Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, service, and maintain all types of automobiles. Includes instruction in brake systems, electrical systems, engine performance, engine repair, suspension and steering, automatic and manual transmissions and drive trains, and heating and air condition systems. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to support business information operations by using computer equipment to enter, process, and retrieve data for a wide variety of administrative purposes. Includes instruction in using basic business software and hardware; business computer networking; principles of desktop publishing; preparing mass mailings; compiling and editing spreadsheets; list maintenance; preparing tables and graphs; receipt control; and preparing business performance reports. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Business Administration and Management, General | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Criminal Justice + Safety Studies | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Design and Visual Communications, General | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program in the applied visual arts that focuses on the general principles and techniques for effectively communicating ideas and information, and packaging products, in digital and other formats to business and consumer audiences, and that may prepare individuals in any of the applied art media. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Electromechanical Technology + Electromechanical Engineering Technology | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in developing and testing automated, servomechanical, and other electromechanical systems. Includes instruction in prototype testing, manufacturing and operational testing, systems analysis and maintenance procedures, and report preparation. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Emergency Medical Technology + Technician (EMT Paramedic) | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals, under the remote supervision of physicians, to recognize, assess, and manage medical emergencies in prehospital settings and to supervise Ambulance personnel. Includes instruction in basic, intermediate, and advanced EMT procedures; emergency surgical procedures; medical triage; rescue operations; crisis scene management and personnel supervision; equipment operation and maintenance; patient stabilization, monitoring, and care; drug administration; identification and preliminary diagnosis of diseases and injuries; communication and computer operations; basic anatomy, physiology, pathology, and toxicology; and professional standards and regulations. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Fire Protection and Safety Technology + Technician | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to apply a knowledge of fire prevention and control skills to problems of reducing fire risk, loss limitation, supervising substance removal, conducting fire investigations, and advising on matters of safety procedures and fire prevention policy. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree General Studies | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
An undifferentiated program that includes instruction in the general arts, general science, or unstructured studies. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology + Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, install, service and maintain the operating condition of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems. Includes instruction in diagnostic techniques, the use of testing equipment and the principles of mechanics, electricity, and electronics as they relate to the repair of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Information Science + Studies | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage and processing; transmission, transfer, and signaling; communications and networking; systems planning and design; human interfacing and use analysis; database development; information policy analysis; and related aspects of hardware, software, economics, social factors, and capacity. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Legal Assistant + Paralegal | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents, appraising, pleading, courthouse procedures, and legal specializations. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
Any instructional program in multi/interdisciplinary studies not listed in the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General category. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administration of medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments and examinations, Referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Occupational Safety and Health Technology + Technician | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining job-related health and safety standards. Includes instruction in safety engineering principles, inspection and monitoring procedures, testing and sampling procedures, laboratory techniques, applications to specific work environments, and report preparation. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management + Manager | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to plan, supervise, and manage food and beverage preparation and service operations, restaurant facilities, and catering services. Includes instruction in food/beverage industry operations, cost control, purchasing and storage, business administration, logistics, personnel management, culinary arts, restaurant and menu planning, executive chef functions, event planning and management, health and safety, insurance, and applicable law and regulations. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Associate degree Science Technologies + Technicians, Other | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
Any instructional program in science technologies not listed in the Science Technologies/Technicians, General category. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to support business information operations by using computer equipment to enter, process, and retrieve data for a wide variety of administrative purposes. Includes instruction in using basic business software and hardware; business computer networking; principles of desktop publishing; preparing mass mailings; compiling and editing spreadsheets; list maintenance; preparing tables and graphs; receipt control; and preparing business performance reports. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Criminal Justice + Safety Studies | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Emergency Medical Technology + Technician (EMT Paramedic) | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals, under the remote supervision of physicians, to recognize, assess, and manage medical emergencies in prehospital settings and to supervise Ambulance personnel. Includes instruction in basic, intermediate, and advanced EMT procedures; emergency surgical procedures; medical triage; rescue operations; crisis scene management and personnel supervision; equipment operation and maintenance; patient stabilization, monitoring, and care; drug administration; identification and preliminary diagnosis of diseases and injuries; communication and computer operations; basic anatomy, physiology, pathology, and toxicology; and professional standards and regulations. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Fire Protection and Safety Technology + Technician | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to apply a knowledge of fire prevention and control skills to problems of reducing fire risk, loss limitation, supervising substance removal, conducting fire investigations, and advising on matters of safety procedures and fire prevention policy. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Heavy + Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies, Other | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
Any instructional program in industrial equipment maintenance and repair not listed in the Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies, General category. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Information Science + Studies | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage and processing; transmission, transfer, and signaling; communications and networking; systems planning and design; human interfacing and use analysis; database development; information policy analysis; and related aspects of hardware, software, economics, social factors, and capacity. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Legal Assistant + Paralegal | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents, appraising, pleading, courthouse procedures, and legal specializations. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs. | |
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Occupational Safety and Health Technology + Technician | Blue Ridge Community and Technical College |
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining job-related health and safety standards. Includes instruction in safety engineering principles, inspection and monitoring procedures, testing and sampling procedures, laboratory techniques, applications to specific work environments, and report preparation. | |
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