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Improve your career future with the Accounting online degree.  Learn to provide technical administrative support to accountants and others in financial management.  The curriculum teaches students to prepare accounting records and handle billing, taxes, and payroll. 

Courses in this online Accounting degree include:

• Personal Finance
• Basic Spreadsheets
• Principles of Accounting
• Payroll Accounting

The flexibility of online learning allows you to study when and where it is convenient without interrupting your current life.

The online Associate of Applied Science in Human Resources Management provides the necessary skills to enter the field of Human Resource Management, including interviewing applicants, conducting orientation, processing transfers, promotions, and terminations.  Courses also teach students to analyze job duties, write job descriptions, calculate payroll, and maintain accident reports, as well as teaching them to work with the computerized flow of information and reports about employees, benefits, and programs.

The online Associate of Applied Science in Technical Business Management allows students who have completed a diploma in a technical field to pursue business management training through a flexible program.  Students may use this program to gain the skills to run their own businesses or advance within their current organizations.  Courses include Workplace Communications, Human and Work Relations, Business Innovation, and Leadership Development.

The online Cost Accounting Certificate is designed to enable students to use cost accounting concepts to perform variance analysis and prepare cost of production reports.  Courses include Principles of Accounting I and II, Basic Spreadsheets, and Cost Accounting.  Courses can be applied toward the fulfillment of an Accounting Diploma or Accounting Specialist AAS degree.

The online Entrepreneurship Concepts Certificate is designed to give students basic knowledge on how to start a business.  Courses cover selling techniques, bookkeeping systems, and basic business plan development.

The online Human Resources Diploma is appropriate for both beginners in the human resource field and those with some experience who wish to expand their knowledge base.  Graduates of this program are encouraged to enroll in the Human Resources Management program which leads to Associate of Applied Science degrees.  Courses in the program include Human Resource Management, Human and Work Relations, Staffing, Introduction to Computers, and Managing Diversity.

The online Office Assistant Certificate assists students with little or no office skills or those who have employment but need additional training.  The program develops skills by concentrating on those areas of study that students will need to be employed in an office, including computers, calculators, keyboarding, accounting, and office procedures.  Graduates of the program are encouraged to enter the Technology and Office Assistant Diploma program and then continue on to the Administrative Office Management AAS degree program.

The online Payroll Clerk Certificate is designed to enable students to compute wages and salaries, maintain payroll records, and prepare reports required by governmental agencies and employers.  These courses can be applied toward the requirements for the Accounting Diploma and Accounting Specialist AAS degree programs.

The online Tax Preparer Certificate enables students to become tax preparers.  Courses include Principles of Accounting I and II, Personal Finance, Basic Spreadsheets, and Sales and Use Tax.  These courses can be applied toward fulfillment of an Accounting Diploma and Accounting Specialist AAS degree.

This online AAS in Video Game Design is offered by WIT Community College to give you the in-depth knowledge of the artistic pipeline of game development.  In this 2-year program, you’ll gain the technical skills and artistic know-how to successfully create assets, combine them in an engine, and produce a fully-functioning video game.  Throughout the curriculum, you’ll compile a portfolio to use in new opportunities.  Classes may include:

• Scripting Basics
• 3D Modeling & Topology
• Animation for Games

This online Certificate in Video Game Fundamentals is intended to introduce you to the production aspects of the video game pipeline.  Your artistic and technical skills will grow, as you dive into the creation of video games. You’ll also compile a portfolio of your work that can be used for future employment.  Likely classes in the curriculum, include:

• Scripting Basics
• Digital Composition & Graphics Pipeline I
• Game Design

Western Iowa Tech Community College offers an online information security degree, the Diploma in Information Security Analyst.  With the growth of computer, internet, networking, cloud storage, and other technology use in businesses, organizations, government, and for personal use, there is an increased amount of sensitive information used and stored with technology.  With this increase, there is also an increased demand for professionals who are competent in network intrusion detection and mitigation, which this program is designed to help provide.  

Through this 100% online information security degree, you will learn to monitor computer networks, install and maintain security measures, and document security breaches.  While working with various security appliances and technologies, students also develop security best practices.  By the time students graduate, they are prepared for entry level positions in information security.

This Video Game Artist online diploma program from WIT Community College provides a working foundation of the pipeline for game development.  As you learn modeling, texturing, shading and lighting techniques through your coursework, you’ll compile a portfolio that can be used for future employment.  Your artistic skills will grow, as you learn to create individual video game assets, as well.  Offered courses may include:

• Environmental Modeling
• Traditional & New Media 2-D Design
• Game Design

There is a growing need for professionals in cybersecurity and you can help fill this need after completing this online cyber security degree. Learn to investigate computer crimes, properly seize and recover computer evidence, and aid in the prosecution of cyber criminals. With this degree, you will prepare to combat computer-related crime as you gain an understanding of:

• Identity theft
• Networking
• Incident response
• Social engineering
• Hacking

Study network security as well as you prepare to take your place in this innovative career. Graduates are ready for positions in the local, regional, and national sectors.

This online criminal justice degree is all about crimes. Study the causes of crime and criminal justice system responses. You will learn how to investigate:

• Why crimes are committed
• Who is committing them
• What type of societal factors contribute to crime

Learn about the best ways to predict, deter, and prevent future crimes. The overall theme is the nature of the criminal justice system and the connection between law and social justice.  

Graduates often use this online criminal justice degree as a foundation for further study.

The job-ready online degree in agriculture allows you to gain a broad agriculture knowledge base to help grow your career without investing in a four-year program. Topics of study include crop production, animal production, finance, management, sales, and marketing.

Career options include, but are not limited to:

• Farm and ranch manager
• Nursery manager
• Agriculture inspector
• Buyer and purchasing agent