Certificate Information

CERTIFICATES

Award: Certificate

Length: Thirty to Fifty-Nine credit hours

Description: A Certificate is awarded to students who complete a program that is usually less than two years in length and 30 to 59 credits. Most Certificates lead to a work credential or work skill.

Program Options:

• Criminal Justice Certificate  
• Automotive Diagnosis and Tune-Up Certificate  
• Business: General Certificate  
• Clerical Studies Certificate  
• Electricity Certificate  
• Uniformed Certificate of General Studies (UCGS)  
• Human Services Certificate  
• Information Systems Technology Certificate  
• Nursing: Practical Certificate  
• Substance Abuse Counseling Assistant Certificate  
• Welding Certificate  

CAREER STUDIES CERTIFICATES

(Christanna and John H. Daniel Campuses)

Award: Career Studies Certificates

Length: Nine to twenty-nine credit hours

Description: A Career Study Certificate is awarded to students who complete a program that is less than one year in length and 9 to 29 credits. Most programs lead to a work credential or a work skill.

Program Options: 

• Agribusiness Career Studies Certificate  
• Application Software Specialist Career Studies Certificate  
• Automotive Tune-Up Career Studies Certificate  
• Bookkeeping Career Studies Certificate  
• Computer and Office Basics Career Studies Certificate  
• Computer and Office Basics: Design Track Career Studies Certificate  
• Cosmetology License Preparation Career Studies Certificate  
• Cybersecurity Advanced and Cloud Computing Career Studies Certificate  
• Cybersecurity and Networking Foundations Career Studies Certificate (CITE & ITA)  
• Early Childhood Career Studies Certificate  
• Energy Systems Technology (Dual Enrollment Only)  
• Emergency Medical Services: Advanced EMT Career Studies Certificate  
• Emergency Medical Services: Basic EMT Career Studies Certificate  
• Foundations in Criminal Justice Career Studies Certificate  
• Health Sciences Career Studies Certificate  
• High Performance Technology Career Studies Certificate (Dual Enrollment Only Available at Southern Virginia Higher Education Center)  
• Human Services Career Studies Certificate  
• HVAC Level II Career Studies Certificate  
• HVAC Level I Career Studies Certificate   
• Information Technology Helpdesk (Dual Enrollment Only)  
• Medical Office Assisting Career Studies Certificate  
• National Electric Code Career Studies Certificate  
• Nurse Aide Career Studies Certificate (Dual Enrollment Only)  
• Precision Machining Career Studies Certificate  
• Religious Organization Leadership Career Studies Certificate  
• Substance Abuse Counseling Aide Career Studies Certificate   
• Welding Career Studies Certificate