Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping | |
A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping systems, accounting software operation, and general accounting principles and... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General | |
A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, word processing and data entry, office machines operation and maintenance, office procedures,... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
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. Includes instruction in principles of aircraft design and performance; aircraft flight... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Anthropology | |
A program that focuses on the systematic study of human beings, their antecedents and related primates, and their cultural behavior and institutions, in comparative perspective. Includes instruction in biological/physical anthropology, primatology, human paleontology and prehistoric archeology, hominid... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Banking and Financial Support Services | |
A program that prepares individuals to perform a wide variety of customer services in banks, insurance agencies, savings and loan companies, and related enterprises. Includes instruction in communications and public relations skills, business equipment operation, and technical skills applicable to the... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Biology + Biological Sciences, General | |
A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological specializations. |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Business Teacher Education | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach vocational business programs at various educational levels. |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Chemistry, General | |
A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena. |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Child Care and Support Services Management | |
A program that focuses on the provision and management of child care services and that prepares individuals to plan, design, and manage child care facilities and programs that meet children's developmental needs and interests and that provide safe and healthy environments. Includes instruction in child... |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Clinical + Medical Laboratory Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of clinical laboratory scientists/medical technologists, to perform routine medical laboratory procedures and tests and to apply preset strategies to record and analyze data. Includes instruction in general laboratory procedures and skills;... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Community Psychology | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply psychological principles to the analysis of social problems, and the implementation of intervention strategies for addressing these problems. Includes instruction in social ecology, primary and secondary prevention of social pathologies, social intervention... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Computer and Information Sciences, General | |
A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific programs in computer science, information science,... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
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 programming to software installation and maintenance. Includes instruction... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | |
A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to function as network specialists and managers at various levels. Includes instruction in... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
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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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Education, General | |
A program that focuses on the general theory and practice of learning and teaching; the basic principles of educational psychology; the art of teaching; the planning and administration of educational activities; school safety and health issues; and the social foundations of education. |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Electrical and Power Transmission Installation + Installer, General | |
A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install indoor and outdoor residential, commercial, and industrial electrical systems, and associated power transmission lines. Includes instruction in electricity, safety procedures, wiring, insulation and grounding,... |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Environmental Engineering Technology + Environmental 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 indoor and outdoor environmental pollution control systems. Includes instruction in environmental safety principles, testing... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Executive Assistant + Executive Secretary | |
A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and/or personal secretaries for business executives and top management. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, public relations, scheduling and travel management, secretarial accounting,... |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Human Resources Management + Personnel Administration, General | |
A program that generally prepares individuals to manage the development of human capital in organizations, and to provide related services to individuals and groups. Includes instruction in personnel and organization policy, human resource dynamics and flows, labor relations, sex roles, civil rights,... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Human Services, General | |
A program that focuses on the general study and provision of human and social services to individuals and communities and prepares individuals to work in public and private human services agencies and organizations. Includes instruction in the social sciences, psychology, principles of social service,... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Humanities + Humanistic Studies | |
A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion. |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Legal Administrative Assistant + Secretary | |
A program that prepares individuals to serve as legal office managers, special assistants, and legal secretaries. Includes instruction in office management, secretarial science, principles of U. S. or Canadian law, legal terminology and documentation, legal research, legal software applications, law... |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Mass Communication + Media Studies | |
A program that focuses on the analysis and criticism of media institutions and media texts, how people experience and understand media content, and the roles of media in producing and transforming culture. Includes instruction in communications regulation, law, and policy; media history; media aesthetics,... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Mechanical Engineering + Mechanical Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in the design and development phases of a wide variety of projects involving mechanical systems. Includes instruction in principles of mechanics, applications to specific engineering... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary | |
A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for practicing physicians and nurses, health care facilities and services administrators, and other health care professionals. Includes instruction in business and medical communications, medical... |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Pre-Law Studies | |
A program that prepares individuals for the professional study of law at the post-baccalaureate level. |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Pre-Medicine + Pre-Medical Studies | |
A program that prepares individuals for admission to a first-professional program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatric medicine. |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Pre-Pharmacy Studies | |
A program that prepares individuals for admission to a first-professional program in pharmacy. |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Respiratory Care Therapy + Therapist | |
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... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management + Manager | |
