Ozarka College

Advanced Food Production

Advanced Machining Technology

The Certificate of Proficiency in Advanced Machining provides students with skills to program, set up, and operate CNC machines for manufacturing. The CP includes coursework in CAD/CAM, CNC Mill, CNC lathe, lean manufacturing, and workplace efficiency.

Advanced Welding/Manufacturing

Agribusiness

The Ozarka College Agriculture Program provides graduates with the knowledge and principles to manage their own agricultural operations or work in a variety of fields within the agriculture industry. The Certificate of Proficiency in Agribusiness allows students to gain knowledge of business principles and practices as applied to agricultural operations.

Agriculture

The Ozarka College Agriculture program provides graduates with the knowledge and principles to manage their own agricultural operations or work in a variety of fields within the agriculture industry. The Technical Certificate in Agriculture provides graduates with the basic knowledge and principles of agricultural operations, as well as, a firm grounding in general education coursework needed in today’s agricultural marketplace.

Agriculture

The Ozarka College Associate of Science Degree in Agriculture provides graduates of the program the ability to transfer into the Arkansas State University-Jonesboro Bachelor of Science in Agriculture program at the junior level, as either an Ag Education, Ag Business, or Animal Production major.

Automotive Performance and Suspension Systems

The Automotive Service Technology program serves the training needs of each student in all areas related to automotive servicing. Each student will be trained in automotive theory, technical training, and manipulative skills. In addition, required general education courses provide valuable information needed to round out the technical skills of the graduate.

Automotive Repair and Troubleshooting

The Automotive Repair and Troubleshooting Technical Certificate serves the training needs of each student in areas related to automotive repair and troubleshooting. Each student will be trained in automotive theory, technical training, and manipulative skills. In order to remain in the Automotive Service Technology Associate of Science Degree program, students must pass all AST courses with a grade of C or better.

Automotive Service Technology

The Automotive Service Technology program serves the training needs of each student in all areas related to automotive servicing. Each student will be trained in automotive theory, technical training, and manipulative skills. Required general education courses provide valuable information needed to round out the technical skills of the graduate.

Automotive Service Technology

The Automotive Service Technology program serves the training needs of each student in all areas related to automotive servicing. Each student will be trained in automotive theory, technical training, and manipulative skills. In addition, required general education courses provide valuable information needed to round out the technical skills of the graduate.

Aviation - Commercial Pilot

The Associate of Applied Science in Aviation-Commercial Pilot provides an aviation training and certification pathway for those students who look forward to becoming commercial pilots.

Aviation - Instrument Rating

The Certificate of Proficiency in Aviation - Instrument Rating is an embedded credential awarded prior to the completion of the AAS degree program. The Certificate of Proficiency Aviation Instrument Rating provides an aviation training and certification pathway for those students who look forward to becoming commercial pilots.

Aviation - Private Pilot

The Technical Certificate in Aviation - Private Pilot is an embedded credential awarded prior to the completion of the AAS degree program. The Associate of Applied Science in Aviation-Commercial Pilot provides an aviation training and certification pathway for those students who look forward to becoming commercial pilots.

Aviation-Professional Pilot

Baking and Pastry

The Culinary Arts Certificate of Proficiency in Baking and Pastry may be earned as part of the Associate of Applied Science degree program. This certificate provides foundational and specialized study skills in the area of baking and pastry.

Basic Automotive Repair and Troubleshooting

The Certificate of Proficiency in Basic Automotive Repair and Troubleshooting will provide students with basic knowledge in the given specialized area of automotive technology, giving them a head start and/or additional training in this career field.

Basic Construction & Plumbing

Basic Culinary Arts

The Culinary Arts program will provide a foundation and specialized study in the culinary field through academic, laboratory, and field experiences. The required general education courses enhance the experience. This program prepares its graduates for careers in restaurants, hotels, catering operations, and institutional food service. This Certificate of Proficiency will provide specialized training in a focused segment of the overall Culinary Arts program.

Basic HVAC & Electrical

Business

Every student needs marketable skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in an entry-level business occupation. The curriculum is designed for those individuals who desire to transfer to a four-year university to continue their education in business, and this degree plan is accepted by most four-year universities in Arkansas.

Business Management

The Business Technology program provides students with the opportunity to achieve marketable skills and the knowledge necessary to succeed in business occupation. The curriculum is provided for those individuals who desire to train, retrain, or upgrade their skills for an occupation in a business environment.

Business Technology

Business Technology

The Business Technology program provides students with the opportunity to achieve marketable skills and the knowledge necessary to succeed in a business occupation. The curriculum is provided for those individuals who desire to train, retrain, or upgrade their skills for an occupation in a business environment.

Combination Pipe Welding

This Certificate of Proficiency prepares the student to employ their skills into a variety of welding industries, such as specialized fabrication in code shops, industrial construction, maintenance or any environment where a pipe welder is required to perform per ASME, AWS, API code using the GTAW/SMAW processes in combination on pipe. Students in this program will develop the skills necessary to pursue a career into the field of industrial pipe welding.

Computer Systems

The Information Science Technology program provides students with the opportunity to achieve marketable skills and the knowledge necessary to succeed in business occupation. The curriculum is provided for those individuals who desire to train, retrain, or upgrade their skills for occupation in an information technology environment.

Corrections & Criminal Justice

The Technical Certificate in Criminal Justice and Corrections will be awarded to students who successfully complete the first thirty credit hours required for the Associate of Science in Criminal Justice and Corrections. It also serves individuals already employed in the fields of criminal justice and corrections who want to further their careers by receiving additional education hours in their field.

Criminal Justice & Corrections

The Associate of Science in Criminal Justice and Corrections degree will be awarded to students who successfully complete a planned program of collegiate level work that is transferable towards a baccalaureate degree in criminology from Arkansas State University. It also serves individuals already employed in the fields of criminal justice or corrections who want to further their careers by receiving additional education hours in their field.

Criminal Justice & Corrections

The Certificate of Proficiency in Criminal Justice will provide students with a basic knowledge of criminal law, corrections, and criminal justice, giving them a head start and/or additional training in this career field.

Criminology

The Certificate of Proficiency in Criminology will be awarded to students who successfully complete a focused, six-hour course of study that is part of the Associate of Science in Criminal Justice and Corrections degree program. It also serves individuals already employed in the fields of criminal justice or corrections who want to further their careers by receiving additional education hours in their field.

Culinary Arts

The Culinary Arts Technical Certificate program is part of the Associate of Applied Science degree program. Students should enroll in the AAS-Culinary Arts degree program. This program provides foundational and specialized study in the culinary field through academic, laboratory, and field experiences. The required general education courses enhance the experience. This program prepares its graduates for careers in restaurants, hotels, catering operations, and institutional food service.

Culinary Arts/Hospitality

Cybersecurity

The Information Science Technology program provides students with the opportunity to achieve marketable skills and the knowledge necessary to succeed in business occupation. The curriculum is provided for those individuals who desire to train, retrain, or upgrade their skills for occupation in an information technology environment.

Diesel Service Technology

Early Childhood Development

Early Childhood Education

Education

The Associate of Science in Education (ASE) degree will be awarded to students who successfully complete a planned program of collegiate level work that is transferable towards a baccalaureate degree in teacher education. This two-year transfer degree is designed to introduce students to the profession of teaching, increase the number of teacher candidates, ease transfer from two- to four-year institutions, and maximize the credit hours taken at the two-year institution.

Electrical/Electronic Systems Troubleshooting

The Certificate of Proficiency in Electrical/Electronic Systems Troubleshooting will provide students with basic knowledge in the given specialized area of automotive technology, giving them a head start and/or additional training in this career field.

Emergency Medical Technology

The Basic Emergency Medical Technology program serves the training needs of entry-level emergency caregivers, vital links in the chain of the healthcare team, who wish to meet the educational requirements set by the Arkansas Department of Health so that they can provide safe and effective pre-hospital emergency medical care.

Food Service

The Culinary Arts program will provide a foundation and specialized study in the culinary field through academic, laboratory, and field experiences. The required general education courses enhance the experience. This program prepares its graduates for careers in restaurants, hotels, catering operations, and institutional food service. This Certificate of Proficiency will provide specialized training in a focused segment of the overall Culinary Arts program.

General Education

The Associate of Arts program provides the first steps into higher education for those students who look forward to completing a baccalaureate degree at a four-year college or university. The program will provide a firm grounding in general education, both through a required group of courses and through general skills and attitudes fostered by the program as a whole.

General Studies

The Certificate of General Studies includes a number of General Education requirements that are common to most four-year degree plans. This degree provides 33 hours of transferable credit and will benefit students who are seeking to transfer to any of several programs of study at 4-year colleges and universities.

