community College

Associate of Applied Science - Carpentry

The Associate of Applied Science degree with an emphasis in carpentry is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills needed for employment as a carpenter. Students will study residential and commercial construction. All phases will be explored and applied on a jobsite or in the lab. Related course work includes blueprint reading, math, construction, estimating construction costs, costs and materials, and small business operations.

Associate of Arts - Business

The Associate of Arts degree in Business has two concentrations available: Business Administration and Entrepreneurship.

Associate of Arts - Early Childhood Education

The Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education is designed to provide students with knowledge of pre-school age children (including an emphasis on increasing knowledge of Native American pre-school age children). Courses leading to this emphasis are designed to prepare the student for work in childcare, and various governmental agencies, while providing sufficient general education courses to promote transfer into a four-year degree program.

Associate of Arts - General Liberal Arts

The Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis in General Liberal Arts is designed to provide students with a learning foundation in written and oral communications, the social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities. While the A.A. degree in General Liberal Arts offers opportunities for personal growth and career advancement, it is primarily designed to allow students to transfer their qualifying credit hours to a four-year college.

Associate of Arts - Human Services

The Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis in Human Services is designed to provide students with knowledge and application of the human services field. With a focus on application in Native communities, this program prepares the student for work in various human services and counseling careers or further study toward a four-year degree. Two different tracks are offered within this degree: Community Counseling, and Alcohol & Drug Counseling.

Associate of Arts - Native American Studies

The Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis in Native American Studies is designed to provide students with a foundation in Native American issues and concerns. NASP majors select from one of two areas of concentration: History and Traditional Culture or Contemporary Tribal Leadership.

Associate of Arts - Paraeducator/Pre-Teacher Education

The Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis for Paraeducators/Pre-Teacher Education is designed to provide students with a foundation of skills for the K-12 schooling environment, with particular attention to serving Native youth and young adults. Students should work closely with their faculty advisor to select the courses which are most appropriate and beneficial, to assure smooth transfer to a four-degree program.

Associate of Science - General Science Studies

The Associate of Science degree provides opportunities for personal enhancement and career enrichment, primarily designed to allow students to transfer their work to a four-year college. Students should work closely with their academic advisor and/or transfer counselor to select the courses which are most appropriate and most beneficial. Area of emphasis can be designed by the faculty and student.

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration and Tribal Nation Building

The B.A. in Business Administration and Tribal Nation Building is a stackable credential, building on coursework in the A.A. Native American Studies- Contemporary Tribal Leadership track and the A.A. Business- Business Administration track.

Certificate in Alcohol & Drug Counseling

Certificate in Business Administration

Certificate in Carpentry

Certificate in Child Development Associate (CDA) - Infant and Toddler

Certificate in Child Development Associate (CDA) - Preschool

Certificate in Community Counseling

Certificate in Contemporary Tribal Leadership

Certificate in Entrepreneurship

Certificate in Native American History and Traditional Culture

Certificate in Pre-Nursing Level I

Certificate in Pre-Nursing Level II

Certificate in Teaching Indigenous Learners