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Departments/Programs

Division of Liberal Arts

Associate in Arts Degree - Designed for students who plan to complete their freshman and sophomore years of college at Florida Community College and then transfer as juniors to four-year colleges or universities. Students in this program primarily take general education requirements including English, mathematics, humanities, natural and physical sciences, and social environment courses, such as history and political science. To learn more about our liberal arts offerings, select the area of interest shown below:

• Behavioral Sciences
• Communications
• Education
• English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
• Foreign Languages
• Humanities
• Mathematics
• Sciences
• Social Sciences

Division of Workforce Development

Associate in Science Degrees or Associate in Applied Science Degrees - These are career and technical education programs designed to allow students to immediately pursue careers that require a college degree at the technician level. Students in these programs take at least 15 hours of general education courses, with the majority of their coursework taken in technical courses related to their major. Many technical certificates that may be completed in a year or less are also offered in these program areas. To learn more about our workforce programs, select the area of interest shown below:

• Architectural and Engineering Technologies
• Automotive and Transportation Technologies
• Construction Management and Building Trades
• Business
• Computer Science and Information Technology
• Early Childhood Education
• Office Administration
• The Florida Construction Institute

Adult Education Programs

Adult education programs are designed to meet the needs of a diverse student population. This population includes students ranging in age from 18 to senior citizens. Students come from all walks of life, bringing with them a diversity of cultures, needs, and goals. The adult education department is composed of the following programs:

• Adult Basic Education (ABE)
• General Education Development (GED)
• Adult High School (AHS)
• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
• Vocational Preparatory Instruction (VPI)

ABE provides instruction for adults whose academic functioning ranges between grade levels 0-8.9 as measured by the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE). GED classes prepare students to take the GED test, the successful completion of which awards a high school equivalency diploma. AHS classes provide individual credits in high school courses leading to a standard high school diploma. In addition to ABE, GED, and AHS, Adult Studies also provides Vocational Preparatory Instruction (VPI) and College Preparatory Instruction that remediates students in certain skill areas to prepare them for entry into college vocational or college credit programs.