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Cochise County Community College District offers an online liberal arts degree, the Associate of Arts degree.  This is a transfer degree, designed for students interested in transferring to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree.  The liberal arts degree is for those individuals who are not pursuing a specific area of emphasis but wish to explore a variety of topics.  With this program, you will gain knowledge in a variety of areas of study, allowing you to narrow down areas of interest for the bachelor’s degree.  The curriculum also teaches communication, creativity, critical thinking, diverse and global perspectives, information literacy, and technology literacy. 

Students will study topics that include:

• English 
• Mathematics
• Humanities
• Foreign Language
• Social Sciences
• Laboratory Sciences

The online Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies degree is designed for students preparing to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree.  The curriculum covers subjects in liberal arts, including offering an emphasis in:

• Communication
• English
• Humanities
• Journalism
• Philosophy

Regardless of the emphasis chosen, students will take courses that introduce them to that area of liberal arts while the remainder of the program covers general education.  You will complete the general education courses that are generally taken in the first two years of a four-year program prior to transferring into a four-year institution.

The online Associate of General Studies degree from Cochise County Community College District is a liberal arts degree.  This program is designed for students who want to gain general knowledge with no specific area of emphasis.  Instead, you will gain knowledge in a wide variety of study areas including English, Mathematics, Humanities, Behavioral Sciences, Laboratory Sciences, and more. 

Graduates are competent in:

• Communication
• Creativity
• Critical Thinking
• Diverse & Global Perspectives
• Information Literacy
• Technology Literacy

The online Business Management degree prepares successful students for direct entry into the workforce. Complete studies ranging from accounting and marketing to starting a business and current business trends. Develop skill sets necessary for careers in small businesses to large corporations. Learn:

• Business operation best practices
• ​Proper accounting records maintenance
• Financial information management

Online programs mirror that of on-campus counterparts featuring small class sizes and faculty with real-world expertise.

Cochise’s Business Administration degree online prepares students for direct employment or for transfer into a four-year degree in management, marketing, or general business. You will learn how to manage accounting and financial records, along with gaining a broad economic understanding of current trends and matters. Exploration of legal and ethical issues will also be covered in relation to business management.

Some specific courses within the online Associate of Business Administration degree include, but are not limited to:

• Quantitative business methods
• Computer applications
• Business statistics

The online entrepreneurship certificate is designed to provide students with small business skill sets, vital for economic success. You will have the opportunity to explore financial avenues, legal issues and how to interpret and maintain records. This small business program also provides employee management knowledge. Curriculum requirements include, but are not limited to, topics such as: macroeconomics, business communications and accounting.

Like on-campus counterparts, online instruction is taught by faculty with real-world experience.

The Associate of Applied Science in Computer Programming is an online software development degree from Cochise County Community College District.  This program prepares students to transfer to a four-year college or university, allowing them to enter a Bachelor program with many general education requirements met.  With this associate degree you will learn to develop software applications for a variety of organizations.  You will create solutions to a variety of programming issues that encompass a wide range of modern computing environments.  Courses also cover basic information systems functions, proper terminology for operating systems, and several programming languages.

The Associate of Business in Computer Information Systems degree online is available from Cochise County Community College District.  This program prepares students to transfer to a four-year college or university, allowing them to enter a Bachelor program with many general education requirements met.  In addition to a strong foundation through general education courses, you will also gain an overview of the computer information systems field.  The curriculum provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to:

• Maintain proper accounting records for a business
• Interpret and communicate a business' financial information
• Examine legal and ethical issues from the perspective of a business manager or owner
• Understand the direct issues related to the economic conditions in American and other countries
• Manage the requirements associated with an information systems project

Plus, since the program is 100% online, you can begin your studies while still meeting your personal and professional obligations at home.

The Undergraduate Certificate in Linux System Administrator from Cochise County Community College District is an online software development degree program.  With this certificate you will learn basic Linux operating skills related to user groups, Perl scripting, and system administration.  You will be able to implement literals, constants, variables, operators, arrays, structures, functions, classes, input and output, and file processing in Perl and use current computer problem-solving methodologies to debug Perl scripts.  Courses also teach you to Implement Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), and security on a Linux server.  Upon completion, students are able to perform routine system administration duties and can add, change, and remove users, groups, and peripheral devices.

You can learn the trade and tools of spies with the Associate of Applied Science in Intelligence Operations Studies from Cochise County Community College District. The online homeland security degree offers courses in such topics as:

• Briefing skills
• Remote sensing
• Counterintelligence
• Imagery analysis techniques

Through the online homeland security associate’s degree program, you prepare to work as a military intelligence specialist or in intelligence operations. Graduates learn the applicable statutes, codes, and laws and how to control sensitive information.

The online Associate of Arts in Social & Behavioral Sciences is a humanities degree program from Cochise County Community College District.  These humanity courses are designed to prepare students for transfer to a university program in anthropology, history, political science, psychology, sociology, or related areas of study.  You will learn to analyze and articulate the major topics in the social and behavioral sciences, including human biological origins, human evolution, cultural development, and more.  Students will learn about the evolution of the United States’ political, economic, social, cultural, and geographic development; critically analyze political events, persons, processes, theories, and more; describe key concepts and theories in psychology; study sociological concepts including race, ethnicity, discrimination, and global interdependence; and more. 

The program offers areas of emphasis in:

• Anthropology
• History
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Psychology