General Technology

Many graduates of Technical Certificate programs have individual career objectives that cannot be met through the completion of any single technology program. Additional general and technical education

Health Information Technology

Health Information Technology

The Technical Certificate in Health Information Technology offers a certificate to provide an educational program that prepares the student with the skills necessary to obtain entry-level employment in the health record departments of hospitals, clinics, government facilities, and other medical offices. This includes the basic concepts and functions of the origin, use, content, and format of the health record.

Health Professions

The Health Professions Technical Certificate allows individuals to enter the healthcare field with a variety of knowledge for entry-level positions. Students are able to use skills learned in different areas to make them a valuable asset in the healthcare workforce in areas of Physician Offices, Community Health, Hospitals, Emergency Room/Outpatient areas, and in Admissions.

Health Professions

Successful completion of the requirements of the associate degree program in Health Professions will prepare the student for entry-level employment as a health information processor by providing the basic knowledge, understanding, and skills required to work in a variety of healthcare settings.

Hospitality Management

The Culinary Arts program will provide a foundation and specialized study in the culinary field through academic, laboratory, and field experiences. The required general education courses enhance the experience. This program prepares its graduates for careers in restaurants, hotels, catering operations, and institutional food service. This Certificate of Proficiency will provide specialized training in a focused segment of the overall Culinary Arts program.

Human Services

Information Science Technology

Information Science Technology is a driving force in our society, and we are dependent on those who create and support our electronics and information systems. The Bureau of Labor estimates that information technology jobs will see a growth of 27-53% over the next decade. This industry is known for a high number of well-paying occupations, with opportunities throughout the state and nation.

Information Science Technology

Internet Design Concepts

The Information Science Technology program provides students with the opportunity to achieve marketable skills and the knowledge necessary to succeed in business occupation. The curriculum is provided for those individuals who desire to train, retrain, or upgrade their skills for occupation in an information technology environment.

MIG Welding (GMAW)

Nursing

Nursing Assistant

The Certified Nursing Assistant Program (CNA) follows the curriculum and meets the requirements as set by the Office of Long Term Care in the state of Arkansas. Upon successful completion, the student receives a Certificate of Completion and is prepared to sit for state certification as a Nursing Assistant in Arkansas.

Performance and Suspension Systems

The Certificate of Proficiency in Performance and Suspension Systems will provide students with basic knowledge in the given specialized area of automotive technology, giving them a head start and/or additional training in this career field.

Pipe Welding

Practical Nursing

Precision Machining

Pre-Health Sciences

The Certificate of Proficiency in Pre-Health Sciences allows the student who is working on Allied Health or pre-nursing courses to obtain a certificate that will allow them to work in the healthcare setting. The Certificate of Proficiency has the Certified Nurses Aide course or the Basic Emergency Medical Technician course embedded to allow for the student to receive some hands-on training. Students may choose to work or continue with other Allied Health programs.

Skilled Trades

The Skilled Trades Program will provide students with practical skills that are in high demand. The program is dedicated to providing students with a comprehensive, hands-on education that merges technical proficiency with real-world application. Upon successful completion of this Certificate, students will: 1. Have a basic working knowledge of General Construction 2. Have a basic working knowledge of HVAC 3. Have a basic working knowledge of Plumbing 4.

Structural Welding

This Certificate of Proficiency prepares the students to work in various welding industries. The certificate program emphasizes knowledge and skill required to pursue a career in welding as a structural welder. Students in the program will be prepared for testing methods used by employers, and will produce the skillset required to maintain employment in this field.

Surgical Scrub Technician

Surgical Technology

Surgical Technology

The Ozarka College Associate of Applied Science Degree in Surgical Technology provides graduates of the program the knowledge and skills to sit for the Certified Surgical Technologist credential. Once certified, graduates will possess the skills and knowledge to be a productive part of the surgical team in the hospital and private practice settings at the entry level.

Teaching

Teaching

TIG Welding Technology

Transmissions and Brake Systems

The Certificate of Proficiency in Transmission and Brake Systems will provide students with basic knowledge in the given specialized area of automotive technology, giving them a head start and/or additional training in this career field.

Welding Technology

Welding Technology

The Technical Certificate in Welding Technology prepares students to work in the field using many types of welding and related equipment. The program emphasizes knowledge and fundamental techniques