College Profile: Virginia College-Huntsville

The Accounting Assistant Program at Virginia College will prepare you for entry-level positions as accounting, bookkeeping, or auditing clerks with skills in todays computer-based accounting systems. In addition to accounting skills, youll also be exposed to analytic, communication, and computer fundamentals that will help make you a more valuable employee and better able to compete for jobs in this solid career field. Ready to make your move toward a new, fulfilling career?

The Accounting Specialist Program is designed to meet the needs of those students who work in the accounting field or who are presently employed and want to complete additional accounting courses beyond the diploma level.

Picture yourself as a key member of the team in a busy, professional office environment! You can be there with proper skills training from Virginia College. The Administrative Assistant program prepares you to work in offices and businesses of all sizes and types. You?ll be introduced to basic business principals and office procedures with computer software application skills. Increase your value to employers. Gain the skills you need to succeed.

Administrative Office Management skills put you in high demand with employers. Today's companies need highly skilled men and women who can organize, manage, and distribute information in the fast-paced business world. Virginia College helps you gain the special skills and prepare for the challenges you?ll face with hands-on training in: - Database management - Word-processing - Spreadsheets - Presentation graphics

Administrative Office Management skills put you in high demand with employers. Today's companies need highly skilled men and women who can organize, manage, and distribute information in the fast-paced business world. Virginia College helps you gain the special skills and prepare for the challenges you?ll face with hands-on training in: - Database management - Word-processing - Spreadsheets - Presentation graphics

Build new worlds! Create amazing characters to populate them! Then send those characters off on great adventures like the ones you?ll have in your new career in animation and game design. The new Bachelor of Arts degree in Animation and Game Design at Virginia College will give you a strong foundation in the fundamentals of artistic design, story development, project management, digital content creation, and portfolio development. Then you?ll gain advanced skills in 3D modeling, character design, animation, and game content development. And as you continue your amazing journey, you?ll learn how to complete a strong portfolio of your work that will help you sell your skills to employers in this fast-paced industry.

Build new worlds! Create amazing characters to populate them! Then send those characters off on great adventures like the ones you?ll have in your new career in animation and game design. The new Bachelor of Arts degree in Animation and Game Design at Virginia College will give you a strong foundation in the fundamentals of artistic design, story development, project management, digital content creation, and portfolio development. Then you?ll gain advanced skills in 3D modeling, character design, animation, and game content development. And as you continue your amazing journey, you?ll learn how to complete a strong portfolio of your work that will help you sell your skills to employers in this fast-paced industry.

Build new worlds! Create amazing characters to populate them! Then send those characters off on great adventures like the ones you?ll have in your new career in animation and game design. The new Bachelor of Arts degree in Animation and Game Design at Virginia College will give you a strong foundation in the fundamentals of artistic design, story development, project management, digital content creation, and portfolio development. Then you?ll gain advanced skills in 3D modeling, character design, animation, and game content development. And as you continue your amazing journey, you?ll learn how to complete a strong portfolio of your work that will help you sell your skills to employers in this fast-paced industry.

Build new worlds! Create amazing characters to populate them! Then send those characters off on great adventures like the ones you?ll have in your new career in animation and game design. The new Bachelor of Arts degree in Animation and Game Design at Virginia College will give you a strong foundation in the fundamentals of artistic design, story development, project management, digital content creation, and portfolio development. Then you?ll gain advanced skills in 3D modeling, character design, animation, and game content development. And as you continue your amazing journey, you?ll learn how to complete a strong portfolio of your work that will help you sell your skills to employers in this fast-paced industry.

Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco's networking solutions connect people, computing devices, and computer networks, allowing people to access or transfer information without regard to differences in time, place, or type of computer system. Virginia College 's Cisco Network Associate Diploma Program prepares you for a technical career working with networks and Cisco routers. It?s designed to give you a solid background of practical, hands-on training that?s directly related to design and troubleshooting of network installations. You?ll learn to work with local and wide area networks and to troubleshoot problems in those networks as well as how to operate, install, configure, troubleshoot, upgrade, and maintain microcomputers. And you?ll get experience in configuring, subnetting, and troubleshooting Cisco routers and switches...all skills in high demand in today?s high-tech world.

Prepare for or enhance your career in law enforcement in a traditional classroom setting or on-line. The new Criminal Justice Program at Virginia College...where technology meets law enforcement. Virginia College at Huntsville’s bachelor degree in Criminal Justice is offered on-campus or online and (or a combination of both) to fit the busy schedules of today’s students. For those with work hours that vary from day to day, for students with an active family life, or for people who just want to complete their course work on their own schedule, on-line learning is an excellent option. This program is right for you if you are currently employed in the field, if you are interested in pursuing a career in criminal justice, or if you have a strong desire to make your community a better place in which to live. The program will help you succeed in a variety of criminal justice positions, including police officer, prosecutor’s investigator, private security officer, probation or parole officer, juvenile delinquency case manager, corrections officer, police detective, and homeland security positions

Medical Assistants perform both administrative and clinical duties, reporting directly to an office manager, physician, or other health practitioner. Your training will focus on examining room procedures, obtaining vital signs and medical histories, performing routine laboratory procedures, sterilizing and maintaining equipment, and the proper techniques for administering medications as directed by the physician. Youll also learn to handle administrative duties. In addition to training from instructors with real-world experience, you will also complete an externship in a physician's office, clinic or related healthcare facility under the supervision of a physician, nurse, or health services professional.

