Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Welding Technology + Welder
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-1-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 state...
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Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-1-year certificate Drafting and Design Technology + Technician, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally apply technical skills to create working drawings and computer simulations for a variety of applications. Includes instruction in specification interpretation, dimensionin...
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Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Dental Laboratory Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-1-year certificate Dental Laboratory Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of dentists, to design and construct dental prostheses such as caps, crowns, bridges, dentures, splints, and orthodontic appliances. Includes instruction in dental anatomy,...
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Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Commercial and Advertising Art
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-1-year certificate Commercial and Advertising Art: A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. Inclu...
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Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-1-year certificate Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician: 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, e...
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Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Autobody + Collision and Repair Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-1-year certificate Autobody + Collision and Repair Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, reconstruct and finish automobile bodies, fenders, and external features. Includes instruction in structure analysis, damage repai...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling: A program that prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction. Includes ins...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Selling Skills and Sales Operations: A program that prepares individuals to possess the skills associated with direct promotion of products and services to potential customers and to function as independent sales representatives and managers. Includes instruction in consume...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Real Estate
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Real Estate: A program that prepares individuals to develop, buy, sell, appraise, and manage real property. Includes instruction in land use development policy, real estate law, real estate marketing procedures, agency management, brokerage, property inspection and appraisa...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Photography
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Photography: A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of communicating information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the creation of images on photographic film, plates, digital images and that may prepare individuals to be professional photographic artists....
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Office Management and Supervision
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate 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; scheduli...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for practicing physicians and nurses, health care facilities and services administrators, and other he...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Mechanical Engineering + Mechanical Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Mechanical Engineering + Mechanical Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in the design and development phases of a wide variety of projects involving mechanical...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD + CADD
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD + CADD: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to develop working drawings and electronic simulations in support of mechanical and industrial engineers, and related professionals. Includes ...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Licensed Practical + Vocational Nurse Training
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Licensed Practical + Vocational Nurse Training: A program that prepares individuals to assist in providing general nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse, physician or dentist. Includes instruction in taking patient vital signs, applying sterile dressings, p...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Legal Assistant + Paralegal
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Legal Assistant + Paralegal: 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...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Legal Administrative Assistant + Secretary
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Legal Administrative Assistant + Secretary: A program that prepares individuals to serve as legal office managers, special assistants, and legal secretaries. Includes instruction in office management, secretarial science, principles of U. S. or Canadian law, legal terminolo...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Laser and Optical Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Laser and Optical Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in developing and using lasers and other optical for commercial or research purpo...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Landscaping and Groundskeeping
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Landscaping and Groundskeeping: A program that prepares individuals to manage and maintain indoor and/or outdoor ornamental and recreational plants and groundcovers and related conceptual designs established by landscape architects, interior designers, enterprise owners or m...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Instrumentation Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-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 desi...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Industrial Electronics Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Industrial Electronics Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to assemble, install, operate, maintain, and repair electrical/electronic equipment used in industry and manufacturing. Includes instruction in instal...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Human Services
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Human Services, General: A program that focuses on the general study and provision of human and social services to individuals and communities and prepares individuals to work in public and private human services agencies and organizations. Includes instruction in the socia...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Heating + AC + Refrigeration Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Heating + AC + Refrigeration Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in developing and using air conditioning, refrigeration, and heating s...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in identifying and disposing of hazardous materials. Incl...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Fire Science + Fire-fighting
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Fire Science + Fire-fighting: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of fire fighters. Includes instruction in fire-fighting equipment operation and maintenance, principles of fire science and combustible substances, methods of controlling different types...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Fashion Merchandising
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Fashion Merchandising: A program that prepares individuals to promote product lines/brands, and organize promotional campaigns, at the wholesale level to attract retailer interest, wholesale purchasing, and supply contracts. Includes instruction in wholesaling, wholesale ad...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Family and Consumer Sciences + Human Sciences
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Family and Consumer Sciences + Human Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on family and consumer sciences, including how individuals develop and function in family, work, and community settings and how they relate to their physical, social, emotional, and intell...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Engineering Technologies + Technicians
Other
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Engineering Technologies + Technicians, Other: Any instructional program in engineering technologies not listed in the Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General category.
