Columbus State Community College

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

If you're interested in medicine, business, and the latest in computer technology, then a career in health information management may be just right for you. The health information management professional is responsible for maintaining components of health information systems under the rules of medical, administrative, ethical, legal and regulatory requirements in the health care delivery system.

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.

The Environmental Science, Safety and Health program was established to provide the skills necessary for a variety of careers in the environmental industry and safety profession. The curriculum is very broad with many courses emphasizing environmental science, engineering and regulations. Selected classes in the program also offer opportunities for individuals seeking career changes, continuing education and skills enhancement.