Programs

The Industrial Maintenance Technology program provides students with fundamental mechanical skills associated with entry-level maintenance positions and prepares students for careers in large manufacturing companies as industrial machinery and maintenance technicians. Industrial ma...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Time: Day

This program focuses on management with an emphasis on the basic skills necessary to be a leader. Students are taught planning, staffing, organizing, leading and monitoring skills. Additional skills include: a basic understanding of the laws that affect business, management and le...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
  • Duration: 16 months
  • Time: Day

The program will prepare you for an entry-level position as a machine tool operator. The program is intended to give you a firm foundation in conventional manufacturing methods through hands-on experience in laboratories and classroom lecture. Topics covered in the program include...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
  • Duration: 8 months
  • Time: Day

The Machine Tool diploma is a three semester program designed to prepare students for gainful employment in the area of precision machining. The course objectives include learning safe work habits, metallurgy, precision measurement, and the set up and operation of machine tools tha...

  • Type: Diploma in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 14 months
  • Time: Day

The Machine Tool Technology program is designed to teach manufacturing processes and methods using both manual and computer-controlled machine tools. Basic skills will be developed on a variety of machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, Wire EDM and Computer Numerical Contr...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 22 months
  • Time: Day

This certificate provides an individual with the basic skills for manual machine operation, including: safety, tooling, set up, speeds and feeds, materials, print reading, and precision measurement. The student will focus learning activities on engine lathes and milling machines. C...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Time: Day

Graduates with a management degree receive 66 credit hours of course work. They receive training in accounting, marketing, finance, payroll, managing spreadsheets, data analytics, business, business ethics, business law, computer applications, leadership, and small business operati...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
  • Duration: 20 months
  • Time: Day

Graduates with a degree in Marketing receive 66 credit hours of course work. They know accounting, business, business ethics, business law, computer applications, and leadership. Graduates know the fundamental concepts in marketing, retailing, advertising, data analytics, finance, ...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
  • Duration: 20 months
  • Time: Day

This certificate program is designed to prepare students for job opportunities in retail and wholesale organizations. Specifically: advertising, publicity, sales, and marketing management.

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
  • Duration: 16 months
  • Time: Day

The Mechanical Engineering Technology program (MET) uses classroom and laboratory experiences to prepare graduates to work as engineering technicians and related engineering technology positions in various industries and production facilities. The intent is broad-based education th...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Time: Day

Modern manufacturing is based on a combination of advanced technologies that use complex machining, automation, and robotics equipment to efficiently produce a vast array of products. Our innovative and industry driven mechatronics degree program prepares you to work in a wide vari...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
  • Duration: 22 months
  • Time: Day

The Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) program is an exciting, five-semester journey that kicks off every fall and prepares you for a vital role in healthcare. In your first semester, you'll build foundational knowledge in essential lab skills - everything from lab safety to mast...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 26 months
  • Time: Day

The goal is to give students the ability to fit into a variety of information systems infrastructures by teaching basic concepts within the framework of a wide variety of equipment and architectures. The program prepares students for the CompTIA A+, Security+ and the Cisco CCNA exams.

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
  • Duration: 22 months
  • Time: Day

The FDTC Associate Degree Nursing program prepares students for this performance profession requiring intellectual, interpersonal and psychomotor skills that are based upon biological, behavioral and humanistic principles. Graduates of the Associate Degree Nursing program are prepa...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Time: Day

The LPN to ADN Transition program prepares LPNs, with a current unrestricted license in the state of South Carolina, the opportunity to pursue an associate degree in nursing. The LPN to ADN transition program is academically challenging. The program is open to men and women who p...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Time: Day

The Pipe Welding program prepares students with the technical skill needed to produce structurally sound, high-quality pipe welds. Instruction emphasizes safety, industry-standard welding processes, and proper pipe layout and fit-up. Graduates are prepared for entry-level employm...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 8 months
  • Time: Day

The Practical Nursing program prepares students for a vocation requiring intellectual, interpersonal, and psychomotor skills that are based upon biological, behavioral, and humanistic principles. Graduates of the Practical Nursing program are prepared to work in a variety of settin...

  • Type: Diploma in Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 16 months
  • Time: Day

Radiology students will learn to use radiation equipment to produce images of the tissue, organs, bones, and vessels of the body, as prescribed by physicians, to assist in the diagnosis of disease or injury. Radiology students will learn to use problem-solving and critical thinking...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 28 months
  • Time: Day

The Respiratory Care program gives students a solid foundation of theory and clinical experiences. Students will learn about medical gas administration, airway care, aerosol therapy, lung inflation techniques, mucus clearance techniques, arterial blood gas analysis, managing patien...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 28 months
  • Time: Day

The Surgical Technology Program is a five-semester associate degree program and is composed of classroom study, laboratory skills, and clinical experience. Students will learn aseptic technique, surgical instrumentation, surgical suite equipment, operative procedures, anatomy, med...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 48 months
  • Time: Day

To provide students with the fundamental skills to plan, design, code and maintain web applications. The Web Applications and Programming Certificate provides students with the necessary skills to obtain entry-level positions in web design, programming, and application development.

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
  • Duration: 16 months
  • Time: Day

This program is designed to equip students with the technical competencies required to produce structurally sound, high-quality welds that meet industry standards. Graduates are prepared for employment in maintenance, construction, fabrication, and related fields.

  • Type: Diploma in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 14 months
  • Time: Evening, Day

The Welding program prepares students with the technical skill needed to produce structurally sound, high-quality welds in accordance with industry standards. Instruction emphasizes safety, welding processes, blueprint reading, and metal fabrication techniques. Graduates are prep...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Time: Day

MIG and Flux-Cored welders use Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) processes to join metal components in manufacturing, fabrication, construction, and industrial maintenance settings. Employment opportunities are available in production and structural en...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 8 months
  • Time: Day

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