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Electrician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced 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 electr...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Electrical + Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Electrical + Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate, maintain, and repair electrical and electronic equipment. Includes instruction in electrical circuitry, si...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Drawing
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Drawing: A program that prepares individuals creatively and technically to express emotions, ideas, or inner visions through representation by lines made on a surface. Includes instruction in eye-hand coordination; line, value, shape, and perspective; figure and still life ...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Diagnostic Medical Sonography + Sonographer And Ultrasound Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Diagnostic Medical Sonography + Sonographer And Ultrasound Technician: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to utilize medical ultrasound techniques to gather sonographic data used to diagnose a variety of conditions and diseases. Includ...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Crop Production
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Crop Production: A program that prepares individuals to cultivate grain, fiber, forage, oilseed, fruits and nuts, vegetables, and other domesticated plant products. Includes instruction in basic principles of plant science, health, and nutrition as applied to particular spe...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Criminal Justice + Police Science
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate 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 ...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Corrections
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Corrections: A program that prepares individuals to study the theories and principles, of correctional science and to function as professional corrections officers and other workers in public and/or private incarceration facilities.
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Business Administration and Management
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced 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 behavior, a...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Business + Commerce
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Business + Commerce, General: A program that focuses on the general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Biology Technician + Biotechnology Laboratory Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Biology Technician + Biotechnology Laboratory Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific principles and technical skills in support of biologists and biotechnologists in research, industrial, and government settings. Includes instruction in fermenta...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Banking and Financial Support Services
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Banking and Financial Support Services: A program that prepares individuals to perform a wide variety of customer services in banks, insurance agencies, savings and loan companies, and related enterprises. Includes instruction in communications and public relations skills, ...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician: 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, e...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Animal + Livestock Husbandry and Production
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Animal + Livestock Husbandry and Production: A program that prepares individuals to select, breed, care for, process, and market livestock and small farm animals. Includes instruction in basic animal science, animal nutrition, and animal health as applied to various species...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Agriculture
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Agriculture, General: A program that focuses on the general principles and practice of agricultural research and production and that may prepare individuals to apply this knowledge to the solution of practical agricultural problems. Includes instruction in basic animal, pla...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment + Machine Technology
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment + Machine Technology: A program that prepares individuals to maintain and repair specialized farm, ranch, and agribusiness power equipment and vehicles. Includes instruction in the principles of diesel, combustion, electrical, steam, hyd...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Agribusiness + Agricultural Business Operations
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Agribusiness + Agricultural Business Operations: A program that prepares individuals to manage agricultural businesses and agriculturally related operations within diversified corporations. Includes instruction in agriculture, agricultural specialization, business managemen...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, wor...
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Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Accounting
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-2-year certificate Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax ac...
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Associate degree
Welding Technology + Welder
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced 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 welding, fe...
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Associate degree
Visual and Performing Arts
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Visual and Performing Arts, General: A general, undifferentiated program that focuses on the visual and performing arts and that may prepare individuals in any of the visual artistic media or performing disciplines.
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Associate degree
Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling: A program that prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction. Includes instruction in ...
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Associate degree
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Speech and Rhetorical Studies: A program that focuses on human interpersonal communication from the scientific/behavioral and humanistic perspectives. Includes instruction in the theory and physiology of speech, the history of discourse, the structure and analysis of argument and types...
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Associate degree
Spanish Language and Literature
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other set...
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Associate degree
Social Sciences
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate 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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Associate degree
Small Business Administration + Management
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Small Business Administration + Management: A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage independent small businesses. Includes instruction in business administration; enterprise planning and entrepreneurship; start-up; small business operations and problems; personnel sup...
