Seattle Central College

Advanced Facebook Digital Marketing

The Advanced Facebook Digital Marketing Certificate is a 25-credit (5 course) digital marketing certificate that includes the three base Facebook digital marketing certificate courses. Students receive a Facebook branded certificate upon completion.

Allied Health

The Associate in Applied Science - Transfer degree in Allied Health helps students advance their education and career training in the healthcare field. Students develop a rounded education in the health sciences while learning to deliver healthcare as part of a team and improving communication and patient advocacy skills. Completing the program prepares graduates for quick entry into a variety of high-demand healthcare careers or to transfer into an applied bachelor's degree program.

Allied Health: Community Health and Education

The Community Health and Education program prepares students for healthcare and advocacy careers in a variety of settings, including hospitals, clinics, colleges and non-profits. Students learn to evaluate local healthcare needs, assess the factors that impact healthcare delivery, and design programs to improve community health. Completing the program prepares graduates for quick entry into a high-demand career field or to pursue graduate healthcare and education degrees.

Allied Health: Dental Hygiene

The Dental Hygiene program prepares students for a rewarding, high-demand career as a dental hygienist. Students develop the applied knowledge and technical expertise needed to excel in the healthcare industry and gain hands-on experience with professional equipment caring for patients in the Dental Hygiene Clinic under instructor supervision. Completing the program qualifies graduates for Washington state Registered Dental Hygienist licensure examinations.

Allied Health: Healthcare Service Management

The Healthcare Services Management program prepares students for critical roles in planning, coordinating and supervising healthcare delivery in a variety of professional settings. Students learn to evaluate the factors that shape healthcare systems, manage a health services workplace efficiently, and analyze relevant laws and regulations to ensure compliance.

Allied Health: Respiratory Care

Seattle Central College's Respiratory Care track is a full-time, face-to-face, rigorous bachelor's degree program that combines classroom training with practical, hands-on experience. It prepares students to become a member of a dedicated healthcare team that treats patients with cardiopulmonary disorders and meets the educational requirements for the national certification exams administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care.

Apparel Design & Development

The Apparel Design & Development program prepares students for a rewarding, high-demand career in the world of clothing design and manufacturing. Students learn to create the next generation of cutting-edge fashion using industry-standard equipment and design philosophies drawn from real-world talent, and develop a strong portfolio. The program prepares graduates to work as part of a design team or on a freelance basis.

Applied Behavioral Science

Seattle Central College offers a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Applied Behavioral Science designed to provide students with the education needed to become a leader in the human services field. It provides a pathway to a four-year degree and career advancement for students with associate degrees in Social and Human Services, Early Childhood and Family Studies, Chemical Dependency, and other related programs.

Associate in Applied Science

Associate in Arts

This 90-credit transfer degree fulfills the general education requirements for most four-year degrees in arts, humanities and social sciences. Students must achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better in courses numbered 100 and above and complete at least 15 credits at the Seattle College awarding the degree. Students may pursue special emphasis areas such as Equity and Social Justice, Global Health, Global Studies, or Technical Theatre for Social Justice within the degree.

Associate in Science

The Associate in Science - Transfer (AS-T) is designed to transfer to a four-year college or university in the state of Washington and requires satisfactory completion of at least 90 approved credits with a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Two study options are offered: Track 1 covering biological sciences, environmental/resource sciences, chemistry, geology and earth sciences, and Track 2 covering engineering, computer science, physics and atmospheric science.

Associate in Science-Transfer to Biological, Environ/Resource, Chemistry, Geology and Earth Sciences

Associate in Science-Transfer to Engineering, Physics, and Atmospheric Sciences

Associate of Applied Science

Bachelor of Applied Science

Business

The Associate in Business - Direct Transfer Agreement is a transfer degree for students planning to transfer to a four-year college or university and major in Accounting, Business Administration, Marketing, or a related major. Students take specific coursework in Economics, Accounting, Business Law, Statistics, and Mathematics, and develop skills in business plan development, feasibility analysis, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership, and career exploration.