The Multimedia Management program is designed to give you a broad education for a high-tech career, including courses in finance, marketing, human resources, leadership, communications, decision-making, and ethical frameworks, combined with management skills and technical competency you?ve received at the associate?s level. Multimedia Management majors gain flexibility that makes them more valuable to corporations, government and other employers. Give your technical training even more worth with the additional training you?ll receive in this exciting curriculum. What better way to prepare for a high-tech career?

Today's business runs on computer networking technology. Now, you can join the high-tech world! With the Network Engineering Program at Virginia College, you will get Windows 2003, Novell, Cisco, UNIX, Linux and/or CompTia training that helps launch you tinto an exciting career in this growing field. From hardware basics to complex networking, we help you gain the skills you?ll need to join the exploding e-commerce revolution! Take the first step toward becoming a certified network engineer. Prepare for a selection of thirteen professional network and computer certifications: A+, Network+, Security +, CNA, CNE, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CCNA, SCSA, SCNA, Linux + and LPIC l. Don?t let technology pass you by. Let Virginia College prepare you for the high-tech careers of today and the future!

The Networking Management bachelor?s program will give you the skills you?ll need for a career in a broad range of private and public sector organizations. You?ll study networking, finance, marketing, human resources, leadership, communications, decision-making, and ethical issues, all to complement, enhance and build upon what you?ve already learned about computer networking. As a successful graduate from this program, you can expect to be qualified to enter a general management-training program within a large organization. And the elective area of the program allows you to explore related fields of study to further broaden your education.

Looking for a career in which you can help people heal every day? The Associate of Science degree in Orthopaedic Technology at Virginia College is an exciting new program designed to prepare you for positions that assist orthopaedic surgeons in the care of sick and disabled persons. Among other things, orthopaedic technologists apply, adjust, and remove casts, splints, and braces as they work closely with the physicians and other support personnel. In addition, this program will focus on medical terminology, medical office procedures, and insurance coding that will prepare you for specialized employment in this vital field. Feel needed! Make a real difference in the lives of people. Learn more about this exciting program today

Looking for a career in which you can help people heal every day? The Associate of Science degree in Orthopaedic Technology at Virginia College is an exciting new program designed to prepare you for positions that assist orthopaedic surgeons in the care of sick and disabled persons. Among other things, orthopaedic technologists apply, adjust, and remove casts, splints, and braces as they work closely with the physicians and other support personnel. In addition, this program will focus on medical terminology, medical office procedures, and insurance coding that will prepare you for specialized employment in this vital field. Feel needed! Make a real difference in the lives of people. Learn more about this exciting program today

Get legal! Looking for a career in which you can positively affect the lives of others? Looking for a challenging career that offers prestige and excitement and a brighter future? Then consider becoming a paralegal! The Paralegal Studies Program at Virginia College prepares you for this fast-paced and rapidly growing career field...offering you the skills and attributes employers are looking for. Paralegals can be found in courtrooms, corporations, insurance companies, governmental offices and bank trust departments, as well as in attorneys? offices. Get the preparation you need from instructors with real-world experience.

Ready for a career where you can make a difference. The Pharmacy Technician program will prepare you for an exciting career, supporting licensed pharmacists by assisting during patient consultation, counter dispensing operations, and prescription preparation. You?ll learn to stock pharmaceutical inventories, maintain and computerize patient medication records, and prepare commercially unavailable medications. Your training will include an externship that allows you to work with a licensed pharmacist, actually putting to work what you?ve learned in the classroom while gaining valuable on-the-job experience. Give your life new direction today in this exciting new program!

Ready for a career where you can make a difference. The Pharmacy Technician program will prepare you for an exciting career, supporting licensed pharmacists by assisting during patient consultation, counter dispensing operations, and prescription preparation. You?ll learn to stock pharmaceutical inventories, maintain and computerize patient medication records, and prepare commercially unavailable medications. Your training will include an externship that allows you to work with a licensed pharmacist, actually putting to work what you?ve learned in the classroom while gaining valuable on-the-job experience. Give your life new direction today in this exciting new program!

The Therapeutic Massage program at Virginia College will give you the physical and technical skills that are required by health care and personal service employers in a number of allied massage settings. You?ll learn to perform a wide range of massage techniques ranging from relaxation skills and stress management to Swedish massage and neuromuscular therapy.

A Webmaster develops, designs, and maintains Web sites. Virginia College will introduce you to some of the most creative software applications and technologies available for designing compelling, effective Web sites, such as:

A Webmaster develops, designs, and maintains Web sites. Virginia College will introduce you to some of the most creative software applications and technologies available for designing compelling, effective Web sites, such as: