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Harper College

Harper College


Official telephone: (847) 925-6000
Fax number: (847) 925-6032
Website: www.harpercollege.edu
Screen last updated on: January 2009
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August and late January.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in June, July, and August.
Number and length of summer sessions: One summer session of eight weeks.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Student:Faculty ratio: 23:1
Total faculty: 387 men, 456 women
Full-time faculty: 77 men, 113 women
Part-time faculty: 310 men, 343 women

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
independent study, honors program, Phi Beta Kappa, pass/fail grading option, internships, weekend college, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: yes

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting Assistant
  • Accounting Associate
  • Administrative Technology/Executive Assistant
  • CIS/Programming
  • CIS/Programming/C++
  • CIS/Programming/Java
  • CIS/Telecommunications
  • CIS/Visual Basic Programming
  • CIS/Web Application Development
  • CIS/Web Visual Design
  • Classical Civilizations
  • Computers in Business
  • Computers in Business/NetPrep Network Technology
  • Cross-Cultural Missions
  • Dental Hygiene
  • Drafting/CAD
  • Early Childhood Education/Director
  • Early Childhood Education/Teaching
  • Electrical Engineering Technology/Telecommunications Option
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Fashion Design
  • Fashion Merchandising
  • Financial Services
  • Financial Services/Commercial Credit Management
  • Financial Services/Finance
  • Financial Services/Real Estate
  • Fire Science Technology
  • Health Care Office Manager
  • Hospitality Management
  • Hospitality Management/Food Service Operations Management
  • Hospitality Management/Hotel Operations Management
  • Inter-American Law
  • Interior Design
  • International Business
  • Journalism
  • Landscaping
  • Law Office Administrative Assistant
  • Management
  • Manufacturing Engineering Technology
  • Manufacturing Technology
  • Marketing
  • Marketing Management
  • Marketing/Sales Specialist
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Office Administration
  • Microcomputers in Business/LAN Administration
  • Microcomputers in Business/Packages
  • Nursing
  • Paralegal Studies
  • Park/Golf Management
  • Plant Science Technology
  • Plant Science Technology/Horticulture
  • Real Estate
  • Refrigeration/Air Conditioning
  • Small Business Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Web Development
Certificates

  • Accounting Associate
  • Accounting Clerk
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Advanced Floral Design
  • Advanced LAN Management
  • Advanced Management
  • Arboriculture
  • Architectural CAD
  • Architectural Technology
  • Basic Horticulture Skills
  • Basic Maintenance
  • Bread/Pastry Arts
  • Building Code Enforcement
  • CAD Technician
  • Cardiographic Technician
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Certified Professional Secretary
  • CIS/Programming
  • CIS/Visual Basic Programming
  • CIS/Web Application Development
  • CIS/Web Development
  • CIS/Web Visual Design
  • Computer Support Specialist
  • Computers in Business
  • Computers in Business/NetPrep Network Technology
  • Criminal Justice
  • Culinary Arts
  • Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer
  • Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
  • Dietary Manager
  • Domestic Refrigeration/Heating
  • E-Commerce Busines/Marketing
  • Early Childhood Administrator
  • Early Childhood Assistant
  • Early Childhood Education Teaching
  • Early Childhood Education/Infant/Toddler
  • Early Childhood Special Education
  • Early Childhood/Family Child Care
  • Electrical Maintenance
  • Electronics
  • Emergency Medical Services/EMT Basic
  • Fashion Design
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Services
  • Fire Science Technology
  • Floral Design
  • Food Service Management
  • Garden Center Operations
  • General Management
  • General Office
  • Golf Course/Athletic Field Management
  • Greenhouse Operations
  • Grounds Maintenance
  • Health Care Administrative Assistant
  • Health Insurance Specialist
  • Heating Services
  • Hospitality Management
  • Hotel Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Industrial Electronics Maintenance
  • International Business
  • Inventory/Production Control
  • Landscape Design
  • Licensed Practical Nurse
  • Local Area Network Management
  • Marketing
  • Marketing Research
  • Media Writing
  • Media Writing/Design
  • Medical Office Administration
  • Medical Transcriptionist
  • NetPrep Senior Network Specialist
  • Nursery Operations
  • Office Technology
  • Paralegal Studies
  • Park/Grounds Operation Management
  • Pesticide Applicator
  • Phlebotomy
  • Physical Distribution
  • Plant Propogation
  • Purchasing
  • Real Estate License Prep
  • Real Estate Sales Professional
  • Refrigeration Service
  • Refrigeration/Air Conditioning Service/Repair
  • Residential Comfort Systems
  • Retail Merchandising
  • Sales Management/Development
  • Sign Language Interpreting
  • Small Business Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Technical
  • Turfgrass/Grounds Maintenance

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for school's own challenge exams
  • credit for relevant military experience
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant life experience
  • neither credit nor placement for international baccalaureate