Herkimer County Community College

Herkimer College’s Music Industry A.S. degree enriches your understanding of the contemporary music business. You’ll gain powerful hands-on experience with performance and music theory, recording, distribution and marketing, promotion, management, and legal issues.

Collaborate with students and edit audio in our professional-grade recording suites. Learn from faculty who are passionate about music and have critical industry experience. After graduation, you’ll have the opportunity to seamlessly transfer your credits to an array of excellent schools to obtain your four-year degree.

Prepare for a career in computer and network security and help desk services. The Computer and Network Security program at Herkimer College emphasizes hands-on experience as well as theory. All network and PC courses are 50% lab, and seniors complete either a topics course or fieldwork. This program prepares you (along with some additional study) for A+ Certification, Network+ Certification, and various Microsoft Certifications.

As a graduate, you'll be prepared to:

Perform the day-to-day tasks of administering a PC network consisting of various switches, routers, printers, and network operating systems
Plan and install a PC network
Perform help desk functions to support network users, including training and problem solving
Build, repair, and upgrade PCs

Prepare for a career in computer and network security and help desk services. The Computer and Network Security program at Herkimer College emphasizes hands-on experience as well as theory. All network and PC courses are 50% lab, and seniors complete either a topics course or fieldwork. This program prepares you (along with some additional study) for A+ Certification, Network+ Certification, and various Microsoft Certifications.

As a graduate, you'll be prepared to:

Perform the day-to-day tasks of administering a PC network consisting of various switches, routers, printers, and network operating systems
Plan and install a PC network
Perform help desk functions to support network users, including training and problem solving
Build, repair, and upgrade PCs

The employment opportunities in Computer Science are growing—in fact, it’s one of the areas with the largest job growth according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Projections 2018 report.

Herkimer's Computer Science A.S. program curriculum places a strong emphasis on programming theory, object-oriented programming, and data structures, utilizing the C++ programming language.

You'll be able to transfer to a four-year school at full junior status, continue your studies in a more specialized area of Computer Science, and develop software using the C++ programming language.

The Criminal Justice A.A.S. program at Herkimer College is designed to prepare you for a successful career in law enforcement, criminal investigation, probation, parole, and similar fields. A three-credit internship experience is designed to integrate the theoretical knowledge learned in the classroom with the practical knowledge of working in the field.

As a graduate, you'll be prepared to:

Effectively engage in proactive approaches to deter crime, and to investigate and apprehend those who break the law
Participate in the field of corrections in the areas of detention, supervision, administration, and rehabilitation of incarcerated persons or those who obtain alternatives to incarceration
Contribute to the criminal justice system as professionals in Federal and State courts
Successfully perform operations necessary to ensure security in both the private and public sector
Demonstrate an understanding of police ethics and how to resolve issues of an ethical nature
Demonstrate an understanding of our correctional system, the concepts of probation and parole, the nature of punishment, and trends in corrections

In partnership with the Little Falls Police Department, Herkimer College offers Phase I Pre-Employment Police Basic Training. This first phase of pre-employment training is open to civilians and sworn police officers as an alternative to the conventional manner of conducting the Basic Course for Police Officers. The program will prepare students to begin preparation for a career as a police officer prior to being hired by a law enforcement agency. As a further benefit, the program provides law enforcement agencies and municipalities with a diverse pool of trained police officer candidates.

The Little Falls Police Department has administered the part-time Basic Course for Police Officers, and other law enforcement specialty topics, since 1997. LFPD also sponsored the Cazenovia Pre-Employment Program since 2004. They have trained hundreds of law enforcement officers from police and sheriff departments throughout New York State.

The Criminal Justice A.A.S. program at Herkimer College is designed to prepare you for a successful career in law enforcement, criminal investigation, probation, parole, and similar fields. A three-credit internship experience is designed to integrate the theoretical knowledge learned in the classroom with the practical knowledge of working in the field.

