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Oakton College

Oakton College
1600 East Golf Road
Des Plaines, IL 60016-1268

Official telephone: (847) 635-1600
Fax number: (847) 635-1706
Website: https://oakton.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
independent study, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD
  • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
  • Banking and Financial Support Services
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection, Other
  • Building/Property Maintenance
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Child Care Provider/Assistant
  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Criminal Justice/Police Science
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering, General
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Fire Science/Fire-fighting
  • General Studies
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
  • Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician
  • Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Information Technology
  • Legal Assistant/Paralegal
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
  • Music, General
  • Operations Management and Supervision
  • Physical Therapy Assistant
  • Real Estate
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General
  • Social Work
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling
Certificates

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
  • Building/Property Maintenance
  • Child Care Provider/Assistant
  • Commercial Photography
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Computer/Computer Systems Technology/Technician
  • Criminal Justice/Police Science
  • Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
  • Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
  • Fire Science/Fire-fighting
  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
  • Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering
  • Medical/Clinical Assistant
  • Nanotechnology
  • Operations Management and Supervision
  • Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
  • Social Work
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP subject

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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