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2018-19 RACC Student Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Academic Divisions
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Five academic divisions comprise Reading Area Community College. Although each division has its own Assistant Dean and Faculty, they interact daily and work together closely. Students will typically take some courses from each division.The five divisions are listed below.
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RACC Academic Divisions
Business Division
Assistant Dean: Linda Bell
Division Office: Penn Hall, Room 218
The Business Division offers hands-on problem-solving experiences built upon a solid foundation of applied theory, giving students the best possible background for pursuing a career or transferring to a four-year program.
Transfer Program
Career Program
College Credit Certificate Program
Communications, Arts and Humanities Division
Interim Associate Dean: Teri Floyd-Brumm
Division Office: Yocum Library, Room 106
The Communications, Arts and Humanities Division offers a flexible program of study preparing students for transfer to a four-year institution’s Humanities, Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, or Communications program.The Division also provides communications and humanities elective courses that are essential to the general education core and, therefore, to the graduation requirements of all programs offered at Reading Area Community College.
Transfer Program
Foundational Studies
Interim Associate Dean: Teri Floyd-Brumm
Division Office:
The Division of Foundational Studies houses all developmental courses in reading, writing, math and credit - equivalent English as a Second Language (ESL).
Health Professions Division
Assistant Dean: Geraldine Fake
Division Office: Penn Hall, Room 420
The Health Professions Division offers career preparation in a variety of programs. All of the Health Professions programs have a strong science base and clinical component in addition to theory to prepare students for the registry or licensing examinations in their field.
Career Program
College Credit Certificate Program
Social Sciences/Human Services Division
Assistant Dean: Dr. Robin Eckert
Division Office - Berks Hall, Room 500
The Social Sciences/Human Services Division offers programs for career preparation and transfer and courses that supplement programs offered by other Divisions. Programs of career study prepare students for work in both public and private agencies which provide an expanding range of human services. College transfer programs prepare students to go on to four-year colleges and universities to pursue more extensive training in the Social Sciences and Human Services fields.
Transfer Program
Career Program
College Credit Certificate Program
STEM Division (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)
Interim Assistant Dean: Lara Rosenberger
Division Office: Berks Hall, Room 402
The STEM Division (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) offers programs in the natural sciences and the technologies. College transfer programs and career programs provide students with a wide range of choices. The acquisition of employable skills and the development of an appropriate academic base for further study allow the student flexibility in the development of career goals.
Transfer Program
Career Program
College Credit Certificate Program
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