Business Technology Management

A 45-credit one-year certificate providing business, management and applied IT fundamentals essential to business technology management. This certificate is the entry pathway to the BTM AAS and AAS-T degree options and includes an internship requirement.

Business Technology Management (AAS)

The BTM Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree is a two-year degree providing in-depth knowledge for organizing, managing, and automating information using current business, applied IT, and communications skills. The degree builds on the Business Technology Management 4-Quarter Certificate.

Business Technology Management (AAS-T)

Business Technology Management is an interdisciplinary program that combines business, applied IT, management, and communication skills to manage and automate information flows within and across organizations. Program foundations include business cloud computing, data analytics, digital marketing, entrepreneurship, customer relationship management and supervision.

Care Navigation and Coordination

This short-term certificate covers an introduction to care navigation and care navigation systems of care. It prepares students for entry-level roles helping patients navigate healthcare and social service systems.

Certificate - Health Information Technology (HIT)

Certificate - Linux

Certificate of Achievement

Chemical Dependency Specialist

This certificate provides coursework that meets current minimum state requirements for registration as Chemical Dependency Counselors with the Washington State Department of Health. Certification as a Chemical Dependency Professional with Washington State also requires an associate degree or its academic equivalent in any area and 2,500 clock hours of supervised clinical work.

Cloud Specialist

This short-term certificate covers big data and collaboration management, DevOps and enterprise administration for the cloud (SRE), and a DevOps practicum in BAS IT Networking. It prepares students for cloud infrastructure and operations roles.

Computer Science

Computer science is a dynamic field that allows students to combine creativity in communication, mathematics, and logic. This pathway provides students with the information needed to optimize their coursework to meet the direct transfer agreement and prepare for computer science and related majors at universities and colleges in Washington.

Culinary Arts

The Culinary Arts program gives students a strong and well-rounded foundation of culinary skills, with emphasis on classic and modern cooking techniques and a unique focus on sustainable food sourcing practices. Students learn to prepare appetizers, sauces, breads, entrees and more, and gain real-world experience planning menus and arranging meals in student-run restaurants. Completing the program prepares graduates for careers as professional chefs, restaurateurs, event planners and more.

Culinary Arts: Specialty Desserts & Breads

The Specialty Desserts & Breads program features comprehensive hands-on and step-by-step training to prepare students to be professional bakers or pastry chefs. Students learn to create rustic artisan breads and doughs, plated desserts, decorative cakes and pastries, and learn chocolate work and cake decorating. The certificate is accredited by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation's Accrediting Commission and received exemplary status.

Culinary Arts: Specialty Desserts & Breads

The Specialty Breads & Desserts program trains students in both the art and science of baking and other food preparation methods. Students learn to create artisanal breads, pastries, confections and chocolates, and explore a variety of preservation and fermentation techniques to develop cheeses and more. Completing the program prepares graduates for careers in restaurants, bakeries, catering and beyond.

Dental Assistant

The Dental Assistant certificate provides instruction in chairside assisting procedures, dental radiology and imaging, dental materials and techniques, dental coronal anatomy, dental practice management, and dental assisting law and ethics. The program culminates in experiential dental assisting.

Design

Graduates of the Graphic Design program get to work when they leave, with a curriculum concentrated on skills for immediate entry into the job market. Instructors with industry experience lead students in consecutive integrated tracks of print design and interaction design, including Web UI/UX, Mobile Apps, and Motion. Design theory and practice, along with production using current computer software, prepare students for a graphic design career in print and interactive media.

Education

The Education Associate in Applied Science - Transfer degree combines general education coursework with education electives such as Curriculum Development, Child Development, Guiding Behavior, and Introduction to Education with Field Experience. It prepares students for further study in education and serves as the entry pathway into the Teacher Education Bachelor of Applied Science degree.

Entrepreneurship

A 20-credit certificate for students who are interested in applying the ideas and skills of successful entrepreneurs to a variety of organization structures, including starting a new business, working at a start-up, or implementing new initiatives as an intrapreneur in an existing organization. These business modeling, marketing, and finance entrepreneurial skills course credits may be applied to the BTM AAS or AAS-T degrees.

Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary

Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary (EFDA) practitioners are used primarily in Community Health Clinics to increase the delivery of restorations, allowing dentists to increase their productivity in delivering these services to the community. The certificate trains registered dental hygiene practitioners in Washington state who are licensed to perform restorative duties but are underutilized in this capacity.

Facebook Digital Marketing

A 15-credit (3 course) digital marketing certificate that includes a Facebook branded certificate upon completion. The certificate is for students interested in digital marketing careers and small business owners, covering digital marketing foundations and strategy, social media marketing, and marketing analytics.

Housing & Social Services Provider I

This short-term certificate introduces students to human services, chemical dependency, and academic and college success skills for entry-level housing and social services work. Credits can be applied toward an AAS-T in Social and Human Services.

Housing & Social Services Provider II

This short-term certificate covers social welfare policy, principles of interviewing and counseling, and diversity in human services practice. Credits can be applied toward an AAS-T in Social and Human Services.

Housing & Social Services Provider III

This short-term certificate covers group dynamics and counseling, suicide risk assessment, and drug addiction and society. Credits can be applied toward an AAS-T in Social and Human Services.

Housing & Social Services Provider IV

This short-term certificate covers writing in the human services, foundations of gerontology, and ethics in human services and chemical dependency. Credits can be applied toward an AAS-T in Social and Human Services.

Information Technology: Application Development

This certificate builds application development skills through coursework in software development and version control, programming and web page concepts, database development, JavaScript, and object oriented programming with Java, combined with business technology management foundations and a work experience component.

Information Technology: CISCO Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

This short-term certificate covers a three-course sequence in Software Defined Networking. It prepares students for advanced professional-level Cisco networking roles.

Information Technology: CISCO Specialist I

This certificate covers customer relations, the Linux operating system, and the CISCO 1 and CISCO 2 course sequence. Prerequisites include English Composition, Network Essentials, Intro to Hardware CompTIA A+, and Algebra I.

Information Technology: CISCO Specialist II

This short-term certificate covers introduction to security for computing, UNIX for network administration, and network management (CISCO III), plus independent study. Entry requires completion of the CISCO Specialist I Short Term Certificate with 2.0 or better or related CompTIA certification and prior work experience.

Information Technology: Computer Network Support

This certificate combines business technology management foundations with network essentials, hardware (CompTIA A+), operating systems, computer user support, and project management. It prepares students for entry-level computer network and desktop support roles.

Information Technology: Data Analytics and Database

This certificate covers information technology fundamentals, programming fundamentals, web programming with Python, database development, intro to data analytics, web authoring, SQL, designing database solutions, and a capstone project. Students must maintain a 2.0 grade or higher in all coursework.

Information Technology: Healthcare Information Technology

The certificate in Health Information Technology prepares students for a career as an IT professional in a medical center or hospital setting. Students learn foundational IT skills, gain exposure to the industry standard electronic health record system, and build essential communication and customer service skills, opening career options from Health IT engineer to trainer and manager.

Information Technology: Linux

This short-term certificate covers Linux and enterprise scripting technologies, Linux applications, and monitoring and trending of enterprise networks. It prepares students for Linux system administration roles.

Information Technology: Network Design and Administration

This certificate covers network essentials, Windows Server network operating systems, network infrastructure, TCP/IP, hardware, Linux, UNIX for network administration, the CISCO 1-3 sequence, security for computing, and enterprise applications, plus a computer information systems work experience. Prerequisites do not count toward credits required for this certificate.

Information Technology: Network Design and Administration

This Associate in Applied Science - Transfer degree builds network design and administration skills through coursework in network essentials, Windows Server and network operating systems, TCP/IP, hardware, Linux, UNIX, the CISCO 1-3 sequence, security for computing, and enterprise applications, along with related instruction in communications, humanities, statistics and social science. It provides a pathway into Seattle Central's IT Networking BAS degree.