As a graduate, you'll be prepared to:

Effectively engage in proactive approaches to deter crime, and to investigate and apprehend those who break the law
Participate in the field of corrections in the areas of detention, supervision, administration, and rehabilitation of incarcerated persons or those who obtain alternatives to incarceration
Contribute to the criminal justice system as professionals in Federal and State courts
Successfully perform operations necessary to ensure security in both the private and public sector
Demonstrate an understanding of police ethics and how to resolve issues of an ethical nature
Demonstrate an understanding of our correctional system, the concepts of probation and parole, the nature of punishment, and trends in corrections

As a Forensic Investigations major at Herkimer College, you’ll develop occupational competence for entry into public law enforcement and/or private investigative fields.

Successful graduates of this program:

Use skills and knowledge needed to work within the Criminal Justice field
Understand the fundamentals of processing a crime scene
Obtain the complex skills required of a crime scene investigator/photographer
Locate, document, and collect physical evidence at a crime scene
Ensure the chain of custody is maintained
Properly mark all evidence prior to collection and account for it at all times until the crime is solved
Graduates find employment in entry-level positions in public and private investigative agencies and companies, or may choose to go on to colleges and universities such as SUNY Canton, John Jay College, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Albany, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Plattsburgh, SUNY Brockport, and Utica College.

With your Early Childhood A.A.S. from Herkimer College, you’ll be prepared to create a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment with a developmentally-appropriate curricula; observe and document developmental progress; and facilitate home-center communication.

Become an agent of change in the field of human services. Our innovative curriculum is constantly evolving to provide students with the skills necessary for employment after graduation. Opportunities to take cutting-edge courses, engage in practical experience within the field and involvement in our vibrant Human Services Club provide students with the foundational skills and experiences employers want!

Herkimer College’s Legal Studies program prepares you for positions in law offices, banks, real estate firms, brokerage houses, federal, state and local government agencies, and other institutions requiring employees with legal training. Responsibilities include assisting an attorney in legal research, the preparation of documents for hearings or trial, and other support services.

As a graduate, you'll be prepared to:

Interview a client and gather a case history
Conduct both independent and directed legal research and fact gathering activities
Draft pleadings, bills of particulars, motions, wills, contracts, memorandums of law, and other commonly encountered legal documents
Perform standard filing and recording procedures
Summarize documents in a case file

The program trains students in the core legal content areas—torts; property/real estate law, contracts; wills, trusts and estates; legal research and writing; civil procedure and litigation; criminal law; family law; and legal ethics.

As a graduate you’ll be able to apply the ethical rules and aspirations governing the legal profession to specific factual scenarios, conduct legal research on defined issues via computer-assisted and manual methods, and prepare drafts of legal memoranda and select pleadings pertinent to various legal content areas.

Upon completion of the certificate program you’ll be prepared to work as a paralegal/legal assistant in law firms, District Attorney's Offices, Public Defender's Offices, business, governmental agencies, or other settings where paralegals are utilized.

Herkimer College's degree in Electrical Technology is designed to prepare students for careers in the design, application, installation, manufacturing, operation and/or maintenance of electrical/electronic(s) systems, with a focus on smart grid technologies. The program was created in partnership with Buffalo State University and the New York Power Authority. Students will experience hands-on learning in a new two million dollar state-of-the-art electrical technology smart grid laboratory. The facility allows for numerous experiments in generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power, as well as smart grid and renewable energy technologies.

The Medical Coding/Transcriptionist Certificate program gives you the opportunity to gain the entry-level skills necessary to acquire and maintain a position relating to Medical Coding and/or Medical Transcription.

With a Herkimer College certificate in hand, you’ll be prepared to

Identify and correctly apply ICD-9-CM codes based on the diagnoses presented
Identify and correctly apply CPT codes based on the surgical procedures presented
Recognize, understand, and spell a variety of medical terms
Demonstrate proficiency in keying dictated tapes based on medical cases
Distinguish different medical forms and show familiarity with content
Communicate effectively

Looking for a career as a skilled healthcare technician working with a physical therapist? Look no further than Herkimer College’s Physical Therapist Assistant A.A.S. program. This dynamic degree program skillfully prepares you to help patients preserve, develop, and restore optimal function, and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy.