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Great Basin College
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Great Basin College
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Great Basin College
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1500 College Pky
Elko, NV 89801
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General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
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(775) 738-8493 Ext.
(775) 753-2274 Ext.
(775) 753-2102 Ext.
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| About this School |
| Great Basin College is a community college unit of the University and Community College System of Nevada, located in Elko, Nevada, USA. Opened in 1967 as "Elko Community College", it was later renamed to "Northern Nevada Community College" and then to its current name. It has approximately 4,700 students.
The College offers two-year associate's degrees in a number of fields. It offers Associate of Applied Science degrees in the areas of business, computer office technology, criminal justice, early childhood education, industrial technology, and nursing. Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees are also offered, primarily for people wishing to eventually earn a four-year bachelor's degree at another institution.
Certificate programs and short-term training programs also exist in several business, secretarial/administrative assistant, and industrial arts fields.
The College also offers four-year bachelor's degrees in Elementary Education, Management Technology, Instrumentation Technology, and Integrative and Professional Studies. A four-year bachelor's degree in Nursing is to be offered shortly.
The College has Adult Learning Centers located in the Nevada towns of Elko, Winnemucca, Ely, Owyhee, Jackpot, Wendover, Wells, and Battle Mountain to help people improve their reading, writing, arithmetic, and English language skills.
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| Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students |
| Tuition and Fees | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 |
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| In-State | $1,772 | $1,700 | $1,642 |
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| Out of State | $7,028 | $6,662 | $6,557 |
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| Books and Supplies | $1,400 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
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| On-Campus |
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| Room and board | $4,600 | $4,600 | $4,420 |
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| Other Expenses | $1,200 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
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| Off Campus |
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| Room and board | $5,600 | $5,400 | $5,200 |
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| Other Expenses | $2,600 | $2,500 | $2,400 |
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| Off Campus w/ family |
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| Other Expenses | $2,600 | $2,500 | $2,400 |
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Financial aid 2005-2006
Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students
| Type of Aid | Percentage of students receiving aid | Average amount of aid they received |
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| Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
30% |
$1,332 |
| State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
59% |
$2,571 |
| Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
0% |
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| Loans to students |
10% |
$979 |
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Degrees offered by this school
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Welding Technology + Welder
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Welding Technology + Welder: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes instruction in arc welding, resistance welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding and cutting, solid ...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Web Page
Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Web Page, Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply HTML, XML, Javascript, graphics applications, and other authoring tools to the design, editing, and publishing (launching) of documents, images, graphics, sound...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair and maintain industrial machinery and equipment such as cranes, pumps, engines and motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, productio...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Electrician
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Electrician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain, and repair electric apparatus and systems such as residential, commercial, and industrial electric-power wiring; and DC and AC motors, controls, and e...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Diesel Mechanics Technology + Technician
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Diesel Mechanics Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, service, and maintain diesel engines in vehicles such as automobiles, buses, ships, trucks, railroad locomotives, and construction equipment;...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Data Processing and Data Processing Technology + Technician
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Data Processing and Data Processing Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to master and use computer software programs and applications for inputting, verifying, organizing, storing, retrieving, transforming (changing, updating, and deleting), and...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Computer Graphics
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Computer Graphics: A program that focuses on the software, hardware, and mathematical tools used to represent, display, and manipulate topological, two-, and three-dimensional objects on a computer screen and that prepares individuals to function as computer graphics sp...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Child Care and Support Services Management
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Child Care and Support Services Management: A program that focuses on the provision and management of child care services and that prepares individuals to plan, design, and manage child care facilities and programs that meet children's developmental needs and interests ...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Business Administration and Management
General
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Business Administration and Management, General: 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 behavi...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry: 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 i...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-2-year certificate Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping: A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-ke...
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Associate degree
Welding Technology + Welder
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Welding Technology + Welder: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes instruction in arc welding, resistance welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding and cutting, solid state weldin...
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Associate degree
Office Management and Supervision
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Office Management and Supervision: A program that prepares individuals to supervise and manage the operations and personnel of business offices and management-level divisions. Includes instruction in employee supervision, management, and labor relations; budgeting; scheduling and ...
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Associate degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN).
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN): 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 o...
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Associate degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies: 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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Associate degree
Humanities + Humanistic Studies
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Humanities + Humanistic Studies: A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion.
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Associate degree
General Studies
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree General Studies: An undifferentiated program that includes instruction in the general arts, general science, or unstructured studies.
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Associate degree
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree General Office Occupations and Clerical Services: A program that prepares individuals to provide basic administrative support under the supervision of office managers, administrative assistants, secretaries, and other office personnel. Includes instruction in typing, keyboarding, ...
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Associate degree
Electrician
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Electrician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain, and repair electric apparatus and systems such as residential, commercial, and industrial electric-power wiring; and DC and AC motors, controls, and electrical di...
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Associate degree
Drafting + Design Engineering Technologies + Technicians
Other
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Drafting + Design Engineering Technologies + Technicians, Other: Any instructional program in drafting/design engineering technologies not listed in the Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General category.
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Associate degree
Diesel Mechanics Technology + Technician
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Diesel Mechanics Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, service, and maintain diesel engines in vehicles such as automobiles, buses, ships, trucks, railroad locomotives, and construction equipment; as well as ...
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Associate degree
Criminal Justice + Police Science
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Criminal Justice + Police Science: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of police and public security officers, including patrol and investigative activities, traffic control, crowd control and public relations, witness interviewing, evidence collection and man...
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Associate degree
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications: A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to function as networ...
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Associate degree
Computer Graphics
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Computer Graphics: A program that focuses on the software, hardware, and mathematical tools used to represent, display, and manipulate topological, two-, and three-dimensional objects on a computer screen and that prepares individuals to function as computer graphics specialists. ...
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Associate degree
Computer and Information Sciences
General
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Computer and Information Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused ...
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Associate degree
Business Administration and Management
General
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Business Administration and Management, General: 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, accounti...
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Associate degree
Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry: 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 basi...
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Associate degree
Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Associate degree Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping: A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping system...
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Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Instrumentation Technology + Technician
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Less-than-4-year certificate Instrumentation Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in developing control and measurement systems and procedures. Includes instruction in instrumentation...
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Bachelor degree
Social Sciences
General
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Bachelor degree Social Sciences, General: A program that focuses on the general study of human social behavior and social institutions using any of the methodologies common to the social sciences and/or history, or an undifferentiated program of study in the social sciences.
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Bachelor degree
Natural Resources Management and Policy
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Bachelor degree Natural Resources Management and Policy: A program that prepares individuals to plan, develop, manage, and evaluate programs to protect and regulate natural habitats and renewable natural resources. Includes instruction in the principles of wildlife and conservation biology, enviro...
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Bachelor degree
Instrumentation Technology + Technician
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Bachelor degree Instrumentation Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in developing control and measurement systems and procedures. Includes instruction in instrumentation design and m...
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Bachelor degree
Elementary Education and Teaching
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Bachelor degree Elementary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject...
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Bachelor degree
Business Administration and Management
General
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Bachelor degree Business Administration and Management, General: 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, accountin...
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Certificates/Postbaccalaureate certificate
Elementary Education and Teaching
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Great Basin College
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General Description for:
Great Basin College Postbaccalaureate certificate Elementary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary edu...
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