New Media is a two-semester program offered to seniors. Students will have multiple opportunities to think and apply creative elements for various media operations such as: publication, writing, imaging, sound, web site development, video production, and media ethics. Students must complete a special application process.
Explore a variety of business, legal, banking, and finance careers and gain knowledge of core business skills using Microsoft computer applications, business math and writing. Participate in a bank teller internship at the CACC's on-site Capital Area School Employees Credit Union branch. Earn national software certification.
Prepare for a career in Marketing and Management directly after high school graduation or prepare for a college major in business. Students learn how a product originates from customer needs and product development, and how it gets from the producer to the consumer through opportunities to develop student leadership, travel experiences, and competition with other Michigan DECA Chapters.
Find your future in programming languages and the Web. Learn, design, create, and use databases with SQL database language. Earn knowledge and skills to pursue the Oracle SQL Certification Exam. Practice and apply object orientation programming like JAVA, VB, C++, and create Internet programs.
Hands-on administrations of Linux systems, website creation, and programming skills. Install, configure, and maintain Linux, the fasting growing operating system, on a network. Experience the hands-on training, programming, web development, database and networking education that can jump-start your career in information technology.
Second year Electronics students can advance to the two-semester A+ Computer Repair program that includes PC systems servicing, troubleshooting, networking, and the opportunity to take the National A+ exam and earn certification in computer repair and maintenance.
Learn the latest auto body repair, painting, and redesign techniques in our state-of-the-art facility. Auto body repair is a highly specialized, immediate career option or a valuable step toward advanced training for broader industry opportunities. Students may qualify for apprenticeships and college credit.
Using the latest equipment, technology, and learning methods, students will learn technical skills and take a step toward a future career in automotive service and engineering. Students will participate in an ASE-certified training program offering several occupational specialities. Students may qualify for apprenticeships, college credit, and the Automotive YES program.
Prepare for a challenging career focused on residential and light commercial construction. Develop general knowledge of the construction trades through a combination of classroom learning techniques, skill training, and hands-on practice, and then move on to a work-based learning experience in carpentry, masonry, house wiring, and plumbing. Students may qualify for apprenticeships and college credit.
Students train on boards and two different computer-aided drafting (CAD) systems, learn to make blue-line prints, dimensions to standards, and make necessary views to define a part of assembly. Course provides students with the drafting/CAD skills needed to enter a high entry-level industrial drafting job and/or a two-year associate's degree program. Students may qualify for college credit.
Students obtain skills in the operation and maintenance of automated industrial systems; use algebra and basic trigonometry to write electronic formulas and apply troubleshooting skills. You can learn the technical and manual skills necessary to install and assemble electronic devices. Students may qualify for college credit.
Students can learn on-site at AIS Construction Equipment Corporation technical training in heavy equipment operation and become a service, repair, and hydraulic technician. Students can qualify for AIS apprenticeships and a $10,000.00 Scholarship to Ferris State University.
The Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP) is a unique partnership involving the United Auto Workers (UAW), General Motors Corporation (GM), the Ingham Intermediate School District, and local school districts in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties. LAMP offers school day classes at the UAW/GM Training Complex in downtown Lansing. Student learning is designed to reflect/simulate real workplace situations in a "learning laboratory setting". Academic, Manufacturing, and Employability Skill development is achieved with interactive projects taking students directly to GM plants. For more information, see your counselor or call Jeff Dole, Program Coordinator at 377-7150.
Learn to operate drill presses, lathes, milling machines, grinders, and to use CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) computer programs. Students are introduced to the world of production machining in a hands-on environment and prepared for direct career entry or for continued training and study in college. Students may qualify for apprenticeships and college credit.
Students learn the art and technology of joining metals together with heat, using special equipment to perform eleven different welding processes; learn related engineering theory, math, and measurement skills while doing fabrication and repair. Students may qualify for college credit.
Students learn the artistry, chemistry, and anatomy, and the business side of cosmetology; they work with real clients in a salon/classroom setting, and learn the theory and application skills necessary to be eligible to take the State of Michigan Board of Cosmetology examination and earn their Cosmetologist license.
Students learn the proper and safe use of chemicals for cleaning all surfaces efficiently, the operation of custodial equipment, ground maintenance, and work two days a week at MSU. Hands-on training prepares students for an entry-level custodial position or, with a customized curriculum, for a supervisory position in the custodial field.
Students explore and experiment with food preparation, learn to operate various kinds of institutional kitchen equipment, and participate in operation of Hospitality's restaurant, the Sunshine Café. They study and apply the art of guest relations, learn cash systems and computer operations, and the scheduling and preparation involved in catering. Students may qualify for apprenticeships and college credit.
Students explore and study core medical skills: medical ethics, terminology, anatomy, basic first aid, CPR, hygiene, and personal care of patients. They learn the skills necessary to care for patients in the hospital, nursing home, and in a medical emergency. Students have the opportunity to qualify for the State of Michigan Certified Nursing Assistant exam. Students may qualify for college credit.
Students may train to be a Histologic Technician learning the technical and academic skills necessary to work with human tissue specimens used by doctors and scientists. This is a NAACLS (National Accrediting Association of Clinical Laboratory Science) accredited program. Students may qualify for college credit.
Health career training focused on direct patient care and medical office management. First-year students study health occupations core courses (basic anatomy and physiology, medical ethics, and infection control) and explore the wide range of health careers available. Second-year students then choose to specialize in clerical and/or clinical skills such as phlebotomy, and participate in a work-based learning experience in an outpatient setting such as a dentist's office or clinical laboratory. Students may qualify for college credit.
