{"id":24,"date":"2017-11-01T21:29:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T21:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scmn.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-1\/choices-abound-at-south-central-college\/"},"modified":"2018-01-10T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T16:55:21","slug":"choices-abound-for-college-bound-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scmn.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-1-issue-2\/choices-abound-for-college-bound-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Choices Abound for College-Bound Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">What does success mean to you?\u00a0 Do you want to begin a rewarding career after graduating from South Central College? \u00a0Do your goals require a four-year degree or more?\u00a0 Whatever your definition of success, South Central College will get you ready for it.\u00a0 Choose from programs that prepare you for the workplace, the next phase of your education \u2013 or both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">As a community and technical college with over 100 degrees, diplomas and certificates available to you, SCC has a great deal to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">SCC offers a wide variety of technical career and professional programs that enable you to begin a rewarding career as soon as you graduate.\u00a0 SCC works together with area business partners to help support their workforce needs and provide students with the opportunities to learn the specific skills employers want. See pages 12-13 for employment outlook information on SCC\u2019s technical work-ready programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">On the other hand, if your career goals require a four-year education and you plan to continue on with your studies after graduating from South Central College, there are a variety of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southcentral.edu\/Transfer\/transfer-made-easy.html\">transfer options<\/a> as well. Many SCC students start college with this end goal in mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">South Central offers dynamic programs in ten career areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Agribusiness:<\/span>\u00a0Southern Minnesota is a hub of agriculture production, processing and related industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Transportation:<\/span> The continued high-tech evolution of the automobile industry drives a consistent demand for industry-certified technicians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Nursing:<\/span> With an aging population that\u2019s growing, Minnesota has a high demand for nurses and is certain to require a larger nursing workforce on into the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Allied Health:<\/span>\u00a0Like nursing, allied health careers are predicted to experience continued growth in the upcoming years as the baby boomer generation ages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Arts &amp; Communications:<\/span>\u00a0Multimedia, graphic design and print production skills are critical to the many printing companies in the region and the job market remains good for these professions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Advanced Manufacturing:<\/span>\u00a0Gone are the \u201cold\u201d days of manufacturing. Today\u2019s operations are clean, computerized and offer unlimited career potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Building &amp; Design:<\/span>\u00a0Southern Minnesota\u2019s steady development ensures a positive outlook for engineering, architectural and construction careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Business:<\/span>\u00a0A strong retail, banking and industry climate sustains demand for business people in many areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Human Services:<\/span> Expanding outreach services for individuals and growing families in the region require more employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Liberal Arts &amp; Sciences:<\/span>\u00a0A strong liberal arts and sciences curriculum draws students to SCC who want to earn an associate degree before transferring on to a four-year college or university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The best way to make a decision about attending South Central College is by visiting the college\u2019s Faribault or North Mankato campus!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">To schedule your visit today, go to <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southcentral.edu\/visit\">www.southcentral.edu\/visit<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southcentral.edu\/signingday\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100\" src=\"http:\/\/scmn.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/SigningDayAd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scmn.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-1-issue-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/SigningDayAd.jpg 800w, https:\/\/scmn.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-1-issue-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/SigningDayAd-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scmn.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-1-issue-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/SigningDayAd-768x659.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does success mean to you?\u00a0 Do you want to begin a rewarding career after graduating from South Central College? \u00a0Do your goals require a four-year degree or more?\u00a0 Whatever your definition of success, South Central College will get you ready for it.\u00a0 Choose from programs that prepare you for the workplace, the next phase&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scmn.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-1-issue-2\/choices-abound-for-college-bound-students\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"article_type":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - 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