Broome Community College - SUNY

Successful completion of the Chemical Dependency Counseling certificate prepares graduates for admission to test for the New York State exam for Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (testing via International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium).

The Chemical Dependency Counseling Certificate course sequence includes the 350 approved classroom hours required by NYS OASAS for eligibility to take the Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Certificate (CASAC) exam.

Students with advanced degrees or significant work experience in the field will be evaluated on a case by case basis, to determine if internship option can be waived. The internship is required for students lacking appropriate clinical hours. This program is designed as an added credential for students with degrees, advanced degrees and professionals in human service/chemical dependency field.

The Human Services Chemical Dependency Counseling (HSCD) program is designed to prepare students as professionals in the field of alcohol and substance abuse treatment. The program is also designed to provide continuing education for individuals presently working in the field. The curriculum is based in the liberal arts with a concentration in alcohol and drug specialization courses. Coursework is enhanced with a supervised clinical internship.

Whether you’re looking for a career in the corrections field or transfer to a four-year institution, the AS in Criminal Justice – Corrections is for you.

Graduates are prepared for careers in corrections, protective services, security and selected aspects of the courts systems.

If you’re looking for a career in law enforcement the AAS in Criminal Justice-Police is for you. Graduates are prepared for positions in such areas as law enforcement, crime analysis, dispatch, security, corrections, and juvenile justice. Students may also transfer to a four year institution through specific advisement.

This program is intended to provide:

An instructional environment that encourages critical thinking and professionalism
Knowledge and understanding necessary to work in the field of study
Career preparedness opportunities
The opportunity to collaborate with the community through service learning activities
Interaction with experienced faculty, guest speakers, common hours, and campus presentations
The opportunity for seamless transfer and success at four-year institutions (with specific advisement)

Students completing the first year of the Early Childhood program are eligible for a certificate.

The Early Childhood program leads to an Associate in Applied Science degree and is designed to prepare graduates for immediate employment or to enhance the skills and advancement opportunities of those already employed.

Save lives with a certificate in Emergency Medical Technology/Paramedic.
The paramedic certificate course sequence includes classroom, hands-on skill development, hospital clinical experience, and field internships. The certificate includes courses required for admission to the New York State Department of Health Paramedic certification exam.
The Certificate in Emergency Medical Technology/Paramedic prepares students to administer the highest level of pre-hospital care to patients in emergency situations. Graduates are prepared for careers as emergency medical technicians and become eligible to sit for the NYS examination for certification as an Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P).

Save lives with a degree in Emergency Medical Technology/Paramedic.

The AAS in Emergency Medical Technology/Paramedic prepares students to administer the highest level of pre-hospital care to patients in emergency situations. Graduates are prepared for careers as emergency medical technicians and become eligible to sit for the NYS examination for certification as an Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P). The paramedic A.A.S. course sequence includes classroom, hands-on skill development, hospital clinical experience, and field internships. The program includes courses required for admission to the New York State Department of Health Paramedic certification exam.

The AAS in Paralegal Studies prepares graduates to become paralegals and legal assistants. Paralegals are highly skilled paraprofessionals who work closely with attorneys, judges, prosecutors or public defenders. They work under the supervision of an attorney interviewing clients, investigating facts, drafting documents and researching the law. The paralegal professional enjoys a wide variety of assignments, projects and functions. Some paralegals specialize in certain areas such as civil litigation, real estate, corporate law or estate planning.

Paralegals can find positions in various organizations such as large corporations, insurance companies, private law firms, banks, district attorney offices, real estate agencies, title companies, courts and government agencies.

Civil Engineering Technology is an exciting, diverse field with excellent employment opportunities locally, state-wide and nationally. Civil Engineering Technologists are involved in all phases of the construction industry, from the planning and design of buildings, bridges, highways, commercial and industrial facilities to management and inspection of the construction process. Graduates find rewarding careers with consulting engineering companies, construction companies and government agencies such as New York State’s Department of Transportation or Broome County’s Engineering Department.

SUNY Broome’s Electrical Engineering Technology program is a great place to start your career or update your skills. The program emphasizes both the theory and the application of scientific and engineering methods, and prepares the student for immediate employment or for transfer to an upper-division school upon graduation.

