Sullivan County Community College

Accounting Studies

This one-year certificate program provides the student with the background for employment in an accounting office in an entry level position. Job titles might include: accounts receivable clerk, accounts payable clerk, payroll clerk, or tax clerk. In addition, the program is designed to allow the student to move directly into a two-year program in Accounting or Business Administration without a major loss of credit. Computers are used as an integral part of this program.

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counseling

The Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counseling AAS program is designed to introduce students to a career working with individuals struggling with addiction, while also offering them the opportunity to pursue their New York State Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor. (CASAC) certification. SUNY Sullivan is an approved training provider of the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Support (OASAS).

Basic Bookkeeping

Earners of this badge will have acquired skills to perform fundamental bookkeeping practices with respect to the general knowledge and skills necessary to manage bookkeeping entries. Earners have completed coursework in accounting, basic payroll functions, and understanding the various types of computer applications that apply to business.

Business: Accounting

The Accounting AAS degree program integrates a thorough knowledge of accounting theory and concepts with hands- on training in computerized accounting. It is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions in private, public, and governmental accounting. Students learn how to use popular, commercial software packages. The Business faculty at SUNY Sullivan has worked closely with members of the College’s Business Advisory Board to design courses that relate to jobs in the business world.

Business Administration (A.A.S.S.)

The Business Administration AAS provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to make decisions and solve problems in today's business organization. Students learn how to use popular, commercial software packages. The faculty at Sullivan are business professionals, many holding MBA degrees.

Business Administration (A.S.S.)

The AS Business Administration program provides a two-year program that transfers with a minimal loss of credit. Students learn how to use popular, commercial software packages. The faculty are business professionals, many holding MBA degrees.

Business Administration: Marketing

This Associate in Applied Science degree program offers a group of related business courses which give the student a broad background in and a clear understanding of marketing and its function in business and society. This program shares a number of courses in common with other business programs. Graduates who complete this course of study should find employment in a wide variety of marketing occupations. SUNY Sullivan faculty are business professionals, many holding MBA degrees.

Childhood Education

The Childhood Education program at SUNY Sullivan prepares future educators to understand teaching as a profession requiring continuous inquiry and self-reflection in order to respond constructively to the educational and related needs of their students.

CIS: Computer Support

An A.A.S Degree in Information Technology (IT) Support prepares students for employment in the information systems and information technology fields. This program, aligned with CompTIA standards, goes beyond the basics. It covers IT fundamentals, Networking, Hardware and Software, Linux, and Cybersecurity. Additionally, it delves into programming, databases, and system analysis. Certificate Highlights: 1. IT Fundamentals: • Gain a solid foundation in IT concepts and terminology.

Computer Graphics

With strong demand in both online and traditional publishing, the ability to design and produce attractive and effective digital and print graphic materials provides an exciting and rewarding career. Designers able to work with multiple media formats will find a wealth of opportunity. SUNY Sullivan has a tradition of graduating professionals who understand that good design and technical expertise combine to produce powerful results.

Computer Programming

The Computer Programming program provides students the opportunity to develop programming skills in a variety of languages including C++, Java, Python and more. This program is designed for both beginners and those looking to advance their skills. Key Highlights: 1. Programming Fundamentals: • Master Python's versatility. • Navigate the efficiency of C++. • Embrace Java's object-oriented concepts. 2. Modern Web Design: • Build a solid foundation in HTML.

Computer Support

A Certificate in Information Technology (IT) Support combines general education coursework with fundamental knowledge and skills in IT installation, maintenance, and problem-solving. Whether you're an aspiring IT professional or looking to enhance your skills, this program covers a range of important domains, including IT fundamentals, Networking, Hardware and Software, Linux, and Cybersecurity – all aligned with CompTIA standards. Certificate Highlights: 1.

Construction Technology

Skilled carpenters are in high demand! Master the skills and knowledge required to find immediate employment or advancement in the residential construction industry. This two-year Associates in Occupational Studies (AOS) degree is specifically designed to meet growing state-wide needs for a skilled labor force in construction.

Criminal Justice

This two-year curriculum prepares students for careers in the criminal justice field. The combination of a strong academic core with specialized career courses offers the graduate the choice of continuing at an institution of higher learning or seeking direct employment in a criminal justice profession.

