Columbus State Community College

Students who complete this program will have a conceptual and practical knowledge of financial accounting, auditing, managerial accounting, tax accounting, non-profit accounting, and governmental accounting.

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The Business Office Administration Technology offers an Associate Degree in Business Office Administration with an Administrative Assistant major that will enable students to acquire advanced software and keyboarding skills as well as management and team-building skills. Students will participate in office simulations and an office internship that will prepare them to become an integral part of any office management team. These skills will enable a graduate to assume responsibility without direct supervision, display initiative, exercise judgment, and prepare business communications documents

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The field of Finance has a wide range of career opportunities. Some of the job areas include Investment Careers, Corporate Finance, Banking, International Finance, Insurance and Financial Planning. Columbus State Community College offers a six-quarter Associate Degree program in Finance.

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Hospitality Management programs provide quality learning experiences to enhance initial management employment opportunities and to improve technical and supervisory skills for career advancement in foodservice, lodging, and tourism.

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Marketing is at the heart of what every business must do to be successful: get and keep customers. The marketing program provides a strong foundation in fundamental marketing concepts and principles. Program graduates enjoy career opportunities in such diverse areas as product management, advertising, market research, public relations, Web-based businesses, customer service and sales.

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The Restaurant and Foodservice Management Major combines classroom instruction, laboratory experience, and hospitality industry work experiences. The associate degree program prepares graduates for supervisory positions in a variety of restaurant and foodservice operations. This major is accredited by the American Culinary Federation Foundation Accrediting Commission, and graduates can qualify as Certified Culinarian (CC) by the American Culinary Federation upon successful completion of national written and practical examinations.

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This post-associate certificate program will provide students with advanced coursework in 3D modeling, rendering and animation. Current modeling software such as Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya will be used in the courses.

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Start college where you’ll have small class sizes, personal attention, and low tuition. Complete an associate degree, then transfer seamlessly to the four-year college or university you choose to finish your bachelor’s degree.

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The Digital Design Program will enable students, through individual and collaborative exploration, learn to communicate effectively, create innovative visual design concepts, and develop a balanced digital design skill set demanded by the industry of today and the future.

The Digital Photography Program seeks to satisfy the growing need for qualified digital photographers and the various industries that they serve. Building upon a strong foundation in a broad range of courses spanning digital design, marketing, communications and Web design courses, the multi-disciplinary digital integration reflects the needs of the professional digital photography industry. The curriculum includes digital capture, digital workflow, and digital image management. Students will develop a balance of technical and aesthetic skills that relate to digital photography, equipment and related software that is complemented by coursework in digital design, Web site design, interactive video/audio, and marketing/branding on the Web.

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The Sport & Exercise Studies (formally Sports & Fitness Management) program was developed and initiated in 1992 to meet the varying needs of the recreational community in central Ohio. As we near 25 years of service to the Columbus community, the emphasis in the program is placed on real work situations, hands-on training, and a strong theoretical base on which to derive decisions about career choice and direction.

Customer service is the core of the program. Meeting the needs of a varying student population diverse in gender, race, socio-economic status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, religious background, and educational level is a goal of the faculty in the SES program. In turn, instructing students to meet those same needs in the larger society is our challenge to the Sport & Exercise Studies student population.

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The Criminal Justice program provides a variety of degree offerings that thoroughly prepare participants for the growing demand for educated and highly trained professionals in a variety of criminal justice professions and fields including Law Enforcement, Corrections, Probation/Parole, Courts, Security, Victim Advocacy, Crime Scene Investigations, Homeland Security, and Crime Prevention.cr

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The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program, a fully online STEM program, offers both an A.A.S. degree and a certificate which merge geography and computer technology to apply to the science of where.

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Multi-Skilled Health provides the flexibility for students to gain these important skills in health care. Many of these courses require a clinical experience placement. Background Checks/Fingerprinting, Drug Screen, and current Health Record may be required for this clinical experience placement. The student has many options from which to choose in Multi-Skilled Health.

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