Information Technology: Network Design and Administration – CISCO

This certificate focuses on the CISCO 1-3 sequence combined with Windows Server network operating systems, network infrastructure, TCP/IP and the Linux operating system. Prerequisites include technical writing, IT fundamentals, network essentials, hardware and mathematics behind information technology.

Information Technology: Networking

This Bachelor of Applied Science degree builds on an Associate in Applied Science-Transfer degree in Networking and covers Linux and enterprise scripting, software defined networking, identity and content security, network security for the enterprise, big data and collaboration management, DevOps and cloud administration, and a capstone internship project.

Information Technology: Programming and IT Support

This Associate in Applied Science - Transfer degree offers four options: Computer Network Support, Software Development and Testing, Application Development, and Healthcare Information Technology, each built on business technology management and IT foundations. This program provides a pathway into Seattle Central's IT Networking BAS Degree.

Information Technology: Software Development

This certificate covers information technology fundamentals, programming fundamentals, software development and version control, database development, JavaScript, web authoring, object oriented programming with Java, data structures and algorithms, Android application development, a capstone project, and software development career strategies.

Information Technology: Software Development

This Associate in Applied Science - Transfer degree covers programming fundamentals, software development and version control, database development, JavaScript, web authoring, object oriented programming with Java, data structures and algorithms, Android application development, and a capstone project, with related instruction in English, statistics and general education. Students must maintain a 2.0 grade or higher in all coursework.

Information Technology: Software Development and Testing

This certificate combines business technology management foundations and project management with software development and version control, programming and web page concepts, JavaScript, and object oriented programming with Java. It is one of the option certificates within the Programming and IT Support AAS-T degree.

Information Technology: Web Design

This certificate covers information technology fundamentals, database development, JavaScript, web authoring, typography and graphics for the web, writing for the web, user interface and experience design for the web, usability research methods, web app programming, content management systems with WordPress, and an advanced web design project.

Information Technology: Web Design

This Associate in Applied Science - Transfer degree covers database development, JavaScript, web authoring, typography and graphics for the web, writing for the web, user interface and experience design, usability research methods, web app programming, content management systems with WordPress, and an advanced web design project. Students must maintain a 2.0 grade or higher in all coursework.

Information Technology: Web Development

This certificate covers information technology fundamentals, programming fundamentals, web programming with Python, software development and version control, database development, JavaScript, web authoring, usability research methods for the web, and web application programming. Prerequisites include eligibility for ENGL&101 and college math.

Information Technology: Web Development

This Associate in Applied Science - Transfer degree covers programming fundamentals, web programming with Python, software development and version control, database development, JavaScript, web authoring, usability research methods for the web, and web application programming, with related instruction in English, statistics and general education. Students must maintain a 2.0 grade or higher in all coursework.

Information Technology: XR Development

This Associate in Applied Science - Transfer degree covers software development and versioning, immersive media, inclusive project development, realtime interactive programming, content management systems, virtual reality development, and augmented reality development. Electives include digital and graphic art, computer programming, data structures and algorithms, Android application development, and web app programming.

Leadership in Healthcare

This short-term certificate covers leadership and team building in organizations along with human resources in the healthcare context. It prepares healthcare workers for supervisory and team leadership roles.

Maritime: Marine Deck Technology

The Marine Deck Technology program is a US Coast Guard-approved program that combines practical experience and courses in nautical science, computation, communications and human relations, with emphasis on the theory, design, operation and maintenance of deck equipment and applied navigation skills. Students gain shipboard experience aboard the college's training vessels, followed by a 90-day at-sea internship on a commercial vessel.

Maritime: Marine Engineering Technology

The Marine Engineering Technology program is a US Coast Guard-approved program that combines practical experience and courses in engineering, computation, communications and human relations, with emphasis on the theory, design, operation and maintenance of marine propulsion plants and equipment. Students gain shipboard experience aboard the college's training vessels, followed by a 90-day at-sea internship on a commercial vessel.

