Southwest Mississippi Community College

Academic Programs of Study (University Transfer)

Southwest Mississippi Community College does not offer a major in any academic field of study; a student who wishes to pursue a bachelor's degree in any field must transfer to a senior college or university. A student may meet the requirements for graduation with an Associate of Arts (AA) degree by completing a minimum of sixty-two semester hours which must include the SMCC thirty-six hour basic core.

Automotive Technology

The one-year certificate option of the Automotive Technology program prepares individuals to engage in the servicing and maintenance of all types of automobiles, covering the eight areas of ASE/NATEF certification. Automotive Technology may be taught as either a career certificate program or as a technical program.

Automotive Technology

The Automotive Technology program is an instructional program that prepares individuals to engage in the servicing and maintenance of all types of automobiles. Instruction includes the diagnosis of malfunctions of all eight areas of ASE/NATEF certification (Engine Repair, Electrical and Electronic Systems, Engine Performance, Brakes, Steering and Suspension Systems, Manual Drive Trains and Axles, Automatic Transmissions and Transaxles, Heating and Air Conditioning).

Business and Marketing Management

The Marketing Management program of study prepares the graduate for a career in marketing, professional sales, advertising, management, retail management, entrepreneurship, and human resource management. A combination of class work and practical experience gives students the opportunity to acquire the background and skills necessary to enter the business and community workforce in positions leading to the mid-management level and higher.

Business Technology

The Business Technology program includes a basic core of courses designed to prepare a student for a variety of entry-level positions through the following areas of concentrations: Accounting Technology, Medical Office Technology, and Office Management Technology.

Carpentry (Residential)

Carpentry Technology is an instructional program designed to prepare students for entry level into the carpentry trade. The carpentry program offers learning experiences in blueprint reading, estimating, building, installing, and repairing structural units. A one-year certificate will be awarded to a student who successfully completes the required program of study.

Cosmetology

Cosmetology is an eleven-month program of study designed to prepare the student to care for the hair, complexion, and hands by giving shampoos, rinse, and scalp treatments; styling, setting, cutting, dyeing, tinting, permanent waving, and bleaching hair; giving facials, manicures, and hand and arm massages, with emphasis on hygiene, sanitation, customer relations, and salon management.

Diesel Equipment Technology

The Diesel Equipment Technology Program is an instructional program that provides students with competencies required to maintain and repair a variety of industrial diesel equipment, including agricultural tractors, commercial trucks, and construction equipment. The program includes instruction in inspection, repair, and maintenance of engines, power trains, hydraulic systems, and other components.

Diesel Technology

The Diesel Equipment Technology Program is an articulated two-year certificate or technical program designed to provide advanced skills to its students. A certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the first year. The curriculum is based upon the ASE Certification for Medium/Heavy Truck Technician Training Programs.

Early Childhood Education Technology

The Early Childhood Education Technology program provides preparation for a professional career in Early Childhood Education spanning a variety of career options. This discipline includes classroom instruction, supervised laboratory experiences, and work-based learning experiences. The curriculum is a 2-year discipline that requires a minimum of 60 semester hours of course work, and successful completion results in the student receiving an Associate in Applied Science degree.

Electrical Lineman

The Lineworker Technology curriculum is designed to prepare the student for entry-level employment in the field of utility power transmission and distribution construction, troubleshooting, and repair. The curriculum includes Climbing in Elevated Work Site (Pole Climbing), Overhead Construction, Underground Construction, System Design and Operation, National Electric Safety Code, AC and DC Circuits, and Electric Power.

Electrical Technology

The postsecondary Electrical Technology program prepares individuals to install, operate, maintain, and repair electrically-energized systems such as residential, commercial, and industrial electric-wiring and D.C. and A.C. motors, controls, and electrical-distribution panels. Instruction in the use of test equipment is included. An Associate of Applied Science degree is awarded upon successful completion of the two-year program.

Energy Operations Processes

Graduates from this program will receive an associate of applied science degree and are prepared for internships, apprenticeships, and entry level positions at any operations processing facility. They will have acquired basic technical skills in equipment, instrumentation, and operation of production systems in oil and gas as well as other carbon based processing facilities. Specific emphasis is placed on Offshore Oil & Gas production systems and facilities under 30 CFR 250, and API RP 14-C.

Heating and Air Conditioning

The certificate option in Heating and Air Conditioning prepares individuals to install, maintain, service, and operate small or medium air-conditioning, heating, and refrigeration systems according to the standards of ASHRAE, ACCA, and AHRI.

Heating and Air Conditioning

This is a two-year program designed to prepare the student with employable skills in the craft of heating and air conditioning. Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Technology is a postsecondary instructional program that prepares individuals to work in engineering departments or private firms installing, maintaining, and operating small or medium air-conditioning, heating, and refrigeration systems.

Information Systems Technology-Computer Network Technology

The Computer Networking Technology option offers training in telecommunications, network technologies, administration, maintenance, operating systems and network planning, and implementation. Computer Networking graduates will have opportunities for employment as computer support specialists, network technicians, and network managers or administrators.

Nursing

The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program is designed to provide educational opportunities to qualified students utilizing a curriculum that is designed to prepare graduates who are competent to function as entry level registered nurses. The curriculum includes a balance of general education, current nursing theory, clinical, and laboratory experience.

Practical Nursing

The Practical Nursing program prepares the individual to assist in providing general nursing care requiring basic knowledge of the biological, physical, behavioral, psychological, and sociological sciences, and of nursing procedures that do not require the skills, judgment, and knowledge required of a registered nurse. This care is performed under the direction of a registered nurse, licensed physician, or dentist.

Welding and Cutting

The certificate option in Welding and Cutting prepares students for entry level employment in the field of welding and cutting. A Technical Certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the one-year program.

Welding and Cutting

The Welding and Cutting Technology program prepares students for entry level employment in the field of welding and cutting. The curriculum includes Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC), Carbon Arc Cutting, Oxyfuel Cutting, and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW). One major goal of this program is to prepare graduates to complete NCCER Core Curriculum, NCCER Level 1 and 2, or AWS Sense Level 1.

Well Construction Technology

The Well Construction Technology Program provides classroom and laboratory instruction in the use of rotary drilling and related equipment used in drilling for water, petroleum, and environmental/geo-technical operations. Classroom study covers the rotary rig, power equipment, mechanical maintenance, drilling fluids, hydraulics, and other areas associated with well drilling operations.