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  Palomar College
1140 W. Mission
San Marcos, CA 92069-1487
General information
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Type of institution: Public, 2-year
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate, Associate degree, Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Carnegie classification: Associate's--Public Suburban-serving Multicampus
Number of students: 26,118 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$ ----

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$600$684$764
Out of State$5,164$5,764$4,956
Books and Supplies$1,386$1,312$990
On-Campus
Room and board------------
Other Expenses------------
Off Campus
Room and board$9,090$8,990$8,616
Other Expenses$3,690$3,660$3,474
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$3,474$3,348$3,032

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 9% $2,807
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 26% $887
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 5% $1,046
Loans to students 2% $2,487
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Welding Technology + Welder
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 stat...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Web Page
Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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, an...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Visual and Performing Arts
Other
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Visual and Performing Arts, Other: Any instructional program in visual and performing arts not listed in the Visual and Performing Arts, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations: A program that prepares individuals to provide direct retail services to hotel and motel clients and customers in a variety of settings. Includes instruction in the principles of hotel/motel operations, customer sales and a...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Technical Theatre + Theatre Design and Technology
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Technical Theatre + Theatre Design and Technology: A program that prepares individuals to apply artistic, technical and dramatic principles and techniques to the communication of dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through technical theatre methods. Includes i...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
System Administration + Administrator
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate System Administration + Administrator: A program that prepares individuals to manage the computer operations and control the system configurations emanating from a specific site or network hub. Includes instruction in computer hardware and software and applications; local ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Real Estate
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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 apprais...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the production of radio and television programs, and related operations, under the supervision of broadcast and studio managers, directo...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Quality Control Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Quality Control Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining consistent manufacturing and construction standards. Includes inst...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Psychology
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate 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...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Other.
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Other: Any instructional program in parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies not listed in the Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Office Management and Supervision
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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; schedul...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Music
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate 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.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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 h...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Medical + Clinical Assistant
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Medical + Clinical Assistant: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examinat...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Mason + Masonry
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Mason + Masonry: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills in the laying and/or setting of brick, concrete block, hard tile, marble and related materials, using trowels, levels, hammers, chisels, and other hand tools. Includes instruction ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Library Assistant + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Library Assistant + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to assist professional librarians. Includes instruction in principles, systems, processes, and procedures of library operation; library resources and services; processes of acquisition, cataloging, storage...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Legal Assistant + Paralegal
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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 document...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Interior Design
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Interior Design: A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional planning, designing, equipping, and furnishing residential and commercial interior spaces. Includes instruction in computer appli...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Industrial Electronics Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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 insta...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Heating + AC + Refrigeration Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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 ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Graphic Design
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Graphic Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply artistic and computer techniques to the interpretation of technical and commercial concepts. Includes instruction in computer-assisted art and design, printmaking, concepts sketching, technical drawing, color the...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Graphic Communications
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Graphic Communications, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills in the manufacture and distribution or transmission of graphic communications products. Includes instruction in the prepress, press, and postpress phases ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator
General Production
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, prepare, and execute a variety of commercial and industrial graphic communications jobs. Includes instruction in the ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Geography
Other
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Geography, Other: Any instructional program in geography not listed in the Geography, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Foodservice Systems Administration + Management
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Foodservice Systems Administration + Management: A program that focuses on the principles and practices relating to the administration of food service systems in institutional settings, and that prepares individuals to manage such operations in public and private facilities...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Fashion Merchandising
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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 a...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Family and Consumer Sciences + Human Sciences
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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 intel...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other.
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other: Any instructional program in ethnic, cultural minority, and gender studies not listed in the Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Electromechanical Technology + Electromechanical Engineering Tech
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Electromechanical Technology + Electromechanical Engineering Tech: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in developing and testing automated, servomechanical, and other electromechanica...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Electrical + Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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, s...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Economics
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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, dimensioni...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Dance
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Dance, General: A general program that prepares individuals to express ideas, feelings, and/or inner visions through the performance of one or more of the dance disciplines, including but not limited to ballet, modern, jazz, ethnic, and folk dance, and that focuses on the s...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Computer Installation and Repair Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Computer Installation and Repair Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to assemble, install, operate, maintain, and repair computers and related instruments. Includes instruction in power supplies, number syste...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Computer Graphics
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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 specia...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Computer and Information Sciences
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate 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 c...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Other
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other: Any instructional program in computer and information sciences and support services not listed in the Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other: Any instructional program in communication, journalism, and related fields not listed in the Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Commercial Photography
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Commercial Photography: 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, and recording events and people, via digital, film, still and video photogr...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Business, Management, Marketing And Related Support Services, Other.
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Business, Management, Marketing And Related Support Services, Other: Any instructional program in business, management, marketing and related support services not listed in the Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Business Administration and Management
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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, ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Building + Home + Construction Inspection + Inspector
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Building + Home + Construction Inspection + Inspector: A program that prepares individuals to apply industrial, labor, and governmental standards and laws to the oversight of construction projects and the maintenance of completed buildings and other structures. Includes in...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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, ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Autobody + Collision and Repair Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 repa...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Archeology
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate 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 metho...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects.
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-year certificate Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects: A program that prepares individuals to use computer applications and related visual and sound imaging techniques to manipulate images and information originating as film, video, still photographs, digita...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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, wo...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Accounting
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-1-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 a...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology : 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 water storage, waterpo...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Transportation and Materials Moving
Other
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Transportation and Materials Moving, Other: Any instructional program in transportation and materials moving not listed in the Transportation and Materials Moving, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations: A program that prepares individuals to provide direct retail services to hotel and motel clients and customers in a variety of settings. Includes instruction in the principles of hotel/motel operations, customer sales and a...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Technical Theatre + Theatre Design and Technology
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Technical Theatre + Theatre Design and Technology: A program that prepares individuals to apply artistic, technical and dramatic principles and techniques to the communication of dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through technical theatre methods. Includes i...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Surveying Technology + Surveying
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Surveying Technology + Surveying: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the delineation, determination, planning and positioning of land tracts, land and water boundaries, land contours and features; and the preparation of re...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Sport and Fitness Administration + Management
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Sport and Fitness Administration + Management: A program that prepares individuals to apply business, coaching and physical education principles to the organization, administration and management of athletic programs and teams, fitness/rehabilitation facilities and health c...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Sign Language Interpretation and Translation: A program that prepares individuals to function as simultaneous interpreters of American Sign Language (ASL) and other sign language systems employed to assist the hearing impaired, both one-way and two-way. Includes instructio...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Sheet Metal Technology + Sheetworking
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Sheet Metal Technology + Sheetworking: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to form, shape, bend and fold extruded metals, including the creation of new products, using hand tools and machines such as cornice brakes, forming rolls, and...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 consum...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Security and Loss Prevention Services
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Security and Loss Prevention Services: A program that prepares individuals to perform routine inspection, patrol and crime prevention services for private clients. Includes instruction in the provision of personal protection as well as property security.

