Illinois Valley Community 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, legal aspects of accounting,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community 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, suspension and steering, automatic and manual transmissions and drive trains,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree Biological and Physical Sciences | |
A program that is either a general synthesis of one or more of the biological and physical sciences, or a specialization which draws from the biological and physical sciences. | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry | |
A program that prepares individuals to support business information operations by using computer equipment to enter, process, and retrieve data for a wide variety of administrative purposes. Includes instruction in using basic business software and hardware; business computer networking; principles... | |
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Illinois Valley Community 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 and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree CAD + CADD Drafting and + or Design Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical skills and advanced computer software and hardware to the creation of graphic representations and simulations in support of engineering projects. Includes instruction in engineering graphics, two-dimensional and three-dimensional engineering design,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree Child Care Provider + Assistant | |
A program that prepares individuals to be primary providers of home, family, residential, or institutional-based child care services. Includes instruction in child growth and development; nutrition; recreation; planning and supervision of play and learning activities; child abuse and neglect prevention;... | |
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Illinois Valley Community 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 management, basic crime prevention methods, weapon and equipment... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of electrical, electronics and communication engineers. Includes instruction in electrical circuitry, prototype development and testing; systems analysis and testing, systems maintenance, instrument... | |
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Illinois Valley Community 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 distribution panels. Includes instruction... | |
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Illinois Valley Community 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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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree Floriculture + Floristry Operations and Management | |
A program that prepares individuals to operate and manage commercial and contract florist enterprises, supply and delivery services, and flower catering services. Includes instruction in the applicable principles of plant science; purchasing, storage, and delivery systems; floral design and arranging;... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree Forensic Science and Technology | |
A program that focuses on the application of the physical, biomedical, and social sciences to the analysis and evaluation of physical evidence, human testimony and criminal suspects. Includes instruction in forensic medicine, forensic dentistry, anthropology, psychology, pathology, forensic laboratory... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree General Studies | |
An undifferentiated program that includes instruction in the general arts, general science, or unstructured studies. | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree 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 theory, imaging, studio technique, still and life... | |
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Illinois Valley Community 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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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree Manufacturing Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to the identification and resolution of production problems in the manufacture of products. Includes instruction in machine operations, production line operations, engineering analysis, systems analysis, instrumentation,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree Massage Therapy + Therapeutic Massage | |
A program that prepares individuals to provide relief and improved health and well-being to clients through the application of manual techniques for manipulating skin, muscles, and connective tissues. Includes instruction in Western (Swedish) massage; sports massage; myotherapy/trigger point massage;... | |
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Illinois Valley Community 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 medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments... | |
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Illinois Valley Community 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, image projection, public speaking and interpersonal... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree Social Work | |
A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social welfare policy; case work planning;... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Associate degree 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 area (LAN) and wide area (WAN) networking; principles of information... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping | |
A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping systems, accounting software operation, and general accounting principles and... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Applied Horticulture + Horticulture Operations, General | |
A program that focuses on the general production and processing of domesticated plants, shrubs, flowers, foliage, trees, groundcovers, and related plant materials; the management of technical and business operations connected with horticultural services; and the basic scientific principles needed to... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate 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 structural design, architectural rendering, architectural-aided drafting... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/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, engine repair, suspension and steering, automatic and manual transmissions and drive trains,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate CAD + CADD Drafting and + or Design Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical skills and advanced computer software and hardware to the creation of graphic representations and simulations in support of engineering projects. Includes instruction in engineering graphics, two-dimensional and three-dimensional engineering design,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Child Care Provider + Assistant | |
A program that prepares individuals to be primary providers of home, family, residential, or institutional-based child care services. Includes instruction in child growth and development; nutrition; recreation; planning and supervision of play and learning activities; child abuse and neglect prevention;... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | |
A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to function as network specialists and managers at various levels. Includes instruction in... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Computer Technology + Computer Systems Technology | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of professionals who use computer systems. Includes instruction in basic computer design and architecture, programming, problems of specific computer applications, component and system maintenance... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Educational + Instructional Media Design | |
A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of creating instructional products and related educational resources in various formats or combinations such as film, video, recording, text, art, CD-ROM, computer software, virtual reality technology, and three-dimensional objects, and that prepares... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/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 theory, imaging, studio technique, still and life... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology + Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, install, service and maintain the operating condition of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems. Includes instruction in diagnostic techniques, the use of testing equipment and the principles of mechanics,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Housing and Human Environments, Other | |
Any instructional program in housing and human environments not listed in the Housing and Human Environments, General category. | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair and maintain industrial machinery and equipment such as cranes, pumps, engines and motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, production machinery, marine deck machinery, and steam propulsion, refinery, and pipeline-distribution... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Machine Tool Technology + Machinist | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, manufacture, assemble, test, and repair parts, mechanisms, machines, and structures in which materials are cast, formed, shaped, molded, heat treated, cut, twisted, pressed, fused, stamped or worked. | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Nurse + Nursing Assistant + Aide and Patient Care Assistant | |
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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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Phlebotomy + Phlebotomist | |
A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and other health care professionals, to draw blood samples from patients using a variety of intrusive procedures. Includes instruction in basic vascular anatomy and physiology, blood physiology, skin puncture techniques, venipuncture,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate Truck and Bus Driver + Commercial Vehicle Operation | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to drive trucks and buses, delivery vehicles, for-hire vehicles and other commercial vehicles. Includes instruction in operating gas, diesel, or electrically-powered vehicles; loading and unloading cargo or passengers; reporting... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/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 welding, ferrous and non-ferrous materials, oxidation-reduction... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping | |
A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping systems, accounting software operation, and general accounting principles and... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry | |
A program that prepares individuals to support business information operations by using computer equipment to enter, process, and retrieve data for a wide variety of administrative purposes. Includes instruction in using basic business software and hardware; business computer networking; principles... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/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 and management, basic crime prevention methods, weapon and equipment... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/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 dental hygienists. Includes instruction in medical record-keeping,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/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 electrical distribution panels. Includes instruction... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Food Service, Waiter + Waitress, and Dining Room Management + Manager | |
A program that prepares individuals to serve food to customers in formal or informal settings. Includes instruction inthe nutritional, sensory, and functional properties of food and its ingredients; food services principles; table and counter services; dining room operations and procedures; service... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Forensic Science and Technology | |
A program that focuses on the application of the physical, biomedical, and social sciences to the analysis and evaluation of physical evidence, human testimony and criminal suspects. Includes instruction in forensic medicine, forensic dentistry, anthropology, psychology, pathology, forensic laboratory... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate General Office Occupations and Clerical Services | |
A program that prepares individuals to provide basic administrative support under the supervision of office managers, administrative assistants, secretaries, and other office personnel. Includes instruction in typing, keyboarding, filing, general business correspondence, office equipment operation,... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate 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 sterile dressings, patient health education and assistance with examinations and treatment. | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate Massage Therapy + Therapeutic Massage | |
A program that prepares individuals to provide relief and improved health and well-being to clients through the application of manual techniques for manipulating skin, muscles, and connective tissues. Includes instruction in Western (Swedish) massage; sports massage; myotherapy/trigger point massage;... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/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 consumer psychology, image projection, public speaking and interpersonal... | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/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 squaring shears. | |
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Illinois Valley Community College Certificates/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 instruction in individual and group counseling skills, psychology of... | |
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