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Associate degree
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Selling Skills and Sales Operations: A program that prepares individuals to possess the skills associated with direct promotion of products and services to potential customers and to function as independent sales representatives and managers. Includes instruction in consumer psychology...
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Associate degree
Retailing and Retail Operations
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Retailing and Retail Operations: A program that prepares individuals to perform operations associated with retail sales in a variety of settings. Includes instruction in over-the-counter and other direct sales operations in business settings, basic bookkeeping principles, customer serv...
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Associate degree
Real Estate
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Real Estate: A program that prepares individuals to develop, buy, sell, appraise, and manage real property. Includes instruction in land use development policy, real estate law, real estate marketing procedures, agency management, brokerage, property inspection and appraisal, real esta...
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Associate degree
Radiologic Technology + Science - Radiographer
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Radiologic Technology + Science - Radiographer: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical imaging services to patients and attending health care professionals. Includes instruction in applied anatomy and physiology, patient positioning...
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Associate degree
Psychology
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the various ...
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Associate degree
Physics
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynam...
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Associate degree
Physical Sciences
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Physical Sciences: A program that focuses on the major topics, concepts, processes, and interrelationships of physical phenomena as studied in any combination of physical science disciplines.
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Associate degree
Photography
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Photography: A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of communicating information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the creation of images on photographic film, plates, digital images and that may prepare individuals to be professional photographic artists. Includes i...
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Associate degree
Philosophy
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the...
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Associate degree
Office Management and Supervision
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced 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 coord...
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Associate degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN).
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced 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 of med...
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Associate degree
Music
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Music, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.
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Associate degree
Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for practicing physicians and nurses, health care facilities and services administrators, and other health care pr...
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Associate degree
Mechanical Engineering + Mechanical Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Mechanical Engineering + Mechanical Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in the design and development phases of a wide variety of projects involving mechanical systems. I...
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Associate degree
Mathematics
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mathemat...
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Associate degree
Licensed Practical + Vocational Nurse Training (LPN, LVN, Cert, Dipl, AAS).
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Licensed Practical + Vocational Nurse Training (LPN, LVN, Cert, Dipl, AAS): A program that prepares individuals to assist in providing general nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse, physician or dentist. Includes instruction in taking patient vital signs, applying ster...
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Associate degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced 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
Legal Assistant + Paralegal
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Legal Assistant + Paralegal: 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...
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Associate degree
Legal Administrative Assistant + Secretary
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Legal Administrative Assistant + Secretary: A program that prepares individuals to serve as legal office managers, special assistants, and legal secretaries. Includes instruction in office management, secretarial science, principles of U. S. or Canadian law, legal terminology and docum...
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Associate degree
Laser and Optical Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Laser and Optical Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in developing and using lasers and other optical for commercial or research purposes. Includ...
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Associate degree
Landscaping and Groundskeeping
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Landscaping and Groundskeeping: A program that prepares individuals to manage and maintain indoor and/or outdoor ornamental and recreational plants and groundcovers and related conceptual designs established by landscape architects, interior designers, enterprise owners or managers, and...
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Associate degree
Journalism
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Journalism: A program that focuses on the theory and practice of gathering, processing, and delivering news and that prepares individuals to be professional print journalists, news editors, and news managers. Includes instruction in news writing and editing; reporting; photojournalism;...
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Associate degree
Instrumentation Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate 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 maint...
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Associate degree
Industrial Electronics Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Industrial Electronics Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to assemble, install, operate, maintain, and repair electrical/electronic equipment used in industry and manufacturing. Includes instruction in installing, mainta...
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Associate degree
Humanities + Humanistic Studies
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced 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
Human Services
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Human Services, General: A program that focuses on the general study and provision of human and social services to individuals and communities and prepares individuals to work in public and private human services agencies and organizations. Includes instruction in the social sciences, ...
