Highline Community College
Associate degree
Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping systems, accounting software operation, and general accounting principles and practices. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Audiovisual Communications Technologies + Technicians, Other | Highline Community College |
Any instructional program in audiovisual communications technologies not listed in the Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, General category. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Business Administration and Management, General | Highline Community College |
A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Computer Programming + Programmer, General | Highline Community College |
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 programming to software installation and maintenance. Includes instruction in software design, low- and high-level languages and program writing; program customization and linking; prototype testing; troubleshooting; and related aspects of operating systems and networks. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | Highline Community College |
A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to function as network specialists and managers at various levels. Includes instruction in operating systems and applications; systems design and analysis; networking theory and solutions; types of networks; network management and control; network and flow optimization; security; configuring; and troubleshooting. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Computer and Information Systems Security | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to assess the security needs of computer and network systems, recommend safeguard solutions, and manage the implementation and maintenance of security devices, systems, and procedures. Includes instruction in computer architecture, programming, and systems analysis; networking; telecommunications; cryptography; security system design; applicable law and regulations; risk assessment and policy analysis; contingency planning; user access issues; investigation techniques; and troubleshooting. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Criminal Justice + Law Enforcement Administration | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to apply theories and practices of criminal justice to structuring, managing, directing and controlling criminal justice agencies, including police departments, sheriff's departments, law enforcement divisions and units, and private protective services. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician, General | Highline Community College |
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, drafting calculations, material estimation, technical communications, computer applications, and interpersonal communications. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Early Childhood Education and Teaching | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Hotel + Motel Administration + Management | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to manage operations and facilities that provide lodging services to the traveling public. Includes instruction in hospitality industry principles; supplies purchasing, storage and control; hotel facilities design and planning; hospitality industry law; personnel management and labor relations; financial management; marketing and sales promotion; convention and event management; front desk operations; and applications to specific types of hotels and motel operations. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Interior Design | Highline Community College |
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 applications drafting and graphic techniques; principles of interior lighting, acoustics, systems integration, and color coordination; furniture and furnishings; textiles and their finishing; the history of interior design and period styles; basic structural design; building codes and inspection regulations; and applications to office, hotel, factory, restaurant and housing design. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
International Business + Trade + Commerce | Highline Community College |
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, monetary issues, international business policy, and applications to doing business in specific countries and markets. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Legal Assistant + Paralegal | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents, appraising, pleading, courthouse procedures, and legal specializations. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies | Highline Community College |
A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Library Assistant + Technician | Highline Community College |
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, and display systems; discovery and retrieval of requested materials; management of books, periodicals, and other documents. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Marketing + Marketing Management, General | Highline Community College |
A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of marketing research, demand analysis, cost-volume and profit relationships, pricing theory, marketing campaign and strategic planning, market segments, advertising methods, sales operations and management, consumer relations, retailing, and applications to specific products and markets. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Medical + Clinical Assistant | Highline Community College |
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-examination and examination assistance, and the administration of medications and first aid. Includes instruction in basic anatomy and physiology; medical terminology; medical law and ethics; patient psychology and communications; medical office procedures; and clinical diagnostic, examination, testing, and treatment procedures. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Other | Highline Community College |
Any instructional program in mental and social health services and allied professions not listed in the Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, General category. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) | Highline Community College |
A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administration of medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments and examinations, Referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Office Management and Supervision | Highline Community College |
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 coordination; office systems operation and maintenance; office records management, organization, and security; office facilities design and space management; preparation and evaluation of business management data; and public relations. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Physical Sciences | Highline Community College |
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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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Respiratory Care Therapy + Therapist | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to assist in developing respiratory care plans, administer respiratory care procedures, supervise personnel and equipment operation, maintain records, and consult with other health care team members. Includes instruction in the applied basic biomedical sciences; anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the respiratory system; clinical medicine; therapeutic procedures; clinical expressions; data collection and record-keeping; patient communication; equipment operation and maintenance; personnel supervision; and procedures for special population groups. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Small Business Administration + Management | Highline Community College |
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 supervision; capitalization and investment; taxation; business law and regulations; e-commerce; home business operations; and applications to specific sectors, products, and services. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling | Highline Community College |
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 individual and group counseling skills, psychology of addiction, sociology, crisis intervention, substance abuse identification methodologies, substance abuse treatment modalities, substance abuse prevention and treatment resources, pharmacology and behavioral aspects of abused substances, treatment evaluation, patient observation and education, group dynamics, professional standards and ethics, and applicable law and regulations. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Teacher Assistant + Aide | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners, and students learning English. Includes instruction in techniques of general classroom supervision, maintaining order, assisting with lessons and carrying out related assignments. | |