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the production of radio and television programs, and related operations, under the supervision of broadcast and studio managers, directo...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Parks
Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management: A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage park facilities and other indoor and outdoor recreation and leisure facilities. Includes instruction in supervising support personnel, health and safety standards...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 h...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Medical + Clinical Assistant
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Medical + Clinical Assistant: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examinat...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Mason + Masonry
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Mason + Masonry: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills in the laying and/or setting of brick, concrete block, hard tile, marble and related materials, using trowels, levels, hammers, chisels, and other hand tools. Includes instruction ...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Lineworker
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Lineworker: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain and repair local, long-distance, and rural electric power cables and communication lines; erect and construct pole and tower lines; and install underground ...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Legal Assistant + Paralegal
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 document...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Legal Administrative Assistant + Secretary
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 terminol...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Journalism
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate 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; pho...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
International Business + Trade + Commerce
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate International Business + Trade + Commerce: A program that prepares individuals to manage international businesses and/or business operations. Includes instruction in the principles and processes of export sales, trade controls, foreign operations and related problems, mone...

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Information Technology
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Information Technology: A program that focuses on the design of technological information systems, including computing systems, as solutions to business and research data and communications support needs. Includes instruction in the principles of computer hardware and soft...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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. Inc...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator
General Production
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, prepare, and execute a variety of commercial and industrial graphic communications jobs. Includes instruction in the ...

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Fire Science + Fire-fighting
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 type...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Emergency Medical Technology + Technician (EMT Paramedic)
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Emergency Medical Technology + Technician (EMT Paramedic): A program that prepares individuals, under the remote supervision of physicians, to recognize, assess, and manage medical emergencies in prehospital settings and to supervise Ambulance personnel. Includes instruct...

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Electrician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 elect...

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Electrical + Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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, s...

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Education
Other
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Education, Other: Any instructional program in education not listed in the Education, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-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, dimensioni...

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Digital Communication and Media + Multimedia
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Digital Communication and Media + Multimedia: A program that focuses on the development, use, and regulation of new electronic communication technologies using computer applications and that prepares individuals to function as developers and managers of digital communicatio...

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Diesel Mechanics Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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; as ...

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Dental Assisting + Assistant
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Dental Assisting + Assistant: A program that prepares individuals to provide patient care, take dental radiographs (x-ray photographs), prepare patients and equipment for dental procedures, and discharge office administrative functions under the supervision of dentists and ...