A program that prepares individuals to plan, supervise, and manage food and beverage preparation and service operations, restaurant facilities, and catering services. Includes instruction in food/beverage industry operations, cost control, purchasing and storage, business administration, logistics,... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Retailing and Retail Operations | |
A program that prepares individuals to perform operations associated with retail sales in a variety of settings. Includes instruction in over-the-counter and other direct sales operations in business settings, basic bookkeeping principles, customer service, team/staff leadership and supervision, floor... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Science Technologies + Technicians, Other | |
Any instructional program in science technologies not listed in the Science Technologies/Technicians, General category. |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Small Business Administration + Management | |
A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage independent small businesses. Includes instruction in business administration; enterprise planning and entrepreneurship; start-up; small business operations and problems; personnel supervision; capitalization and investment; taxation; business... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Sociology | |
A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, family structures, social deviance... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Special Education and Teaching, General | |
A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education teachers. Includes instruction in diagnosing learning disabilities,... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Teacher Assistant + Aide | |
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... |
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Reading Area Community College
Associate degree
Tourism Promotion Operations | |
A program that prepares individuals to perform marketing and sales operations connected with the promotion of tourism in public and private sector settings. Includes instruction in principles of marketing research and advertising, promotional campaign organization, media relations, and applicable technical... |
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Reading Area Community 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 products on the World Wide Web. Includes instruction in Internet theory; web page... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/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, word processing and data entry, office machines operation and maintenance, office procedures,... |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-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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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/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 health care professionals. Includes instruction in business and medical communications, medical... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Medical Transcription + Transcriptionist | |
A program that prepares individuals to execute verbatim medical conference minutes, medical reports, and medical orders. Includes instruction in dictation and simultaneous recording, analysis of notes and visual evidence, medical terminology, data processing applications and skills, formal medical report... |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/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, word processing and data entry, office machines operation and maintenance, office procedures,... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/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, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Child Care and Support Services Management | |
A program that focuses on the provision and management of child care services and that prepares individuals to plan, design, and manage child care facilities and programs that meet children's developmental needs and interests and that provide safe and healthy environments. Includes instruction in child... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-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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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/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 programming to software installation and maintenance. Includes instruction... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-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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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-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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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Food Preparation + Professional Cooking + Kitchen Assistant | |
A program that prepares individuals to serve under the supervision of chefs and other food service professionals as kitchen support staff and commercial food preparation workers. Includes instruction in kitchen organization and operations, sanitation and quality control, basic food preparation and cooking... |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-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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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Human Resources Management + Personnel Administration, General | |
A program that generally prepares individuals to manage the development of human capital in organizations, and to provide related services to individuals and groups. Includes instruction in personnel and organization policy, human resource dynamics and flows, labor relations, sex roles, civil rights,... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/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 terminology and documentation, legal research, legal software applications, law... |
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Reading Area 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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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Machine Shop Technology + Assistant | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to fabricate and modify metal parts in support of other manufacturing, repair or design activities, or as an independent business. |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/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 health care professionals. Includes instruction in business and medical communications, medical... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Respiratory Care Therapy + Therapist | |
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... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Retailing and Retail Operations | |
A program that prepares individuals to perform operations associated with retail sales in a variety of settings. Includes instruction in over-the-counter and other direct sales operations in business settings, basic bookkeeping principles, customer service, team/staff leadership and supervision, floor... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Science Technologies + Technicians, Other | |
Any instructional program in science technologies not listed in the Science Technologies/Technicians, General category. |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Small Business Administration + Management | |
A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage independent small businesses. Includes instruction in business administration; enterprise planning and entrepreneurship; start-up; small business operations and problems; personnel supervision; capitalization and investment; taxation; business... |
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Reading Area Community College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Web Page, Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply HTML, XML, Javascript, graphics applications, and other authoring tools to the design, editing, and publishing (launching) of documents, images, graphics, sound, and multimedia products on the World Wide Web. Includes instruction in Internet theory; web page... |
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