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The Child Care Certificate program is designed to prepare you to become a care-giver to young children. The program is also designed to upgrade your skills and knowledge even if you already work with young children. Quality child care is an increasingly critical issue in today's world and the demands for qualified child care services have become an important necessity to the working population. Our certificate program can be completed in two semesters full time.

The Teaching Assistant degree program is appropriate for both current and prospective teacher aides and assistants. These paraprofessionals perform a variety of functions within schools such as:

Working with an individual student
Working with a small group of students
Working in a classroom or resource room
Working with students in a technology room or computer lab
You will be provided with courses that are directly relevant to the responsibilities normally assigned to Teaching Assistants working in prekindergarten through high school.

The Teaching Assistant degree program is appropriate for both current and prospective teacher aides and assistants. These paraprofessionals perform a variety of functions within schools such as:

Working with an individual student
Working with a small group of students
Working in a classroom or resource room
Working with students in a technology room or computer lab
You will be provided with courses that are directly relevant to the responsibilities normally assigned to Teaching Assistants working in prekindergarten through high school.

Our criminal justice system deals with a multitude of offenders from all walks of life. Counselors are needed to assist those individuals who are released into society from jail or prison and are participating in various alternatives to incarceration programs.

Police Officers are the first line of defense in our society and often are called upon to handle a multitude of issues. Officers need to be enforces, mediators, counselors, referees, social workers, and public servants.

Human Services employees are called upon to provide a wealth of services to people at every stage of life, from infancy to senior adulthood. The Human Services field encompasses hundreds of different careers in both public and private organizations. Common to all of these Human Services careers is one underlying goal: to help those in need overcome obstacles, and learn to lead independent, productive, and satisfying lives.

A degree in Paralegal Studies can open the doors into a fascinating career in law. One of the fastest-growing occupational categories in the country, the paralegal profession offers a wide range of employment opportunities.

In the two-year sequence of courses, GCC’s paralegal program prepares students to become qualified legal assistants working under the supervision of an attorney providing a variety of legal services to clients. Taught by attorneys, program courses prepare students to execute key paralegal duties, such as legal document preparation, researching law, public records searches and trial preparation.

As a Computer Programmer, you will write code to create software programs, and turn the program designs created by software developers and engineers into instructions that a computer can follow. You must also test programs to ensure that they produce the expected results.

The Internet is a primary source of communication, and organizations of every size have a critical need for website designers. Whether you're interested in large scale manufacturers, small retailers, a nonprofit organization or an institution, an associate degree from GCC in Web Design offers a perfect pathway to a rewarding career.

The Internet is a primary source of communication, and organizations of every size have a critical need for website designers. Whether you're interested in large scale manufacturers, small retailers, a nonprofit organization or an institution, an associate degree from GCC in Web Design offers a perfect pathway to a rewarding career.

Computer repair technicians set up, maintain, and repair stand alone and networked personal computers. This includes businesses, ATM machines, and office machines. Repairers often do their work on-site, traveling to customer locations for large or stationary machines.

Computer Support Specialists provide help and advice to people and organizations using computer software or equipment. With a degree in Computer Support Operations, you will be prepared to help users with their computer related needs as well as support Information Technology employees within their organization.

Computer support specialists provide help and advice to people and organizations using computer software or equipment. Help Desk Technicians assist non-IT users who are having computer problems.

Network and Computer Systems Administrators are responsible for the day-to-day operation of an organization's computer networks. They organize, install, and support an organization's computer systems, including:

Local area networks (LANs)
Wide area networks (WANs)
Network segments
Intranets
Data Communication Systems

Drafting is a major communication medium among designers and engineers. Drafters prepare drawings to communicate ideas and instructions for others to follow in the fabrication of products and projects. As a drafting professional, you will add value to the design and fabrication process and enhance the quality of an end project, part, or system. GCC's Computerized Drafting and Design program prepares you to work in a variety of entry-level positions in engineering, architecture, manufacturing, and in construction settings. The program and facilities at GCC provide an optimum learning experience as well as GCC's Computer-Assisted Drafting (CAD) software, explored in the new computer graphics laboratory.

Drafting is a major communication medium among designers and engineers. Drafters prepare drawings to communicate ideas and instructions for others to follow in the fabrication of products and projects. As a drafting professional, you will add value to the design and fabrication process and enhance the quality of an end project, part, or system. GCC's Computerized Drafting and Design program prepares you to work in a variety of entry-level positions in engineering, architecture, manufacturing, and in construction settings. The program and facilities at GCC provide an optimum learning experience as well as GCC's Computer-Assisted Drafting (CAD) software, explored in the new computer graphics laboratory.

Over the past few years, federal rules of reimbursement for Medicare and Medicaid have changed and medical billing has moved to an electronic format. This creates a need for specially trained office staff in the medical field.

Medical Administrative Assistants and Office Assistants are educated in:

Medical terminology
Office technology
Medical office procedures

Over the past few years, federal rules of reimbursement for Medicare and Medicaid have changed and medical billing has moved to an electronic format. This creates a need for specially trained office staff in the medical field.

Medical Administrative Assistants and Office Assistants are educated in:

Medical terminology
Office technology
Medical office procedures

The PTA is a licensed healthcare professional dedicated to high standards of clinical practice. The PTA Program at GCC is an intense, academically rigorous program and requires dedicated, hardworking students with solid support systems. In order to pass the challenging national licensing exam and achieve the skill set necessary for excellence in clinical practice, students can expect a demanding course load, robust study, considerable practice of treatment techniques, research and collaborative project work outside the scheduled class hours.

As a PTA, you will be a professional member of the health care team. This allows you to be directly involved in helping people with injuries to relieve their pain as well as heal and to regain function so as to lead a more normal, independent life. You will be able to work at many different kinds of health care facilities, such as sports care clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and schools with a wide range of patients

As a Respiratory Therapist, you will use a variety of sophisticated equipment and techniques to measure how a patient's lungs and circulatory system are working in order to evaluate and monitor a patient's respiratory health. Doctors and nurses rely on Respiratory Therapists' specialized knowledge in areas such as use of oxygen and oxygen mixtures, and aerosol medications.

You will work with a variety of patients, from premature infants whose lungs are not fully developed, to elderly people who suffer from injury, severe illness, emphysema, chronic asthma, and other diseases. The other health care professionals on your team, as well as your patients, will depend upon you daily for the information you gather and the technical expertise you bring.