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Dance
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Dance, General: A general program that prepares individuals to express ideas, feelings, and/or inner visions through the performance of one or more of the dance disciplines, including but not limited to ballet, modern, jazz, ethnic, and folk dance, and that focuses on the s...

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Criminal Justice + Police Science
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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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Computer Programming + Programmer
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Computer Programming + Programmer, General: A program that focuses on the general writing and implementation of generic and customized programs to drive operating systems and that generally prepares individuals to apply the methods and procedures of software design and prog...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Computer Graphics
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 specia...

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Computer and Information Sciences
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate 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 c...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other: Any instructional program in communication, journalism, and related fields not listed in the Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Commercial Photography
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Commercial Photography: 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, and recording events and people, via digital, film, still and video photogr...

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Commercial and Advertising Art
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-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. Incl...

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Carpentry + Carpenter
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Carpentry + Carpenter: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to lay out, cut, fabricate, erect, install, and repair wooden structures and fixtures, using hand and power tools. Includes instruction in technical mathematics, framing, con...

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Cabinetmaking and Millwork + Millwright
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Cabinetmaking and Millwork + Millwright: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to set up, operate and repair industrial woodworking machinery, and to use such machinery to design and fabricate wooden components and complete articles.

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Business Administration and Management
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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, ...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Building + Construction Site Management + Manager
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Building + Construction Site Management + Manager: A program that prepares individuals to supervise, manage, and inspect construction sites, buildings, and associated facilities. Includes instruction in site safety, personnel supervision, labor relations, diversity trainin...

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Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate 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...

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Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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, ...

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Airline + Commercial + Professional Pilot and Flight Crew
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Less-than-2-year certificate Airline + Commercial + Professional Pilot and Flight Crew: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the flying and/or navigation of commercial passenger and cargo, agricultural, public service, corporate and rescue fixed wing aircraft. ...

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Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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, wo...

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Accounting
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 a...

Associate degree
Welding Technology + Welder
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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, f...

Associate degree
Web Page
Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree 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, and multimedia...

Associate degree
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology : 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 water storage, waterpower, and was...

Associate degree
Visual and Performing Arts
Other
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Visual and Performing Arts, Other: Any instructional program in visual and performing arts not listed in the Visual and Performing Arts, General category.

Associate degree
Visual and Performing Arts
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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.

Associate degree
Transportation and Materials Moving
Other
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Transportation and Materials Moving, Other: Any instructional program in transportation and materials moving not listed in the Transportation and Materials Moving, General category.

Associate degree
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations: A program that prepares individuals to provide direct retail services to hotel and motel clients and customers in a variety of settings. Includes instruction in the principles of hotel/motel operations, customer sales and assistance op...

Associate degree
Surveying Technology + Surveying
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Surveying Technology + Surveying: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the delineation, determination, planning and positioning of land tracts, land and water boundaries, land contours and features; and the preparation of related maps, ...

Associate degree
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 type...

Associate degree
Social Sciences
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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.

Associate degree
Sheet Metal Technology + Sheetworking
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Sheet Metal Technology + Sheetworking: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to form, shape, bend and fold extruded metals, including the creation of new products, using hand tools and machines such as cornice brakes, forming rolls, and squaring sh...

Associate degree
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 psycholog...

Associate degree
Security and Loss Prevention Services
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Security and Loss Prevention Services: A program that prepares individuals to perform routine inspection, patrol and crime prevention services for private clients. Includes instruction in the provision of personal protection as well as property security.

Associate degree
Sculpture
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Sculpture: A program that prepares individuals creatively and technically to express emotions, ideas, or inner visions by creating three-dimensional art works. Includes instruction in the analysis of form in space; round and relief concepts; sculptural composition; modern and experime...

Associate degree
Real Estate
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 est...

Associate degree
Radio and Television
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Radio and Television: A program that focuses on the theories, methods, and techniques used to plan, produce, and distribute audio and video programs and messages, and that prepares individuals to function as staff, producers, directors, and managers of radio and television shows and me...

Associate degree
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the production of radio and television programs, and related operations, under the supervision of broadcast and studio managers, directors, editors,...

Associate degree
Quality Control Technology + Technician
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Quality Control Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining consistent manufacturing and construction standards. Includes instruction in q...

Associate degree
Psychology
General
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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...

Associate degree
Prepress + Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Prepress + Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the layout, design and typographic arrangement of printed and/or electronic graphic and textual products. Includes instruction in printing and litho...

Associate degree
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Other.
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Other: Any instructional program in parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies not listed in the Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, General category.

Associate degree
Parks
Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar College Associate degree Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management: A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage park facilities and other indoor and outdoor recreation and leisure facilities. Includes instruction in supervising support personnel, health and safety standards, public rel...

Associate degree
Office Management and Supervision
Palomar College

General Description for:
Palomar 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 coor...

Associate degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN).
Palomar College