Culinary Arts

Gain the skills to excel as a professional in the food industry, including world cuisine, baking, restaurant service, wine & beverages, and more. The Associate in Occupational Science degree in Culinary Arts prepares the student for entry-level work in the culinary field. Courses focus on the theory, practice and hands-on work of culinary arts. Students work with industry professionals in several kitchens, bakeries and the Grossinger Dining Room.

Culinary & Baking Basics

Earners of this badge will be prepared to obtain a role in the culinary and baking industry with foundational skills such as safe handling and preparation of food, kitchen safety, kitchen equipment functionality, and product identification.

Direct Support Practice

The Direct Support Practice Certificate program prepares students to join the community of care that supports and promotes all the aspects of a productive, meaningful, and fulfilling life for people with disabilities. Students gain an understanding of care through an inclusive model that safeguards and enriches the health and well- being of individuals with complex needs.

Direct Support Professional I

Direct Support Professional II

Direct Support Professional III

Drone Operator

Students will learn the basic principles of flying UASs (drones) and how to maintain and fly different flight systems. They will also learn basic troubleshooting techniques for ground control stations and UAS maintenance. Students will also practice a hands-on approach to the use of exposure, composition, and editing, to make videos and photographs to be marketable for a variety of industries.

Event Planning

Earners of this badge are prepared to successfully plan and operate a meeting or event with skills ranging in client relations, operations, cost control and budgeting, and leading a team.

Food Service

Food Service is a one-year certificate program designed to provide students with the basic knowledge needed to work in volume-feeding establishments. Each student will spend time learning the skills of food preparation, equipment use, presentation, and service for volume-feeding operations. Students enrolled in this program will also explore the background knowledge and techniques required for daily cash controls, safety and sanitation, employee job duties, and record keeping.

Green Building Technology

The associate in applied science degree in Green Building Technology provides students with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively manage buildings that incorporate sustainable building principles and technologies.

Health Occupations

This program prepares students for careers in medical fields such as nursing, while also providing hands-on phlebotomy training. Graduates will gain practical skills that enhance their nursing education and qualify them for immediate employment as phlebotomists upon earning the certificate.

Hospitality & Tourism Management

Human Services

Human Services is a transfer-oriented Associate of Science degree program for students interested in pursuing social work or other counseling fields. The program provides the first two years of a four-year curriculum in social work and other counseling professions. The course requirements for this program are very general to accommodate the varying requirements of upper division courses required by colleges and universities that grant degrees in this field.

Liberal Arts & Sciences (A.A.)

The Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum is a university parallel Associate of Arts degree program preparing students for transfer to a four-year program. Required and elective courses are both transferable. Small classes, attention and concern for individual students, and a suggested sequence of courses are intended to help students acquire fundamental skills of studying, reasoning, and expression.

Liberal Arts & Sciences (A.S.S.)

The Associate in Science degree program is a two-year program suited for those who plan to transfer to a four-year school with a major in science, mathematics or another STEM-related field. The course requirements are flexible to accommodate the broad interest of our students. To ensure a seamless transfer, however, students are strongly encouraged to choose a concentration of study.

Liberal Arts & Sciences: Biology

The Liberal Arts and Sciences: Biology A.S. degree program is a two-year university-parallel program recommended for those who plan to transfer to a four-year school with a major in biology or a biology-related field. Students with degrees in biology may pursue careers in research, education, medicine, and more. The student entering this program should be well-grounded in mathematics and sciences at the high school level.

Liberal Arts & Sciences: English

The English curriculum is a university parallel Associate of Arts degree program preparing students for transfer, in accordance with the SUNY Transfer Path for English majors. SUNY Sullivan offers small classes, attention and concern for individual students, and the suggested sequence of courses are intended to help students acquire fundamental skills of studying, reasoning, and expression. English majors learn more than just how to interpret works of art.

Liberal Arts & Sciences: Environmental Sciences

This program is designed for students who have an active interest in the environment. The goal of this program is to give students a strong background in science, and also to engage them in the historical, political and societal aspects of environmental issues.

Liberal Arts & Sciences: Health Sciences

The Liberal Arts and Sciences: Health Sciences concentration program is a university-parallel two-year track designed to allow students to transfer to a health-related program at a four- year school. This program concentration will provide students who wish to enroll in a BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) program with a solid foundation in the health sciences including required mathematics, science, and liberal arts courses.