Modern electronics is at the heart of a wide range of equipment, including projection television, satellite receiver systems, speech synthesis, robotics, aircraft navigation systems and more. EET students learn about the Internet, robotics, satellite systems and computer networks. The graduate will be prepared to be the “intermediary” between the designer and the skilled craftsman, and will translate problems into solutions by building equipment using their knowledge. An exciting engineering technology career is waiting for you in this field!

SUNY Broome’s Mechanical Engineering Technology program is specifically designed to prepare students in the applied aspects of engineering. Mechanical engineering technology is a vital part of any engineering field. It requires the application of scientific and engineering knowledge and methods, combined with practical technical skills in support of engineering activities.

Program Emphases:

Manufacturing Processes
Mechanical Drawing and Design – CAD
Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Quality Assurance
The continuing thrust for faster and more economical manufacturing methods, more realistic systems and the need for new, clean and consistent sources of energy have generated a continuing demand for mechanical engineering technicians with a high degree of technical competence.

The Clinical Laboratory Technician plays a vital role in patient care by performing laboratory testing to provide diagnostic evidence of health and disease. Clinical Laboratory Technicians are trained in all major areas of the clinical laboratory, including hematology, immunology, microbiology, body fluids, blood banking, clinical chemistry and histology.

Tasks performed by these professionals include examining microscopic specimens, cross-matching donated units of blood, identifying microorganisms in infections and operating computers and complex laboratory instrumentation.

Employers include: hospital laboratories, physician offices, pharmaceutical companies, research facilities, the armed forces and veterinary clinics. Technicians may advance through education to levels of Clinical Laboratory Technologist, Specialist or Laboratory Director through earning a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral degree.

Wherever they work, the technicians and technologists in this field share a strong desire to help others, a love of challenge and responsibility, and the ability to complete a wide variety of scientific tests accurately and reliably.

SUNY Broome’s Dental Hygiene Department offers a unique program that provides quality educational experience for dental hygiene students.

Dental hygiene is the science and practice of the recognition, treatment and prevention of oral diseases. SUNY Broome graduated its first class more than 50 years ago and the Dental Hygiene Department has become a premier program in New York State. The program’s reputation and examination results attest to the department’s outstanding accomplishments.

This Associate’s degree program is designed to prepare competent dental hygiene professionals, capable of providing quality dental hygiene care in a variety of settings within a changing healthcare system and a culturally diverse society. Students gain skills and knowledge required to take the National Dental Hygiene Board and the Northeast Regional Board Examinations required for licensure.

The on-campus dental hygiene program’s state-of-the-art clinic houses 26 dental units, seven x-ray operatories, two labs and various classrooms for student use. All of the dental and x-ray units have computers using computerized patient data management software, digital radiographs and clinical evaluation. Internet components are used as supplements to enhance instruction and promote student learning in the clinical and classroom setting.

Health information management professionals hold many diverse roles, yet all share a common purpose: providing reliable and valid information that drives the healthcare industry. They are specialists in working with health information systems, managing medical records, and coding information for reimbursement and research. Health information management professionals are uniquely qualified to:

Ensure health information is complete and available to legitimate users
Code and classify data for reimbursement
Analyze information necessary for decision support
Protect patient privacy and provide information security
Enhance the quality and uses for data within healthcare
Administer health information computer systems
Comply with standards and regulations regarding health information
Prepare health data for accreditation surveys
Analyze clinical data for research and public policy

Medical Assistants are trained to perform tasks in three major areas of the medical office: 1) administrative tasks, including medical transcription, insurance billing and coding, and medical record maintenance, 2) patient care tasks, including taking patient histories and vital signs, and 3) assisting with the performance of diagnostic procedures and treatments, and basic laboratory testing, including the collection and performance of waived laboratory tests. The Medical Assistant program includes a 15-week internship working experience in a physician’s office or other health care facility.

SUNY Broome’s Nursing Program prepares students for entry into the modern healthcare workforce. Graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).

The Nursing Program has required educational components in all of the following areas: classroom, clinical facilities and the nursing skills lab. Each student must meet the mathematics proficiency requirements at selected intervals during the program.

