Harrison College

This program provides students with a thorough understanding of theory and application related to the advanced demand of planning and designing systems of movement for goods and services. Students are able to collect and analyze data, identify alternative solutions and select the most appropriate course of action for product and service delivery. Graduates of the program are prepared to serve as supervisors, managers, analyst, logisticians, and other leadership roles in the logistics industry.

This program provides students with the skills necessary to be proficient in both front and back office procedures. Students receive hands-on experience so that they are able to assist physicians in minor surgery, perform laboratory tests, assess vital signs, administer medication, operate an ECG machine, and perform other therapeutic modalities prescribed by physicians. Medical Assistants are employed in physicians’ offices, medical clinics, laboratories, and other health agencies.

This program provides a strong foundation in both business and technology skills that are common in modern office settings. It combines basic business concepts, interpersonal communication, customer service skills, and standard applications instruction with technical skills in the area of hardware fundamentals, networking fundamentals, and operating systems. This curriculum provides students with the skills necessary to start their careers in information technology as network support personnel. This program prepares students for certifications in the following: CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network +, Help Desk Institute Support Center Analyst (HDI-SCA), MCP, Linux+, CCENT, CCNA, and Security +.

This program provides students with a broad spectrum of coursework in corrections, law enforcement, courts, and investigation. The program is designed to prepare students for a variety of careers in the criminal justice field in both the public and private sector. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates can pursue entry-level positions with local or state law enforcement agencies, the federal government, insurance companies, correctional facilities, and private security services.

This program provides students with an extensive business background, focusing on principles of management. The program includes specialized courses in the use of electronic software designed to enhance the effectiveness of one’s ability to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate the status of a project. Graduates of the program are prepared to begin careers as manager trainees or project assistants in any number of industries.

This program provides students with an extensive business background, focusing on principles of marketing. Specialized courses provide the foundation for students to begin careers in retail management, sales, advertising, and many other related industries.

This program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to apply coding classification systems for billing medical professional services to insurance companies, maintaining patient accounts, and performing billing procedures for optimal claim reimbursement. The student will be trained to utilize medical office software programs to input patient insurance and registration data, manage health information files, schedule appointments, and submit electronic claims forms. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of compliance with state and federal regulations and managed care policies. A high degree of accuracy and a working knowledge of medical terminology, diseases, and treatments are important skills for this profession. Employment opportunities include physician's offices, clinics, inpatient care facilities, medical billing management companies, and insurance companies.

This program is designed to prepare students for a career as a legal assistant or paralegal. Career opportunities would include employment by an individual or institution performing legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. Students develop professional competence and the specialized skills necessary to effectively communicate and solve issues under the supervision of an attorney. The program prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigation, record-keeping and review, and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney. This includes instruction in legal research, drafting discovery and other legal documents, courthouse procedures, and legal specializations. Graduates of the program can pursue entry-level positions in the public and private sector and contribute to the advancement of the legal profession. Paralegals may not provide legal services directly to the public, except as provided by law.

This program trains students to maintain personnel records of an organization's employees, assist with internal and external notification of position openings, assist in the hiring process, answer employee questions, prepare reports for managers, administer aptitude tests, and screen applicants.

This program is designed to provide specific preparation for private and public accounting as well as the advanced areas of general accounting. Graduates are prepared for positions in private business, public accounting, and government. The program provides an excellent foundation for the student to begin a career in cost accounting, tax accounting, or internal auditing.

This program provides students with an extensive business background, focusing on principles of finance. Specialized courses in banking and the interpretation of financial statements provide the foundation for students to begin careers in banking, insurance, lending, and many other related industries.

The Certificate of Leadership program is an interdisciplinary program that examines the challenges of leadership as well as the ethics of business in the fast-paced global marketplace. The program focuses on developing leadership skills tailored to the domestic and global business environments. The program emphasizes the importance of business ethics, global leadership management, change leadership and effective leadership communication.

This program provides a foundation in technology skills that are common in modern technology support settings. It combines interpersonal communication and customer service skills with technical skills in the area of hardware fundamentals, networking fundamentals, and operating systems. This curriculum provides students with the skills necessary to start their careers in information technology as helpdesk or desktop support personnel. This program prepares students for certifications in the following: CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network +, and Helpdesk Institute Support Center Analyst (HDI-SCA).

This program trains students to perform medical administrative front office duties that are vital in today's healthcare field. It develops fundamental skills such as phone reception, word processing, medical record filing, appointment scheduling, light bookkeeping, and proficiency in medical practice software functions. Employment opportunities include all physicians' offices, clinics, med-checks, and virtually any healthcare setting.

The mission of this program is to provide students with a systems perspective of the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, courts, and corrections. The program is designed to produce graduates who are able to utilize their systems perspective of all relevant aspects of the criminal justice system to create appropriate professional decision making at all levels of criminal justice. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates can pursue entry-level positions with local and regional law enforcement, correctional agencies, and other criminal justice organizations with eventual advancement to state and federal positions in all aspects of criminal justice. The major competencies of the criminal justice Bachelor degree graduate include knowledge of the criminal justice system and the law, the theoretical causes of criminality, the methods of criminal justice policy research, as well as aspects of professionalism and ethics for criminal justice practitioners.

The Health Care Management program provides medical students with an overview of accounting, marketing, finance, law and management to prepare them for managerial positions within the health care industry. Students will develop knowledge and skills in research, critical thinking, problem solving and current technology for application and use in a health care setting. Students will foster teamwork and leadership skills through participation in classroom activities. Professional ethics, and its application within the health care business environment, is also targeted.

This program provides a strong foundation in business management and human resources skill sets highly valued in today's competitive employment market. Human Resources courses will cover such topics as recruiting, compensation and benefits, training and development, labor relations, employee relations, and development of organizational policy and procedures. The program seeks to develop critical thinking, data analysis and problem-solving knowledge and skills. Additionally, students will gain an understanding of professional ethics and its application to the business environment. Participation in classroom activities and student organizations will foster teamwork and leadership development skills. Course work is aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management standard competencies to assist graduates in acquiring the foundational knowledge to sit for the PHR certification examination following two years of practical experience in the industry. Students who have completed the Human Resources AAS degree are invited to further enhance their knowledge and skills in order to seek managerial level positions within the Human Resources industry.

The Fashion Merchandising Bachelor of Science program provides students with a combination of highly creative, fashion-oriented courses as well as a solid business background. It prepares students for the fast-paced, competitive fashion merchandising field. Students gain an understanding of the theory and application needed in this highly competitive fashion industry. The program includes expanded knowledge of merchandising which integrates creative components and sound business practices within the world of fashion. Graduates of this program will move into job opportunities with confidence and professionalism prepared for positions such as assistant buyers, fashion directors, fashion show promoters, retail managers, or visual merchandisers.

This program provides an integrated approach to project management, combining basic project management principles, controls and communication skills to address how to effectively initiate, plan, execute, control, and complete a project that applies whether you are working in the private, nonprofit, or business sector.

This program provides the essential instruction for general administrative support positions. Basic bookkeeping principles are included to enhance preparation for the clerical work many office assistants are expected to handle. After completion of this program, students may transfer all earned credits toward the Administrative Professional associate of applied science degree program.