College Degrees

ITE 105 IT Careers & CyberEthics2009-2010By Carlotta Eaton

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Agenda

1 year programsCertificates

Undergraduate Programs2 year programs - Associate Degrees4 year programs - Bachelor Degrees

Graduate programsMaster DegreesDoctorate Degrees

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1 Year Programs

CertificatesCertificates are usually awarded after a year

of full time study. Programs are generally are 20-40 credit

hours. Example: NRCC’s Game Design, Web

Design & Animation Career Studies Certificate

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2 Year Transfer Degrees

The following Associate Degrees are designed for those students wishing to transfer to a four-year institution

Associate in Arts and Sciences (AA & S) Primarily general education courses Example: NRCC’s Transfer Degrees

(see next slide) Associate of Science (AS)

General education and science courses Associate of Arts (AA)

liberal arts area that requires a foreign language Note: Students whose primary intent is to transfer to

four-year universities should major in programs leading to an AS, AA or AA&S degree.

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NRCC AA&S transfer degrees

61 – 70 credit hours AA&S Business Administration AA&S Education AA&S Engineering AA&S General Studies

General Studies Transfer AA&S Degree with IT Advising Guide

AA&S Liberal Arts AA&S Science

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2 Year Degrees - AAS

Associate of Applied Science (AAS)The AAS is a degree in a technical area that

provides students skills for entering the job market. Although the AAS degree is not designed to transfer, NRCC has agreements with RU for the IT degrees.

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NRCC IT Degrees (09-10)

65 – 69 credit hoursAAS Information Technology

AAS Information TechnologyAAS IT Network and Technical Support

SpecializationAAS IT Computer Graphics & Web Design

specializationAAS IT Game Design

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IT Degree (AAS)

This NRCC degree prepares the student to enter the job market as a computer programmer or software developer with a foundation in programming, networking, web design, telecommunications and information technology.

If you like CSC 200 Intro to CS ITP 110 Visual Basic.NET I or ITP 120 Java then you’ll probably like this degree.

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IT Network and Technical Support Specialization (AAS)

This degree prepares the student to enter the job market as a computer technician or entry level systems administrator with a foundation in hardware, operating systems, programming, networking, web design, telecommunications and information technology.

If you like ITN 100 Intro to Telecommunications, or ITN 101 Intro to Network Concepts, or ITN 107 PC Hardware & Troubleshooting, then you’ll probably like this degree.

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IT Computer Graphics & Web Design specialization (AAS)

This degree prepares the student to enter the job market as an entry level web designer with a foundation in art, marketing, IT, computer graphics, computer programming, and web design.

If you like ITD 110 Web Page Design I, then you’ll probably like this degree.

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IT Game Design specialization (AAS)

This degree prepares the student to enter the job market as an entry level programmer, game tester, or game level designer

If you like ITP 160 Intro to Game Design &

Development ITD 112 Creating Web Graphics then you’ll probably like this degree.

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NRCC to Radford University

NRCC has articulation transfer agreements with Radford University. Information Technology AAS degree (all

specialization) can transfer to RU with 65 credits.

Without the articulation agreement, AAS degree students get 15 – 18 credits.

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4 Year Undergraduate Degrees

Bachelor of Science (BS)Bachelor of Arts (BA)Minimum 120 credit hoursThe most common degrees from

American universities are B.A. for Bachelor of Arts orB.S. for Bachelor of Science

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Graduate Degrees - Master

Minimum 30 graduate credits M.A. Master of Arts M.S. Master of Science M.F.A. Master of Fine Arts M.B.A. Master of Business

AdministrationAwarded at the end of a prescribed

graduate level course of study

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Graduate Degrees - Doctorate

Minimum 60 graduate creditsThe highest degree conferred by a

university is the doctorate: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Doctor of Divinity (D.D.)Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

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Degree Summary

Undergraduate Degrees 2 year degree - Associate

61-70 credits - AAS, AA&S, AS, AA 4 year degree – Bachelor

120+ credits – BS, BA, BFA

Graduate Degrees 1 year graduate degree - Master

30+ graduate credits – MS, MA, MFA 4+ year graduate degree – Doctorate

60+ graduate credits – PhD, MD, DD, EdD

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Create your Plan

What do you want to do (when you grow up?)

What degree will you need?Create your Education Plan.