Clinical experiences for Nursing students are scheduled by the Nursing Department and may include day, evening and weekend time frames. Students in the daytime option will have evening clinical hours assigned in specialty areas. Students are responsible for providing their own transportation to clinical and community facilities in Broome and surrounding counties. All clinical components run concurrently with lectures. To progress, students must satisfactorily complete all clinical components.

SUNY Broome offers students an evening/weekend (E/W) option to earn an AAS in Nursing. Students attend class and lab on Monday and Wednesday evenings and are scheduled for clinicals every other weekend, which includes both Saturday and Sunday. The program is completed in three years. If a student needs to complete their general education co-requisites, the first two semesters will be full-time. The final four semesters are part-time.

The Phlebotomy Certificate curriculum prepares students for entry-level positions in hospitals, clinics and other health care settings, where they collect blood samples from patients, perform related technical procedures and process the associated clerical tasks.

As vital members of the health care team, phlebotomists work closely with patients and require good communication and organizational skills. To be successful, phlebotomists should be practical and accurate, able to inspire confidence in others and to put patients at ease. Phlebotomists need to be skilled at collecting blood and other specimens correctly to procure high-quality specimens for laboratory analysis. The Phlebotomy Certificate program emphasizes a combination of phlebotomy theory and practical application necessary for successful employment.

Graduates may qualify for employment in hospitals, clinics, physicians’ offices and other health care settings. After completing requirements, graduates are eligible to sit for a national certification exam.

SUNY Broome’s Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program graduated its first class in 1989. The PTA program prepares students to carry out a planned patient care program under the supervision of a Physical Therapist (PT) in a variety of healthcare settings.

Interventions provided by a PTA include: exercises for increasing strength, endurance, coordination and range of motion; the use of heat, cold, electricity, sound and water to relieve pain and stimulate muscle activity; instruction in activities of daily living; and the use of assistive devices such as walkers, crutches and wheelchairs.

A significant part of this program includes on-site clinical experiences in which the student practices physical therapy skills under the supervision of a PTA or PT. Upon successful completion of the PTA curriculum, students graduate with an Associate in Applied Science degree. They are then eligible to take a National Licensing Examination and apply for certification as a physical therapist assistant.

As a Radiologic Technologist, you’ll be on the cutting edge of scientific progress, working with the latest advances in medical care. You’ll also be a member of a growing profession, as the number of medical imaging examinations performed in the United States increases every year. Opportunities to advance within the field are expanding as well. Whether you consider yourself technically adept or not, you will be comfortable studying radiologic technology. That’s because the field is part science, and part art.

Part of your coursework at SUNY Broome will include subjects such as anatomy, biology, radiation safety, and physics. You’ll learn to use computers to acquire and manipulate images, and you’ll work with some of the most technologically advanced equipment in the medical field. You will also learn to communicate with patients, solve problems and work with other members of the healthcare team, including doctors, nurses and experienced radiologic technologists. During this part of your education in the clinical setting, you’ll have a hands-on opportunity to practice your patient care skills and fine-tune your technical knowledge. You will develop skills that allow you to provide patient care that is accurate as well as compassionate.

The Computer Information Systems program consists of a broad spectrum of courses in the information systems and information technology fields. Upon completion of the required courses, the student will receive an Associate in Applied Science and be ready for immediate employment.

Core courses give the student a strong foundation in applications programming, networking, database systems, productivity software, Internet programming, system security and systems analysis. Students can also select a variety of CST and/or BUS electives to suit their interests. Students can attend full-time or part-time. Courses may be offered during the day, the evenings or online.

Students seeking immediate employment will find opportunities in a variety of organizations as application programmers/analysts, computer operators, database specialists or IT support. Students planning to transfer should seek the advice of the department chairperson and the transfer institution. Students can potentially pursue transfer to Bachelor of Science programs in Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems or Information Technology.

The Certificate in Website Development & Management combines visual design, marketing savvy and technology skills, enabling students to create attractive and functional websites. The program emphasizes the basic principles of web design, and teaches the techniques that will allow you to use multimedia content for interactive presentations and commercial websites.

Some helpful definitions: Website managers analyze user needs to implement website content, graphics, performance and user capacity. Web graphic designers may develop or convert graphic, audio and video components into compatible Web formats by using software designed to facilitate the creation of Web and multimedia content.

