The career technical education short term certificate award is designed to equip students with a focused set of skills for an entry level position in business or industry. The outline below provides the general guidelines from Board Policy and is used by the college to design specific career technical education short term certificate programs. A student pursuing any of the short term certificate programs must follow the specific requirements for the program as outlined in the catalog.
Area I: Written Composition |
0-3 Credit Hours |
Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts |
0 Credit Hours |
Area III: Natural Science and Mathematics |
0-3 Credit Hours |
Area IV: History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences |
0 Credit Hours |
Area I-IV: General Education Requirements |
0-6* Credit Hours |
Area V: Technical Core, Technical Concentration, and Electives |
9-29 Credit Hours |
Total Hours Required |
9-29 Credit Hours |
*Certificates with 6 hours of general education credits, must have a minimum of 15 total credit hours. |