Medical Assisting

Medical Assistants are allied health professionals who perform a wide range of roles in physicians' offices, clinics and other health care settings. The Medical Assistant Certificate of Completion program teaches the business and clinical skills needed to become a Medical Assistant and provides the mechanism for graduates to take the National Board Examination to become a nationally Certified Medical Assistant.

Medical Assisting Apprenticeship

This apprenticeship certificate combines classroom instruction with on-the-job training in medical assisting, covering administrative and clinical medical assisting, billing and coding, laboratory procedures, and pharmacology. It awards a credential to apprentices working in physician offices and clinics.

Nursing

The Associate in Nursing DTA/MRP degree prepares students for the challenging career of being a registered nurse. The program is approved by the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission and nationally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, and its courses include nursing theory, labs and clinical practice at regional hospitals and facilities.

Nursing: Nursing Assistant Certified

This program provides instruction and hands-on experience in basic nursing care skills including First Aid, CPR, and HIV/AIDS, and supervised clinical training in a long-term care facility. Instruction is also provided in student success and career transition skills. After successful completion, students are eligible to sit for the State of Washington NAC exam for certification as a Nurse Assistant.

Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training (P.A.C.T.)

The Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training program is designed to assist adults in gaining the skills needed to make them successful competitors for entry-level jobs in construction trade apprenticeship programs. Students learn basic carpentry skills and terminology, shop math, and effective and safe operation of power tools, and receive certification in forklift operation, road flagging, OSHA 10 safety, and first aid/CPR.

Small Business Accounting

A short-term certificate covering applied accounting skills through a three-course sequence in Applied Accounting I, II, and III. It prepares students for entry-level accounting support work in small businesses.

Social & Human Services

This Associate in Applied Science - Transfer degree builds a human services core covering interviewing and counseling, group dynamics, crisis intervention, diversity in human services practice, suicide risk assessment, and chemical dependency case management, combined with a supervised field practicum. It prepares graduates for entry-level human services work and for transfer into applied bachelor's programs such as Applied Behavioral Science.

Sterile Processing

After completing this two-quarter program, which includes a 400-hour practicum, students are eligible to sit for the CRCST certification exam. Upon passage, students earn the title of registered Sterile Processing/Central Supply & Instrument Technician, working in hospitals and clinics sterilizing and packaging surgical instruments and maintaining supply inventories.

Surgical Technology

This four-quarter program prepares students to work closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, registered nurses and other surgical personnel delivering health care before, during and after surgery. Instruction covers basic science, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, surgical functions in the operating room, surgical instrumentation and equipment, and aseptic techniques, with the goal of preparing entry-level surgical technologists to enter the profession.

Teacher Education

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Teacher Education program prepares graduates to become culturally responsive elementary school teachers in Washington State, emphasizing relationship-based, student-centered pedagogy. Coursework covers curriculum planning and instruction, teaching with technology, language and culture in education, assessment and evaluation, and includes teacher residency placements.

Visual Media

Visual Media is all about using image, both still and moving, to create messages that connect with people. Students learn the artistic theory, skills, and business behind effective digital storytelling using modern photo and video technologies, earning an Associate in Applied Science degree in Visual Media (formerly Commercial Photography).

Wood Technology: Boat Building and Repair

This Associate in Applied Science degree covers professional woodworking, composite boatbuilding, marine electrical systems, wooden boat joinery and repair, marine mechanical systems, and advanced composites, plus an internship. Related instruction includes applied composition, applied math for technicians, psychology of human relations, and Vectorworks.

Wood Technology: Carpentry

This certificate covers introduction to professional woodworking plus a carpentry sequence in concrete forms and footings, floor systems and job safety; general frame construction, roof framing, staging and working at heights; and finish work, setting windows and doors, and machine safety. Related instruction includes applied composition, applied math for technicians, computer applications for builders, psychology of human relations, and construction and marine industrial first aid.

Wood Technology: Carpentry

The Carpentry program prepares students for employment in residential and light commercial construction trades. Coursework covers professional woodworking, residential remodel and preservation carpentry, blueprint reading, building site systems, foundation and framing systems, roof framing, stair systems, and exterior and interior finishes.