Associate Degrees

• Accounting
• Administrative Assistant
• Administration of Justice Technology
• Agricultural Business and Management
• Alchohol and Other Drug Abuse Counseling
• Automotive Technology
• Business Management
• Computer Systems Specialist
• Cosmetology Technology
• Early Childhood Education
• Electronic Technologies
• Fish and Wildlife Management
• Help Desk/PC Technician/Networking
• Information Processing - Management
• Information Processing - Technician
• Legal Administrative Assistant
• Medical Administrative Assistant
• Multimedia and Gaming
• Paraprofessional Educator
• Power Systems Technician
• Professional Inside Wireman
• Social and Human Support Services
• Veterinary Technology

Less Than One Year Certificates
(Not Eligible for Financial Aid )

• Auto Body Repair
• Basic Electricity
• Basic Security Officer Training
• Catering
• Direct Support Provider
• Fire Fighting
• Heating and Air Conditioning
• Real Estate - Appraisal

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE & CERTIFICATES

    Shawnee Community College ’s vocational and technical programs are called career programs because they prepare students to enter challenging, specialized careers after two years of college or less.

    Career programs grew from the need for technicians and skilled employees in all areas of business, medicine, and industry. Practical, job-preparatory knowledge is emphasized in the community college’s career programs. Students can pursue most of these programs either full or part-time.

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREES AND RELATED CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Associate of Applied Science

    General Requirements for graduation with an Associate of Applied Science (AS) Degree include:

• Successful completion of the requirements of the curriculum;
• Achievement of cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (C) or higher for all credit earned at Shawnee Community College ;
• Earning a minimum of twenty (20) semester hours of credit at Shawnee Community College ;
• (a) Passing an examination or (b) completing (with a passing grade) a specified course pertaining to patriotism, principles of representative government, proper use and display of the American flag, and method of voting. If such examination is clearly evidenced on an Illinois high school equivalent certificate, it may be noted on the college transcript in lieu of (a) or (b) above;
• Making application for graduation three (3) weeks prior to the end of the graduating semester;
• Payment of all tuition and fees.

One-Year Certificate Programs

General Requirements for graduation with a One-Year Certificate include:

• Successful completion of the requirements of the curriculum;
• Achievement of a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (C) or higher;
• Earning a minimum of one-half of the required credit hours of the curriculum at Shawnee Community College ;
• (a) Passing an examination or (b) completing (with a passing grade) a specified course pertaining to patriotism, principles of representative government, proper use and display of the American flag, and method of voting. If such examination is clearly evidenced on an Illinois high school equivalent certificate, it may be noted on the college transcript in lieu of (a) or (b) above;
• Making application for graduation three (3) weeks prior to the end of the graduating semester;
• Payment of all tuition and fees.

For More Information Contact:
An Academic Advisor
at 1-800-481-2242 or (618) 634-3200
or e-mail admissions@shawneecc.edu

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