Rappahannock Community College

Accounting

To train persons for full- or part-time employment in accounting. The program provides basic accounting training, and more than one-half of the program consists of accounting and business courses. Students successfully completing the program with an overall GPA of C or higher are awarded a Certificate in Accounting.

Accounting and Related Services

Administrative Support Technology

The Administrative Support Technology Certificate is designed to train persons for full-time employment in an office-related environment. With the rapid growth of industry and business in Virginia, there is a steady demand for qualified administrative assistants in this region.

Advanced Culinary Arts

To continue to build food production knowledge and increase the skills necessary to advance in the hospitality field. The Advanced program gives students both service and technical education in culinary arts and food service management, preparing them to be competent and confident professionals ready to enter and be successful in the industry.

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Upon completion of the program, students are eligible for National Registry testing, resulting in National Registry certification as well as certification in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Employment opportunities for AEMTs are available with ambulance services, fire and rescue services, hospitals, government agencies, and humanitarian relief organizations. This program also serves as the first semester of the Paramedic program at RCC.

Advanced Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (AHVAC)

To train students in advanced skills in installing, troubleshooting, and repairing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, primarily in residential applications. Requires completion of the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Career Studies Certificate prior to enrolling.

Advanced Networking and Cybersecurity

The Advanced Career Studies Certificate in Networking and Cybersecurity is designed to provide entry-level expertise in security and to give current employees within the field opportunities for continued education. This CSC is a stackable credential for students completing the Basic Networking and Cybersecurity CSC and helps prepare students for CompTIA Security+ certification exams.

Baking and Pastry Fundamentals

To continue to build food production knowledge and increase the skills necessary to advance in the hospitality field. The Baking and Pastry Fundamentals Career Studies Certificate introduces students to a variety of techniques, correct procedures, and technical education in culinary arts and food service management.

Basic Electronics

The Basic Electronics Career Studies Certificate is designed for the investigation of career possibilities, upgrading occupational skills, and/or providing entry-level skills in electronics for students who are proficient in electrical concepts. It is also an articulated pathway to the General Engineering Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree.

Basic Networking and Cybersecurity

The Career Studies Certificate in Networking and Cybersecurity is designed for individuals who are recent high school graduates or who are in the labor force seeking entry-level jobs in networking or additional computer networking skills for their current position.

Basic Welding

Business Administration

The Business Administration Major in the AS in Science Degree is designed for persons who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a baccalaureate degree in a business-related field such as Business Administration or Accounting. Students are also encouraged to investigate Guaranteed Admission Agreements (GAA), available for many colleges and universities in Virginia.

Business Management

The Business Management program is designed to meet the needs of recent high school graduates as well as experienced employees who want to upgrade or supplement their existing business knowledge and skills, or to acquire new ones. Curriculum offerings enable students to begin with a career studies certificate or certificate and apply those credits toward the degree.

Business Operations Support

Career Studies

Computer Aided Drafting

This program prepares students to work as CAD (Computer Aided Drafting) technicians and provides skills enhancement for working technicians, engineers, drafters, and designers. It includes advanced CAD drafting and design using AutoCAD and specialty software in electronics, graphics programming, or mechanical, architectural, or civil design.

Computer Applications Specialist

To develop basic skills in computer literacy and operations of the microcomputer. The program of study is designed to train and equip students with the essential skills needed in an automated working environment.

Criminal Justice Advanced

This certificate program is designed for those who want to pursue the study of subjects related to the criminal justice system and to prepare students for entry-level positions and career advancement opportunities in the Administration of Justice field. Completion of the Criminal Justice Foundations Career Studies Certificate is a prerequisite for obtaining this certificate.

Criminal Justice (Associate of Applied Science)

Criminal Justice encompasses the career fields of law enforcement, corrections, and private security. This two-year program is designed to meet both the academic and technical needs of those employed in the field, providing knowledge and skills for the beginning employee as well as the more experienced employee desiring career advancement.

Criminal Justice (Associate of Science)

The Criminal Justice Major in the AS in Science Degree is designed for persons who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a baccalaureate degree in criminal justice. By completing this major, students should be able to complete the lower-division requirements for a baccalaureate degree in criminal justice.

Criminal Justice Foundations

This certificate program is designed for those who want to pursue the study of subjects related to the criminal justice system and to prepare students for entry-level positions in the Administration of Justice field. The courses are foundational courses required in the Associate of Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice.

Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

Culinary Arts

To provide a foundation in food production and the culinary arts field. This program gives students technical education in culinary arts and food service management, preparing them to be competent and confident professionals ready to enter and be successful in the industry.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

The Diagnostic Medical Sonography with a Specialization in Echocardiography Program is designed to prepare competent entry-level adult cardiac sonographers in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains. Students receive didactic and laboratory instruction as well as clinical site experiences through rotations at participating hospital and medical affiliates.

Diesel Mechanics Technology (Career Studies Certificate)

The Diesel Mechanics Technology curriculum introduces the fundamentals of diesel equipment repair and provides instruction in hydraulic systems, welding, diesel engine overhaul and tune-up, electrical circuits, power train maintenance, and fuel injection. The Career Studies Certificate is designed to investigate career possibilities and upgrade occupational skills, and is an articulated pathway to the General Engineering Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree.

Diesel Mechanics Technology (Certificate)

The Diesel Mechanics Technology curriculum introduces the fundamentals of diesel equipment repair and provides instruction in hydraulic systems, welding, diesel engine overhaul and tune-up, electrical circuits, power train maintenance, and fuel injection. The curriculum provides practical training and the option of on-the-job experience through cooperative education.

Elec & Elec Engin-Related Tech, Oth

Electrical and Instrumentation Technician

This Career Studies Certificate curriculum builds on foundational electrical knowledge taught in the Practical Electrical Technician Career Studies Certificate and covers more advanced applied skills in the electrical and instrumentation field, including advanced electrical skills, automated design processes, introduction to industrial management, and the principles of process control. It is a stackable credential toward the Associate of Applied Science Degree in General Engineering Technology.

Elementary Education (PreK-6)

This major in the Associate in Science Degree is designed for students interested in teacher education, specifically in grades Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 6. Students take the courses required by numerous four-year institutions in Virginia for entrance into colleges of education, attaining requisite coursework for university programs and, in part, for teacher licensure in Virginia for elementary and middle school levels.

Emergency Medical Technician

To produce competent entry-level Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) who can serve the community with basic life support care via the Virginia Emergency Medical Services (EMS) infrastructure. Upon completion, students are eligible for National Registry testing resulting in National Registry certification as well as certification in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Offered as dual enrollment only.

Game Design and Development

This certificate is designed to prepare individuals with entry-level skills to enter the field (or fields) of game design, web design, and animation.

General Engineering Technology

The General Engineering Technology program is designed to prepare individuals to meet the growing needs of high-technology industries for trained technicians. Courses are designed to develop competent engineering technicians who will have the academic and technical preparation to enter demanding workforce positions, pursue additional on-the-job training, or enroll in an advanced program of study in engineering technology.

General Studies

The Uniform Certificate of General Studies (UCGS) is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year public college or university in Virginia. When completed, the UCGS will satisfy lower-division general education requirements at all four-year public colleges and universities in Virginia. It is a 31 to 32-credit-hour program in which all courses are transferable.

Health Sciences

This two-year degree prepares students to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a Bachelor of Science Degree in a health sciences program. This degree is designed for health careers like nursing, dental hygiene, exercise science, or radiation science. It is not intended for students who are interested in attending medical or dental school.

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

To train students for entry-level positions requiring skills in installing, troubleshooting, and repairing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, primarily in residential applications. Graduates are prepared to work as HVAC installation and maintenance technicians.

Industrial Production Technology

Industrial Technology

Information Systems Techno

Introduction to Engineering Technology

The Career Studies Certificate in Introduction to Engineering offers an articulated pathway to the General Engineering Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree. It introduces basic engineering skills, including engineering design principles, problem-solving, drafting, mechanics, and A.C. and D.C. circuit fundamentals.

Law Enforcement

The certificate in law enforcement is designed for practitioners in law enforcement and associated fields who wish to concentrate on courses which relate directly to their career needs. The program is designed to improve the job-related skills of persons engaged in law enforcement.

Liberal Arts

The Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts program is designed for persons who plan to transfer to a four-year college or complete a baccalaureate degree in Humanities or Arts majors. By selecting appropriate electives, students should be able to complete the lower-division requirements for a variety of baccalaureate majors including arts, history, philosophy, or English.

Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies and Hum

Management

Mechan Engin-Related Tech/Tech, Oth

Mental Health Services, Other

Nurse Aide

To prepare persons for full-time employment as nursing assistants. This short-term program is intended to give graduates full proficiency in the skills required to assist with nursing care in nursing homes, hospitals, and supervised home care situations. Offered as dual enrollment only.

Nursing

The associate of applied science degree in nursing (ADN) is designed to prepare students as beginning practitioners in the art and science of nursing and to deliver direct client care in a variety of healthcare facilities and settings. Graduates integrate nursing skills, including appropriate ethical values and legal principles, with health teaching to provide safe and effective total client care.

Paramedic

The Paramedic Career Studies Certificate is designed to prepare students as beginning practitioners for autonomous decision-making around the emergency care of patients. Upon completion of the Paramedic CSC, the student is eligible for National Registry testing for Paramedic.

Pharmacy Technician

Phlebotomy

To prepare students to work as entry-level phlebotomists. Program graduates are eligible to sit for the national phlebotomy certification exam through the American Society for Clinical Pathology or other credentialing agencies. The certificate may serve as a springboard into other healthcare programs.

Practical Electrical Technician

This career studies certificate leads to entry-level employment in the electrical industry. The curriculum provides foundational knowledge in basic electrical concepts, safety, wiring, controls, and the National Electrical Code. The courses are also foundational courses in the associate degree in General Engineering Technology.

Practical Nursing

The purpose of the Practical Nursing Certificate (PN) curriculum is to prepare students to provide safe and effective nursing care for clients with common health problems as defined by the role of the practical nurse, and to collaborate effectively with all members of the healthcare team. Upon successful completion, the graduate is eligible to apply to take the NCLEX-PN examination leading to licensure as a practical nurse.

Pre-Diagnostic Medical Sonography: Echocardiography

The purpose of this Career Studies Certificate is to prepare students for competitive admission to the Associate of Applied Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Specialization in Echocardiography, with all or a majority of general education courses completed. All courses in the first semester of this CSC earn curricular credits needed for ranking of applicants.

Pre-Medical Laboratory Technology

The purpose of this Career Studies Certificate in Health Sciences with a Pre-Medical Laboratory Technology specialization is to prepare students for a competitive application to the Associate of Applied Science degree in Medical Laboratory Technology in association with Reynolds Community College. A second purpose is to provide an occupational credential as a phlebotomist for employment while pursuing advanced education.

Pre-Nursing

The purpose of the Pre-Nursing Career Studies Certificate (CSC) is to prepare students for competitive admission to the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program or the Practical Nursing (PN) Certificate program, with the general education courses completed. All courses in the first semester of this CSC earn curricular credits needed for the ranking of applicants.

Pre-Practical Nursing

The purpose of the Pre-Practical Nursing Career Studies Certificate is to provide an articulated pathway into the Practical Nursing Program for high school students dual-enrolled in courses in the CSC, as well as for matriculating college students who desire competitive entry into the Practical Nursing Program.

Psychology

The Psychology Major in the AS in Science Degree is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year college and major in psychology. By selecting appropriate electives, students should be able to complete the lower-division requirements for a baccalaureate psychology degree.

Science

The Associate of Science in Science Degree program is designed for persons who plan to transfer to a four-year college or complete a baccalaureate degree. By selecting appropriate electives, students should be able to complete the lower-division requirements for a variety of baccalaureate majors including science, education, math, social sciences, and healthcare degrees.

Social Work

The Social Work Major in the AS in Science Degree is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year college and major in social work. By selecting appropriate electives, students should be able to complete the lower-division requirements for a baccalaureate social work degree.

STEM

The STEM major in the Associate of Science in Science degree is designed for persons who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a baccalaureate degree and major in biology, chemistry, physics or environmental science, or to prepare for health fields that require education beyond the baccalaureate, such as medicine, dentistry, occupational therapy, pharmacy, and physical therapy.

STEM at Work

To increase the knowledge, skills, and marketability of students who seek to pursue immediate work in fields requiring a foundation of science, engineering technology, or mathematics knowledge, as well as preparation for STEM-H (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics or Health) careers.

Uniform Certificate of General Studies

Web Design

To develop the skills necessary to create web pages and websites that meet the challenges of promoting and advertising businesses and services in the 21st Century.