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Associate degree
History
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of spe...
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Associate degree
Heating
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology + Technician (ACH +
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology + Technician (ACH + : A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in developing and using air conditioning, refrigeration, an...
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Associate degree
Health Services + Allied Health + Health Sciences
General
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Health Services + Allied Health + Health Sciences, General: A general, introductory, undifferentiated, or joint program in health services occupations that prepares individuals for either entry into specialized training programs or for a variety of concentrations in the allied health ar...
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Associate degree
Health and Physical Education
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Health and Physical Education, General: A general program that focuses on activities and principles that promote physical fitness, achieve and maintain athletic prowess, and accomplish related research and service goals. Includes instruction in human movement studies, motivation studie...
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Associate degree
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in identifying and disposing of hazardous materials. Includes instruc...
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Associate degree
German Language and Literature
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree German Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the German language and related dialects as used in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, neighboring European countries containing German-speaking minorities, and elsewhere. Includes instruction in German philology; Old, Middle, and H...
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Associate degree
Geology + Earth Science
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Geology + Earth Science, General: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rock...
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Associate degree
French Language and Literature
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree French Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, science...
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Associate degree
Fire Science + Fire-fighting
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Fire Science + Fire-fighting: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of fire fighters. Includes instruction in fire-fighting equipment operation and maintenance, principles of fire science and combustible substances, methods of controlling different types of fires, h...
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Associate degree
Fashion Merchandising
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Fashion Merchandising: A program that prepares individuals to promote product lines/brands, and organize promotional campaigns, at the wholesale level to attract retailer interest, wholesale purchasing, and supply contracts. Includes instruction in wholesaling, wholesale advertising, s...
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Associate degree
Family and Consumer Sciences + Human Sciences
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Family and Consumer Sciences + Human Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on family and consumer sciences, including how individuals develop and function in family, work, and community settings and how they relate to their physical, social, emotional, and intellectual envir...
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Associate degree
Equestrian + Equine Studies
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Equestrian + Equine Studies: A program that focuses on the horse, horsemanship, and related subjects and prepares individuals to care for horses and horse equipment; ride and drive horses for leisure, sport, show, and professional purposes; and manage the training of horses and riders. ...
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Associate degree
English Language and Literature
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.
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Associate degree
Engineering
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Engineering, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to solve a wide variety of practical problems in industry, social organization, public works, and commerce.
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Associate degree
Engineering Technology
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Engineering Technology, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in a wide variety of projects. Includes instruction in various engineering support functions for research, producti...
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Associate degree
Engineering Technologies + Technicians
Other
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Engineering Technologies + Technicians, Other: Any instructional program in engineering technologies not listed in the Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General category.
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Associate degree
Electrician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced 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 distrib...
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Associate degree
Electrical + Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Electrical + Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate, maintain, and repair electrical and electronic equipment. Includes instruction in electrical circuitry, simple gearing...
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Associate degree
Drawing
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Drawing: A program that prepares individuals creatively and technically to express emotions, ideas, or inner visions through representation by lines made on a surface. Includes instruction in eye-hand coordination; line, value, shape, and perspective; figure and still life drawing; the...
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Associate degree
Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts, General: A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or filmed pr...
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Associate degree
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Drafting and Design Technology + Technician, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally apply technical skills to create working drawings and computer simulations for a variety of applications. Includes instruction in specification interpretation, dimensioning techniques...
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Associate degree
Diagnostic Medical Sonography + Sonographer And Ultrasound Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Diagnostic Medical Sonography + Sonographer And Ultrasound Technician: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to utilize medical ultrasound techniques to gather sonographic data used to diagnose a variety of conditions and diseases. Includes instructi...
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Associate degree
Dental Laboratory Technology + Technician
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Dental Laboratory Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of dentists, to design and construct dental prostheses such as caps, crowns, bridges, dentures, splints, and orthodontic appliances. Includes instruction in dental anatomy, dental mate...
