Central Texas College conducting registration for fall semester

By BruCe vasBinder special to tHe Herald

Central Texas College is conducting registration for the fall semester. Classes start Aug. 21 at the central campus in Killeen; the Fort Cavazos site; the service area sites of Fredericksburg, Gatesville, Lampasas and Marble Falls; and online. Returning students can register through CTC’s online Eagle Self-Service system at ctcd.edu, while ew students must first complete the admissions process.

To assist new students, CTC will host a new student orientation on Aug. 17 in the Anderson Campus Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sign-up is available online at https:// ctc4.me/NSO.

CTC offers more than 100 associate degrees and certificates of completion in a variety of academic, professional and vocational/ technical fields designed to assist students transferring to a four-year university or prepare them for employment.

Programs are grouped into six areas of study or career pathways: Arts, Humanities and Media; Science Technology Engineering, Math (STEM); Business and Business Technology; Construction, Manufacturing and Transportation; Health Care; and Public Service.

Within these areas are numerous fields of study, including aviation science, business administration, communications, computer science, computer-aided drafting and design, logistics, electronics technol- ogy, industrial technology, protective services, nursing, paramedicine, culinary arts and agricultural science.

To accommodate the needs of students who may have job, family and other commitments that deter them from attending traditional lecture courses, CTC offers more than 500 online and blended (a combination of online and classroom) courses and more than 60 degree and certificate programs online.

Some of the school’s newer programs include Communications, which leads to an Associate of Arts degree; Robotics Technology, which leads to an Associate of Applied Science degree or 18-credit hour Certificate of Completion; the Medical Billing Certificate of Completion program; and Licensed Massage Therapy, which is now a for-credit program leading to a Certificate of Completion.

New courses have recently been added to the Business Administration department, including Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences, Business Statistics and Principles of Macroeconomics, which will better serve students transferring to a four-year university as they seek a degree in business.

Last fall, the department began offering its five real estate classes online. Upon successful completion, students are eligible to sit for the real estate licensing exam in Texas.

CTC has been providing higher educational opportunities to area residents for 56 years. Since opening its doors to more than 2,000 students in 1967, CTC has evolved into a unique institution focusing on affordable, accessible education. It is the top college choice for graduating high school seniors in the area as more than 20 percent of local high school students come to CTC. The school’s diverse student population includes nearly 4,000 students per semester in-person locally and more than 4,500 students taking classes online.