Guided Pathways for Student Success
Guided Pathways for Student Success streamlines your academic journey.
Know the area you want to study, but not sure which career is right for you? Look at our pathways first, then discover the program that is right for you.
Go big and achieve your goals with a career in business. The business pathway will equip you with the skills needed to propel you up the career ladder. Our seasoned instructors will prepare you for the world of business careers in accounting, business office management, entrepreneurship, and sports management. Transfer degrees are available.
- Accounting
- Business Administration: Business Office Management
- Business Administration: Entrepreneurship
- Business Administration: Legal Office Management
- Business Administration: Sport Management
- Business Transfer Major
A job in the world of health care may be your path to a rewarding career. This pathway delivers the training you need to excel as a health care professional where you can improve the lives of others. Student learning is a combination of classwork, realistic scenario training, and direct patient interaction. Transfer degrees are available.
- EMS: EMT and Paramedic
- Medical Billing and Coding
- Medical Assistant
- Nurse Aide
- Nursing
- Respiratory Care
Are you a great listener who loves observing and helping others? A career in behavioral and social science may be your purpose and path to your dream job. This pathway will prepare you to help people deal with personal and social problems. Study in this area may help you become the world-changer you long to be. Transfer degrees are available.
- Criminal Justice
- Early Childhood Education
- Elementary Education Transfer Major
- Psychology Transfer Major
- Secondary Education Transfer Major
- Sociology Transfer Major
Put your creativity to work by pursuing a degree in the creative arts and communication field for careers in animation, marketing, performing and visual arts, language, and communication. This pathway will not only strengthen your critical-thinking skills, but it will also provide opportunities to learn more about cultural diversity, literature, and creative expression. Transfer degrees are available.
- Animation for Television, Film, & New Media
- Communication Transfer Major
- Fine Arts Transfer Major
- Interactive & Social Media Marketing
Your interest in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) uniquely positions you for excelling in the workforce of the future. Follow this pathway to develop the quantitative and scientific reasoning skills you can apply in agriculture, business, industry, science, and applied mathematics. Transfer degrees are available.
- Agriculture, Modern Food Production and the Environment
- Biology Transfer Major
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) Technology
- Chemistry Transfer Major
- IT Management
- Math Transfer Major
- Network Administration & Cybersecurity
- Physics Transfer Major
Do you like building things and understanding how they work? Do you learn best through hands-on experiences and appreciate the value of true craftsmanship? Then a career in applied technologies could be for you. With industry recognized and accredited state-of-the-art technology and facilities, SCC faculty in this pathway will guide you toward the skills you need to pursue high-tech, high-wage careers at leading companies. From electrical, mechanical, and computerized programming and diagnostics to process design and management, you’ll learn the transferrable and technical skills to build a successful career. Transfer degrees are available.
- Advanced Automation and Robotics Technology
- Automotive Collision Repair and Refinish Technology
- Automotive Technology
- Automotive Technology Management
- Healthcare Technology Management
- Construction Technology – Carpentry Emphasis
- Construction Technology – Management
- Industrial Maintenance Technology
- Precision Machining and CNC Technology
- Welding
Save money when you earn your Associates of Arts or Associates of Science, then transfer to a new school to earn your bachelor's.
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Nora Meirotto | Associate of Arts Transfer
After one semester at SCC, I loved it. It had the perfect ratio of students to teachers. They spend time getting to know you as a person.
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