Liberal Arts & Sciences: History

The History curriculum is a university parallel Associate of Arts degree program preparing students for transfer, in accordance with the SUNY Transfer Path for History majors. SUNY Sullivan offers small classes, attention and concern for individual students, and a suggested sequence of courses are intended to help students acquire fundamental skills of studying, reasoning, and expression. History majors learn more than just how to interpret historical facts and events.

Liberal Arts & Sciences: Science

This concentration is intended to provide students with a solid background in sciences. The Liberal Arts and Sciences: Science AS concentration is a two-year university-parallel program recommended for those who plan to transfer to a four-year school with a major in science or a science-oriented field. Students with degrees in science may pursue careers in research, education and chemistry.

Medical Assistant

The Medical Assistant Certificate program at SUNY Sullivan prepares individuals for work in doctors’ offices, medical centers, clinics and other health care facilities. Students will learn how to perform routine administrative, clinical, and laboratory tasks which allow these facilities to run efficiently. Students will study medical office administration and procedures as well as acquire the more specialized medical knowledge and skills needed to assist with many facets of patient care.

Medical Assistant

The Medical Assistant AAS degree at SUNY Sullivan prepares individuals for work in doctors’ offices, medical centers, clinics and other health care facilities. Students will learn how to perform routine administrative and clinical tasks which allow these facilities to run efficiently.

Nursing

SUNY Sullivan offers a rigorous pre-licensure Nursing program to students in preparation for the NCLEX- RN and entrance into the workforce as a registered professional nurse. Completion of this program leads to the Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S) degree.

Phlebotomy

Earners of this badge have learned the basic concepts of Phlebotomy. Students acquire a comprehensive knowledge of Phlebotomy's theory, principles, and practice, including selection and use of instrumentation, asepsis, safety issues, laboratory information, legal issues, diagnostic tests, proper labeling, and transport of specimens. Students recognize the sites and medical conditions where venipuncture is contraindicated and demonstrate the skill to perform capillary and venipuncture draws.

Physical Education Studies

The Physical Education AS degree program at SUNY Sullivan serves primarily as a transfer- degree path to 4-year baccalaureate institutions for students wishing to become primary or secondary school Physical Education Teachers. The curriculum closely parallels the first two years of study of comparable Physical Education programs at SUNY Cortland and SUNY Brockport in order to facilitate transfer.

Professional Chef

This two-year Associate in Applied Science degree program is designed to prepare students to be chefs in hotels, restaurants, and catering facilities. It includes a selection of Liberal Arts courses designed to facilitate transfer to a four-year institution. Courses focus on the theory, practice and hands-on work of the culinary arts field. Students will work with industry professionals in several kitchens, bakeries and the Grossinger Dining Room.

Psychology

The Psychology program is designed to empower and affirm students through broad based training in the foundations of psychology. The program emphasizes the need to understand human behavior through critical thinking and scientific endeavors as well as the importance of practice that is informed by science.

Recreation Leadership: Sports Management

This two year program leading to the Associate in Applied Science degree prepares students for careers in a number of widely diverse fields related to the growing sport industry market. This program is designed to appeal to those students who wish to combine a practical business background with an interest in the sports world. Course work and leadership experience in Sport Management are emphasized in the program.

Respiratory Care

The Respiratory Care Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree at SUNY Sullivan is obtained through a rigorous 2-year curriculum. The program is currently accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) (coarc.com) with a provisional accreditation.

Restaurant Management

The earner is prepared with the fundamentals to operate and manage a restaurant, applicable to both front-of-house and back-of-house outlets. Earners of this badge are able to manage food and beverage purchasing and receiving, control labor and payroll, calculate food costs, maintain budgets, and support human resource function with exposure to basic principles and decision making.

Tax Preparer

Earners of this badge will be equipped with the fundamental skills to prepare tax returns for individuals and businesses. In addition, earners are well-rounded in accounting practices and various computer applications for basic tax and bookkeeping practices.

Tourism

The Catskill Hospitality Institute offers training for careers working in hotels, resorts, conference centers and more! The one-year certificate in Tourism is an option for those students who want to get right into the world of work, or who want to learn and earn at the same time. Students who have completed degrees elsewhere and who wish to make a change in career plans may also benefit from this one-year program.