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The School for Career Development (SCD) offers marketable degree programs to the working adult who chooses to begin or complete his or her college education in the evening. The following are the degree programs offered by Midway's School for Career Development:
Business Administration
Adults may earn a Bachelor's or Associate's degree in the evening with this comprehensive program that is offered in accelerated, eight-week modules. Most classes meet one night each week.
Computer Information Systems Management
This program allows students to earn a Bachelor's degree that will pave the way for employment in business-related computer management positions.
Health Care Administration
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Health Care Administration is designed as a degree program for students who have completed certification in a health care area. Building on general education courses, the curriculum provides students with broad knowledge of health care policy and financing, including leadership and management skills needed to function in a health care delivery system. The Health Care Administration courses Administration are delivered in a cohort format, meeting one evening per week for 18 months. It is expected that students attracted to the program will have a large block of credit related to technical training for a position in the health care industry; however, students without a specific background in health care will not be excluded from the program.
Homeland Security Corporate Management and Assessment
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Homeland Security Corporate Management and Assessment is designed to prepare managers of corporate or industrial security programs to be knowledgeable in state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment, risk management, consequence management, disaster recovery and continuity techniques and technologies. Today’s Homeland Security managers must not only respond to the challenge of recruiting and retaining talent, they must also understand federal, state and local regulations, processes and resources so that they may assure not only corporate compliance but also corporate responsibility to the local community. The Homeland Security Corporate Management and Assessment courses are delivered in a cohort format, meeting one evening per week for 18 months.
Human Resource Management
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resource Management is a business degree with an emphasis on the skills Human Resource professionals need to succeed in Corporate Recruiting, Training, Labor Relations, and Employee Benefits. The Human Resource Management program is designed to prepare students to effectively manage Human Resource programs in increasingly competitive and diverse workplaces. The Human Resource manager is actively involved in promoting, influencing, and recommending policies to increase employee productivity and subsequently increasing company profits. The curriculum is designed to attract academically qualified, motivated students seeking degrees in this highly specialized field. Human Resource Management courses include Workforce Planning and Employment, Training and Development, Legal Environment of HRM, Gender Issues in Management, Assessment and Personnel Decisions, and Ethics in Human Resource Management. The Human Resource Management courses are delivered in a cohort format meeting one evening per week for 18 months.
Nursing (ADN and BSN)
In the tradition of Midway's highly successful nursing program, students are able to complete both an Associate's degree and a Bachelor’s degree at the Midway College Campus. The Associates Degree in Nursing prepares students to become Registered Nurses (RN) and also qualifies those students for admission into a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. All classes are offered in an evening and weekend format allowing students to work if they wish and still attend classes. The curriculum has a dual focus – team taught classroom theory emphasizing the technical and theoretical aspects of nursing, and concentrated, supervised clinical laboratory experiences in several healthcare agencies in central Kentucky. Upon successful completion of the ADN program, the student is eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) and can practice as a registered nurse.
The BSN program, which focuses on the development of leadership skills, is for registered nurses (RN) and combines general education courses with professional nursing theory and the more complex, non-traditional clinical practice. Consistent with the mission and goals of the College, the BSN program draws from the scientific and humanistic disciplines to prepare professionals in nursing who provide health care and leadership to individuals and their families or other groups in a variety of settings. This track consists of upper level coursework necessary to complete the Baccalaureate Degree in two years as a full-time student or three years as a part-time student.
Organizational Administration and Leadership
A unique degree completion program that enables students with some college credit to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The Organizational Administration and Leadership courses are delivered in a cohort format meeting one evening per week for 18 months. In an environment that optimizes adult learning theory, students earn 45 semester hours of upper level business courses in an accelerated, seminar-style format. Students will be prepared for careers in Real Estate; Law Enforcement; Higher Education; Automotive and Financial Industries.
Professional Studies
The major in Professional Studies is an interdisciplinary degree with an emphasis on the abilities most demanded in the contemporary workplace: oral and written communication, critical thinking, technology and information literacy, and global awareness. Students choosing this major will work closely with their advisors to plan their own courses of study which may be quite broad or focused within one or two disciplines. In all cases the courses chosen will emphasize the areas mentioned above. Also common to all students in this major will be research projects and/or internships emphasizing these requisites. Students will also be strongly encouraged to make travel through internships or the KIIS program a part their programs.
Sport Management
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Sport Management prepares students for a professional career related to the delivery and management of sport programs or physical activity in business, community, public and private settings. The Sport Management courses are delivered in a cohort format meeting one evening per week for 18 months. Students will be prepared for careers in Sport Marketing and Promotions; Sporting Goods Sales; Facilities Manager; Event Production; Ticket Sales; Parks and Recreation and Sports Media Relations.
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