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Associate degree
Crop Production
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Crop Production: A program that prepares individuals to cultivate grain, fiber, forage, oilseed, fruits and nuts, vegetables, and other domesticated plant products. Includes instruction in basic principles of plant science, health, and nutrition as applied to particular species and bre...
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Associate degree
Criminal Justice + Police Science
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General Description for:
Merced 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 manageme...
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Associate degree
Corrections
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Corrections: A program that prepares individuals to study the theories and principles, of correctional science and to function as professional corrections officers and other workers in public and/or private incarceration facilities.
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Associate degree
Computer Science
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Computer Science: A general program that focuses on computers, computing problems and solutions, and the design of computer systems and user interfaces from a scientific perspective. Includes instruction in the principles of computational science, and computing theory; computer hardware...
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Associate degree
Computer and Information Sciences
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General Description for:
Merced 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 with ...
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Associate degree
Child Development
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Child Development: A program that focuses on the intellectual, social, emotional, and biological development of children and the planning and design of related human services. Includes instruction in parent-child relations; parenting practices; special needs of children; parental and e...
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Associate degree
Chemistry
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.
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Associate degree
Chemical Technology + Technician
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Chemical Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific principles and technical skills in support of chemical and biochemical research and industrial operations. Includes instruction in principles of chemistry and biochemistry, technical mathematics, ...
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Associate degree
Business Administration and Management
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General Description for:
Merced 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, accounting an...
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Associate degree
Business + Commerce
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Business + Commerce, General: A program that focuses on the general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private institution...
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Associate degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biologica...
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Associate degree
Banking and Financial Support Services
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Banking and Financial Support Services: A program that prepares individuals to perform a wide variety of customer services in banks, insurance agencies, savings and loan companies, and related enterprises. Includes instruction in communications and public relations skills, business equ...
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Associate degree
Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician: 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...
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Associate degree
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD + CADD
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD + CADD: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to develop working drawings and electronic simulations for architectural and related construction projects. Includes instruction in basic construction and st...
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Associate degree
Archeology
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Archeology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of extinct societies, and the past of living societies, via the excavation, analysis and interpretation of their artifactual, human, and associated remains. Includes instruction in archeological theory, field methods, dating me...
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Associate degree
Anthropology
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Anthropology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human beings, their antecedents and related primates, and their cultural behavior and institutions, in comparative perspective. Includes instruction in biological/physical anthropology, primatology, human paleontology and ...
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Associate degree
Animal + Livestock Husbandry and Production
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Animal + Livestock Husbandry and Production: A program that prepares individuals to select, breed, care for, process, and market livestock and small farm animals. Includes instruction in basic animal science, animal nutrition, and animal health as applied to various species and breeds;...
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Associate degree
Agriculture
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Agriculture, General: A program that focuses on the general principles and practice of agricultural research and production and that may prepare individuals to apply this knowledge to the solution of practical agricultural problems. Includes instruction in basic animal, plant, and soil...
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Associate degree
Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment + Machine Technology
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment + Machine Technology: A program that prepares individuals to maintain and repair specialized farm, ranch, and agribusiness power equipment and vehicles. Includes instruction in the principles of diesel, combustion, electrical, steam, hydraulic, and ...
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Associate degree
Agribusiness + Agricultural Business Operations
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Agribusiness + Agricultural Business Operations: A program that prepares individuals to manage agricultural businesses and agriculturally related operations within diversified corporations. Includes instruction in agriculture, agricultural specialization, business management, accountin...
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Associate degree
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, word processing...
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Associate degree
Accounting
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General Description for:
Merced College Associate degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, le...
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Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Welding Technology + Welder
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-4-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 state...
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Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-4-year certificate Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling: A program that prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction. Includes ins...
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Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Real Estate
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Merced College
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General Description for:
Merced College Less-than-4-year certificate Real Estate: A program that prepares individuals to devel |
