Northern Maine Community College

Accounting

Accounting combines the study and practice of accounting with the design, implementation and monitoring of information systems. Such systems use modern information resources, together with accounting controls and methods, to provide users the financial information necessary to manage their organizations.

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

The multiple entry/multiple exit program permits students to exit after completion of specific course requirements and be eligible to take the national certification exams for EMT, Advanced EMT and Paramedic. Currently, licensed providers may be accepted into the higher levels of the program.

Automotive Collision Repair

NMCC's Automotive Collision Repair program offers a broad range of training from collision repair to custom painting, emphasizing the skill standards required for a technician to become Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certified. The latest technology is used with computer matching capabilities in paints and in the measuring of the automobile after sustaining collision damage to aid in creating a written estimate.

Automotive Collision Repair

NMCC's Automotive Collision Repair program offers a broad range of training from collision repair to custom painting, emphasizing the skill standards required for a technician to become Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certified. The latest technology is used with computer matching capabilities in paints and in the measuring of the automobile after sustaining collision damage to aid in creating a written estimate.

Automotive Technology

Automotive Technology is a program designed to provide broad fundamental training in all aspects of automotive service and repair, employing up-to-date methods and materials. The program emphasizes the ASE Education Foundation skills standards required for a technician to become Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certified.

Automotive Technology

Automotive Technology is a program designed to provide broad fundamental training in all aspects of automotive service and repair, employing up-to-date methods and materials. The program emphasizes the ASE Education Foundation skills standards required for a technician to become Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certified.

Building Construction Technology

The Building Construction Technology one-year certificate program provides up-to-date training in the tools of the construction trade including the proper methods of construction, the appropriate materials to use and the related knowledge necessary to enter the trade.

Business Administration

The Business Administration program is broad and diversified in its course offerings. Courses are designed to impart knowledge and to develop skills and abilities that will prove practical, useful and marketable. Through its course offerings, the program continually strives to maintain relevance and a high-level of quality.

Career Studies - Allied Health Studies

The associate in applied science degree in career studies is designed to provide a highly individualized and flexible program of study for students whose educational and/or occupational goals cannot be met by the other programs of the College.

Career Studies - Business

The associate in applied science degree in career studies is designed to provide a highly individualized and flexible program of study for students whose educational and/or occupational goals cannot be met by the other programs of the College.

Career Studies - Concentration in Allied Health

The associate in applied science degree in career studies is designed to provide a highly individualized and flexible program of study for students whose educational and/or occupational goals cannot be met by the other programs of the College.

Community Paramedicine

The Community Paramedicine program is designed to educate practicing paramedics, who are primarily employed in the pre-hospital emergency environment, to become competent community paramedics. Community paramedics work collaboratively with public health, home care and primary care professionals in non-emergency settings, providing an invaluable service to an underserved population.

Community Paramedicine

The Community Paramedicine program is designed to educate practicing paramedics, who are primarily employed in the pre-hospital emergency environment, to become competent community paramedics. Community paramedics work collaboratively with public health, home care and primary care professionals in non-emergency settings, providing an invaluable service to an underserved population.

Computer Aided Machining

The Computer Aided Machining certificate program enables students to develop skills in programming, set-up, and operation of CNC machine tools to produce precision parts and develop the required skills for entry-level employment.

Diesel Hydraulics Technology

The Diesel Hydraulics Technology program emphasizes the skill standards required for students to become entry-level technicians in diesel diagnostic and repair for trucks and heavy equipment. Fundamental training in all aspects of medium/heavy truck technician training is employed through lectures and hands-on training.

Diesel Hydraulics Technology

The Diesel Hydraulics Technology program emphasizes the skill standards required for students to become entry-level technicians in diesel diagnostic and repair for trucks and heavy equipment. Fundamental training in all aspects of medium/heavy truck technician training is employed through lectures and hands-on training.

Drinking Water

The Water Treatment Technology program prepares students for a career in the environmentally conscious field of municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment. The program provides students with a fundamental understanding of the scientific principles used to treat drinking water and sanitize wastewater before it is discharged back into the environment.

Early Childhood Education

The certificate program provides the training needed for entry-level positions and meets the more immediate needs for those who do not choose the additional courses required for the degree. The core courses of this program align with the educational requirements for the State of Maine Child Development Associate (CDA) credential.

Early Childhood Education

NMCC's early childhood education program offers both a two-year associate degree and a one-year certificate-level option. The associate degree program is designed to educate childcare professionals in the skills and knowledge necessary for advanced positions in organizations and agencies that serve children. It provides courses and field experience in childcare, as well as a well-rounded supporting education.

Electrical Construction & Maintenance Technology

The Electrical Construction and Maintenance program provides broad fundamental training in the principles used to install electrical equipment and the mathematics necessary to plan electrical systems. National electric code and theory are taught throughout the program.

Electrical Construction & Maintenance Technology

The Electrical Construction and Maintenance program provides broad fundamental training in the principles used to install electrical equipment and the mathematics necessary to plan electrical systems. National electric code and theory are taught throughout the program.

Emergency Medical Services

The Emergency Medical Services program is designed to prepare individuals to become national registered paramedics. The curriculum combines intense classroom and lab instruction with extensive clinical experiences to ensure that graduates are competent, confident practitioners. The program follows national education standards and graduates are eligible to take the National Registry Paramedic License examinations.

Entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneurship certificate program is designed to prepare prospective entrepreneurs to launch new ventures by educating them in the fundamentals of starting and operating their own business. For entrepreneurs who already have established a business, this program will help them strengthen their business and management skills.

Heating

Students in the Plumbing and Heating program may choose to pursue an associate degree or a certificate in plumbing, in heating, or in both. Classroom and lab projects provide students with the skills necessary for today's fast-paced and ever-evolving world of plumbing and heating. Students can enroll in the Plumbing and Heating associate's degree program, the one-year Plumbing certificate, or the one-year Heating certificate.

Liberal Studies

Liberal Studies

An associate in arts degree in Liberal Studies is a flexible degree program designed for students whose educational goal is to transfer to another college or university. The curriculum provides a strong foundation in the liberal arts (math, science, humanities, and social sciences) that prepares students for advanced academic study at a baccalaureate-granting institution.

Major Collision Repair & Refinishing

Medical Assisting

NMCC offers a one-year certificate in Medical Assisting that prepares students to enter this rapidly expanding field. Medical assistants are multi-skilled allied health professionals who perform both administrative and clinical procedures in ambulatory medical settings. The medical assisting certificate provides basic skills to students.

Medical Assisting

The College's two-year associate degree Medical Assisting program provides additional clinical and administrative training. In the clinical component of the program, students will have the opportunity to understand the concept of professionalism and principles of therapeutic communication; teach patients about health and wellness; and gain a more extensive understanding of anatomy, physiology, and clinical applications of pathophysiology and pharmacology.

Medical Coding

Medical Coding is a two-semester certificate program that prepares students for the rapidly expanding field of medical coding, focusing on developing an understanding of the language of medicine and the ability to apply it to professional coding standards. The curriculum concentrates on the areas of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, pharmacology, and clinical classification systems.

Network Administration & Cybersecurity

Network Administration & Cybersecurity is a two-year program which prepares students to enter the workforce as an IT administrator, technician or to continue on to a four-year program. Students learn to build and optimize computers and servers, set-up and administer a computer network, and maintain operating systems.

Network Administration & Cybersecurity

Network Administration & Cybersecurity is a two-year program which prepares students to enter the workforce as an IT administrator, technician or to continue on to a four-year program. Students learn to build and optimize computers and servers, set-up and administer a computer network, and maintain operating systems.

Nursing

The associate in science degree Nursing program is designed to offer individuals the opportunity to enter the nursing profession as a registered nurse. The nursing curriculum focuses on basic human biopsychosocial needs throughout the lifespan. Students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to provide holistic nursing care to diverse clients, families and groups with multiple healthcare needs.

Office Assistant

The Office Assistant certificate program is designed to provide basic, entry-level clerical skills. The program teaches, improves and reinforces math, accounting, office procedures, oral and written communication, filing, and word processing skills. Graduates are prepared for entry-level office positions.

Paramedicine

The multiple entry/multiple exit program permits students to exit after completion of specific course requirements and be eligible to take the national certification exams for EMT, Advanced EMT and Paramedic. Currently, licensed providers may be accepted into the higher levels of the program.

Plumbing

Students in the Plumbing and Heating program may choose to pursue an associate degree or a certificate in plumbing, in heating, or in both. Classroom and lab projects provide students with the skills necessary for today's fast-paced and ever-evolving world of plumbing and heating. Students can enroll in the Plumbing and Heating associate's degree program, the one-year Plumbing certificate, or the one-year Heating certificate.

Plumbing & Heating

Students in the Plumbing and Heating program may choose to pursue an associate degree or a certificate in plumbing, in heating, or in both. Classroom and lab projects provide students with the skills necessary for today's fast-paced and ever-evolving world of plumbing and heating. Students can enroll in the Plumbing and Heating associate's degree program, the one-year Plumbing certificate, or the one-year Heating certificate.

Practical Nursing

The Practical Nursing program is designed to offer individuals the opportunity to enter the nursing profession as a practical nurse. The practical nursing curriculum focuses on basic human needs of individuals throughout their lifespan. Students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to provide nursing care to individuals with well-defined health problems.

Structural Welding

In the Structural Welding certificate program, students will be presented with information on the materials being used, hand and power tools for the job, safety in the workplace, and the correct procedures for the assigned tasks. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills in the shielded metal arc welding process in preparation for the exam.

Trade and Technical Occupations

This program recognizes proficiency at the associate degree level for various trades and technical occupations in which an individual has completed a formal registered apprenticeship program (i.e., journeyman status). The program is open to individuals who have completed a registered apprenticeship program and to apprentices who wish to complete the trade and technical occupations program simultaneously with dual enrollment in the apprenticeship program.

Wastewater

The Water Treatment Technology program prepares students for a career in the environmentally conscious field of municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment. The program provides students with a fundamental understanding of the scientific principles used to treat drinking water and sanitize wastewater before it is discharged back into the environment.

Water Treatment Technology

The Water Treatment Technology program prepares students for a career in the environmentally conscious field of municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment. The program provides students with a fundamental understanding of the scientific principles used to treat drinking water and sanitize wastewater before it is discharged back into the environment.

Wind Power Technology

The Wind Power Technology certificate program prepares students to enter into a rapidly emerging alternative energy industry as technicians. The program offers training in the fundamental skills required to work safely and effectively with utility-sized wind power systems.