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North Iowa Area Community College - Mason City

North Iowa Area Community College - Mason City


Official telephone: (641) 423-1264
Toll-free telephone: (888) 466-4222
Website: www.niacc.edu
Screen last updated on: January 2009
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August, and mid January
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held from August through November.
Number and length of summer sessions: Three summer sessions.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Student:Faculty ratio: 13:1
Total faculty: 100 men, 62 women
Full-time faculty: 51 men, 30 women
Part-time faculty: 49 men, 32 women

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, honors program, Phi Beta Kappa, internships, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: yes

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Acquisition/Contract Management
  • Administrative Information Technology
  • Agribusiness
  • Agricultural Business/Management
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Business Data Processing
  • Business Data Programming
  • Business/Management
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Dietetic Technician
  • Early Childhood Associate
  • Earth/Planetary Science
  • Electrical Engineering Technology/Telecommunications Option
  • Engineering-Related Technologies
  • English
  • English as a Second Language
  • Environmental Control/Protection Technology
  • Exercise Science/Sports Studies
  • Fashion Merchandising
  • Finance
  • Fine Arts
  • Fire Protection/Safety Technology
  • German
  • Graphic Communications Technology
  • Health Sciences
  • Home Economics
  • Humanities/Social Sciences
  • Industrial Equipment Maintenance/Repair
  • Insurance/Risk Management
  • Journalism
  • Law Enforcement/Corrections Technologies
  • Legal Secretary
  • Liberal/General Studies
  • Manufacturing Technology
  • Marketing Management
  • Marketing/Distribution
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Design Technology
  • Medical Assistant
  • Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Medical Secretary
  • Ministry in Church/Society
  • Music
  • Nursing
  • Office Supervision/Management
  • Ophthalmic Services
  • Physical Sciences
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Polymer Technology
  • Practical Nursing
  • Pre-Dentistry
  • Pre-Law
  • Pre-Medicine
  • Pre-Pharmacy
  • Pre-Psychology
  • Pre-Veterinary
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Recreation Services
  • Retailing
  • Robotics
  • Scandinavian Languages
  • Secondary Education
  • Secretarial Science
  • Simulation/Robotics
  • Social Sciences
  • Spanish
  • Teacher Aide
  • Visual/Performing Arts
  • Word Processing
  • Zoology
Certificates

  • Accounting
  • Accounting Clerk
  • Automotive Mechanics
  • Building Trades
  • Clerical Word Processing
  • Climate Control Systems
  • Legal Secretary
  • Marketing
  • Medical Assistant
  • Medical Secretary
  • Optometric Assistant
  • Practical Nursing
  • Sales

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP subject
  • neither credit nor placement for Regents College Exams (RCE)
  • neither credit nor placement for ACT PEP
  • neither credit nor placement for DANTES
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant military experience
  • credit and/or placement for relevant life experience
  • credit and/or placement for international baccalaureate
Other credit/placement programs:
ACT PEP credit and/or placement options available.