Degree Programs

The following degrees are offered through HMHEC or in the Hickory area. If a degree you desire to pursue is not listed, please fill out our Education Survey. If you would like more information about a particular program, click on the corresponding institution's link. Lenoir-Rhyne College (LRC) courses are held on the L-R campus. All others are hosted in the HMHEC facility. Some degree programs are offered by several institutions: view a comparison of these here.

• Bachelor's Degrees
  • Accounting -- LRC
  • Advertising (Full Time/DT) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- ASU
  • Birth to Kindergarten (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Birth-Kindergarten Education -- LRC
  • Business Management (Full Time/DT) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- ASU
  • Child and Family Intervention -- LRC
  • Child Development, B-K -- ASU
  • Criminal Justice -- LMC
  • Criminal Justice (Full Time/DT) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- ASU
  • Criminal Justice (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Elementary Education, K-6 -- LRC
  • Elementary Education, K-6 -- ASU
  • Emergency Medical Care (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Engineering Technology is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Engineering Technology, Electrical (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Engineering Technology, Fire Safety(on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Health Information Administration is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Human and Community Service -- LRC
  • Interdisciplinary Studies (On-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WSSU
  • Management -- LRC
  • Middle Grades Education, 6-9 -- ASU
  • Organizational Leadership is beginning in Spring 2009 -- MSU
  • Psychology (Full Time/DT) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- ASU
  • Public Safety & Security Management (EMGT) (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Respiratory Therapy (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • RN to BSN is beginning in Spring 2009 -- ASU
  • RN to BSN is beginning in Summer 2009 -- WSSU
  • RN to BSN (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • RN to BSN Completion Program (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • RN to BSN Gateway Nursing -- LRC
  • Social Work -- ASU
• Master's Degrees
  • Birth-Kindergarten Education -- LRC
  • Business Administration -- LRC
  • Business Administration is beginning in Spring 2009 -- ASU
  • Business Administration - Accounting Concentration -- LRC
  • Construction Management (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Counseling: Agency and School Counseling -- LRC
  • Counseling: Agency Counseling -- LRC
  • Counseling: School Counseling -- LRC
  • Criminal Justice and Criminology -- ASU
  • Curriculum Specialist -- ASU
  • Educational Media, Instructional Technology Specialist/New Media and Global Education (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- ASU
  • Elementary Education -- ASU
  • English Education: Secondary Education or Community, Junior or Technical College -- ASU
  • Entrepreneurship (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Healthcare Administration (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCCH
  • Higher Education, Administration -- ASU
  • Higher Education, Adult Ed is beginning in Spring 2009 -- ASU
  • History, Secondary Education -- ASU
  • Instructional Technology - Computers, General -- ASU
  • Instructional Technology - Computers, K-12 -- ASU
  • Library Science -- ASU
  • Middle Grades Education -- ASU
  • Nursing- Nurse Administrator (on-line) is beginning in Spring 2009 -- UNCC
  • Nursing, Community Health, School Nurse (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Nursing, Nurse Educator (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Nursing, Nurse Educator (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Occupational Therapy -- LRC
  • Project Management is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Public Administration -- ASU
  • Public Health (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCCH
  • Reading Education is beginning in Fall 2009 -- ASU
  • School Administration -- ASU
  • School Administration (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Social Work -- ASU
  • Special Education -- ASU
  • Strategic Leadership is beginning in Spring 2009 -- MSU
  • Teaching - Special Education (on-line) -- WCU
  • Teaching Middle and Secondary Education (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Teaching, Special Education (k-12): General Curriculum (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
• Education Specialist & Doctorate Degrees
  • Educational Administration -- ASU
  • Educational Leadership, EdD -- ASU
  • Higher Education Administration -- ASU
  • Higher Education, Adult Ed is beginning in Fall 2009 -- ASU
• Licensure Programs
  • Community Preparedness& Disaster Management is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCCH
  • Graduate Academically or Intellectually Gifted Add-On Licensure (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Graduate Certificate Academically or Intellectually Gifted Add-On Licensure (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Graduate Certificate in Gerontology (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- ASU
  • Graduate Certificate in Middle/Secondary Education Licensure (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Graduate Certificate in Nurse Educator (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- WCU
  • Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Graduate Certificate Special Education (K-12) Adapted Curriculum Licensure (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Graduate Certificate Special Education (K-12): General Curriculum Licensure (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCC
  • Graduate Math Studies -- ASU
  • Principal Add-on Licensure (on-line) -- WCU
  • Technology and Communication (on-line) is beginning in Fall 2009 -- UNCCH
• Other Individual Courses (UNC Friday Center)

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