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Highline Community College
Associate degree
Tourism and Travel Services Management | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to manage travel-related enterprises and related convention and/or tour services. Includes instruction in travel agency management, tour arranging and planning, convention and event planning, travel industry operations and procedures, tourism marketing and promotion strategies, travel counseling, travel industry law, international and domestic operations, and travel and tourism policy. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General | Highline Community College |
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 and data entry, office machines operation and maintenance, office procedures, public relations, secretarial accounting, filing systems and records management, and report preparation. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Other | Highline Community College |
Any instructional program in allied health diagnostic, intervention, and treatment professions not listed in the Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, General category. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Computer and Information Systems Security | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to assess the security needs of computer and network systems, recommend safeguard solutions, and manage the implementation and maintenance of security devices, systems, and procedures. Includes instruction in computer architecture, programming, and systems analysis; networking; telecommunications; cryptography; security system design; applicable law and regulations; risk assessment and policy analysis; contingency planning; user access issues; investigation techniques; and troubleshooting. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Customer Service Management | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to supervise and monitor customer service performance and manage frontline customer support services, call centers/help desks, and customer relations. Includes instruction in customer behavior; specialized information technology and systems management; developing and using customer service databases; user surveys and other feedback mechanisms; strategic and performance planning and analysis; operations management; personnel supervision; and communications and marketing skills. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Early Childhood Education and Teaching | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Nurse + Nursing Assistant + Aide and Patient Care Assistant | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to perform routine nursing-related services to patients in hospitals or long-term care facilities, under the training and supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Prepress + Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design | Highline Community College |
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 lithographic equipment and operations; computer hardware and software; digital imaging; print preparation; page layout and design; desktop publishing; and applicable principles of graphic design and web page design. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
System Administration + Administrator | Highline Community College |
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 area (LAN) and wide area (WAN) networking; principles of information systems security; disk space and traffic load monitoring; data backup; resource allocation; and setup and takedown procedures. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping systems, accounting software operation, and general accounting principles and practices. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Audiovisual Communications Technologies + Technicians, Other | Highline Community College |
Any instructional program in audiovisual communications technologies not listed in the Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, General category. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Customer Service Management | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to supervise and monitor customer service performance and manage frontline customer support services, call centers/help desks, and customer relations. Includes instruction in customer behavior; specialized information technology and systems management; developing and using customer service databases; user surveys and other feedback mechanisms; strategic and performance planning and analysis; operations management; personnel supervision; and communications and marketing skills. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Customer Service Support + Call Center + Teleservice Operation | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to assist customers with inquiries and problems in frontline call centers, help desks, teleservice centers, and online. Includes instruction in user interfaces and user behavior; principles of hardware and software systems operation; customer interaction skills; telephone and e-mailing skills; data entry; and database and Internet searching and retrieval. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician, General | Highline Community College |
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, drafting calculations, material estimation, technical communications, computer applications, and interpersonal communications. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to provide basic administrative support under the supervision of office managers, administrative assistants, secretaries, and other office personnel. Includes instruction in typing, keyboarding, filing, general business correspondence, office equipment operation, and communications skills. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production | Highline Community College |
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 operation and maintenance of mechanical, electronic, and digital graphic, printing, and finishing equipment; and related processes. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
International Business + Trade + Commerce | Highline Community College |
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, monetary issues, international business policy, and applications to doing business in specific countries and markets. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Legal Assistant + Paralegal | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents, appraising, pleading, courthouse procedures, and legal specializations. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Library Assistant + Technician | Highline Community College |
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, and display systems; discovery and retrieval of requested materials; management of books, periodicals, and other documents. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist + Coder | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to perform specialized data entry, classification, and record-keeping procedures related to medical diagnostic, treatment, billing, and insurance documentation. Includes instruction in medical records and insurance software applications, basic anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, fundamentals of medical science and treatment procedures, data classification and coding, data entry skills, and regulations relating to Medicare and insurance documentation. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Office Management and Supervision | Highline Community College |
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 coordination; office systems operation and maintenance; office records management, organization, and security; office facilities design and space management; preparation and evaluation of business management data; and public relations. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Teacher Assistant + Aide | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners, and students learning English. Includes instruction in techniques of general classroom supervision, maintaining order, assisting with lessons and carrying out related assignments. | |
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Highline Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Tourism and Travel Services Management | Highline Community College |
A program that prepares individuals to manage travel-related enterprises and related convention and/or tour services. Includes instruction in travel agency management, tour arranging and planning, convention and event planning, travel industry operations and procedures, tourism marketing and promotion strategies, travel counseling, travel industry law, international and domestic operations, and travel and tourism policy. | |
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