The Web Development and Management degree (AAS), prepares graduates for direct employment in website design and development, social media creation and campaigns, and digital marketing publications. The degree program will teach you everything you need to know about creating and maintaining attractive and functional websites, from basic web design and computer graphics skills to advanced coding languages and web authoring tools. Coursework includes responsive front-end design and development, asset creation, back-end development, content management systems, and mobile web app development. Business fundamentals are woven throughout the curriculum including ecommerce and project management.

The Computer Information Systems program consists of a broad spectrum of courses in the information systems and information technology fields. Upon completion of the required courses, the student will receive an Associate in Applied Science and be ready for immediate employment.

Core courses give the student a strong foundation in applications programming, networking, database systems, productivity software, Internet programming, system security and systems analysis. Students can also select a variety of CST and/or BUS electives to suit their interests. Students can attend full-time or part-time. Courses may be offered during the day, the evenings or online.

Students seeking immediate employment will find opportunities in a variety of organizations as application programmers/analysts, computer operators, database specialists or IT support. Students planning to transfer should seek the advice of the department chairperson and the transfer institution. Students can potentially pursue transfer to Bachelor of Science programs in Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems or Information Technology.

The Computer Information Systems program consists of a broad spectrum of courses in the information systems and information technology fields. Upon completion of the required courses, the student will receive an Associate in Applied Science and be ready for immediate employment.

Core courses give the student a strong foundation in applications programming, networking, database systems, productivity software, Internet programming, system security and systems analysis. Students can also select a variety of CST and/or BUS electives to suit their interests. Students can attend full-time or part-time. Courses may be offered during the day, the evenings or online.

Students seeking immediate employment will find opportunities in a variety of organizations as application programmers/analysts, computer operators, database specialists or IT support. Students planning to transfer should seek the advice of the department chairperson and the transfer institution. Students can potentially pursue transfer to Bachelor of Science programs in Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems or Information Technology.

SUNY Broome’s Computer Technology A.A.S. Degree program has three career paths: Technical, Network, or Network Security and Computer Forensics. The program prepares you for immediate employment in technical environments where knowledge of the interface between hardware and software is necessary.

Upon graduation, you could be employed as a computer operator, technician/programmer or engineering aide, and work on protecting network data flow and integrity, or on large software projects. Or, you might work directly with digital devices such as microprocessors and computer interfaces for sensors and controllers. Less emphasis is placed on mathematics and more on computer hardware, digital logic and microprocessors.

Millions of dollars are lost each year in the U.S. due to identity theft, computer crime and mishandled information. This creates a need for a trained workforce ready to prevent and help businesses recover from such criminal activity.

Graduates of SUNY Broome’s Computer Security & Forensics A.A.S Degree program are prepared to work in technical or business environments to help design, maintain and secure computer networks while also using legal and investigative procedures to respond to a variety of incidents. As a Computer Security Forensics technician, you will keep computers, data and networks safe from intruders and malicious code — and maintain a safe and reliable computing environment.

Our Culinary Arts degree program provides students with the opportunity to turn their passion for the kitchen into a rewarding career, and the skills they need to directly enter the hospitality field as a chef or cook.

Students will learn to master the four Ps – purchasing, preparation, presentation and profit – not only in the classroom, but with hands-on experiences that are critical in the field. Coursework includes nutrition, kitchen chemistry, hospitality law, menu merchandising and marketing, human resources and cost control and more.

SUNY Broome’s Manufacturing Technology program prepares students for immediate employment in a variety of areas such as manufacturing processes, metrology, principles of continuous improvement, CNC and statistical quality control. It is designed for full-time, part-time, day or evening students who seek an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree in a technical skills area with a non-calculus mathematics approach.

This program emphasizes the application of scientific and engineering knowledge combined with practical technical skills and methods in support of advanced manufacturing, and includes a capstone project. In addition, the program allows students to train in the highly technical specialty of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) using state-of-the-art equipment. Students will gain valuable hands-on experience with popular CNC software packages including:

Predator Editor 2010
Predator Virtual 2010
MasterCAM Version X6