Associato delle Scienze della Salute

There is an increasing need for healthcare professionals. We designed our Associate of Science Degree in Health Sciences to serve two types of students.

This program provides you with a more focused transfer pathway into a health sciences program at a four-year institution. We will provide you with targeted and effective advice about preprofessional health academic programs and health sciences careers.

As a pre-health student in this program, you will learn about all the career options in the health care field while taking general education courses before enrolling in one of our programs. You will receive targeted advising, allowing you to engage with our faculty and students in the Health Sciences division.

Careers:

You can complete the first two years of core baccalaureate-level coursework for the following health science professions:

Pre-Chiropractic

Pre-Dental Hygiene/Dentistry

Pre-Exercise Science

Pre-Medicine

Pre-Nursing

Pre-Occupational Therapy

Pre-Optometry

Pre-Pharmacy

Pre-Physical Therapy

Pre-Physician Assistant

Pre-Radiology

Pre-Social Work/Counseling

Pre-Speech Therapy

You may also complete supporting coursework before admission to one of our AAS health programs, including:

Medical Lab Technician

Nursing

Paramedic

Physical Therapist Assistant

Radiology

Respiratory Care

Surgical Technology

Southeast Community College (SCC) is committed to its mission of empowering and transforming students and the diverse communities it serves through accessible, dynamic, and responsive pathways to career and technical, academic transfer, and continuing education programs. Southeast Community College has more than 60 career/tech and transfer program options to choose from and degree, diploma, and certificate options.

Southeast is a vibrant two-year public institution of higher education serving a primary area of 15 counties in southeast Nebraska. We offer multiple locations and continues to expand its online opportunities. With high-quality career/technical and academic programs and very affordable tuition and fees, Southeast Community College provides students with tremendous opportunities to create their futures by obtaining new knowledge, skills, and awareness. Our unique blend of career/technical programs will provide students with the skills necessary to succeed in the workforce.

Our programs provide students with opportunities to work with the latest equipment and technologies.

Southeast Community College's Academic Transfer program provides students with an outstanding opportunity to obtain a high-quality academic foundation at very affordable rates. The college offers small class sizes with instructors dedicated to instructional excellence, student success, and reflective and creative learners' development.

Over the past five years, Southeast Community College has implemented several transformative initiatives, including the construction of new facilities, conversion from a quarter to a semester calendar system, technology infrastructure upgrades, comprehensive renovation of existing facilities, climate and culture transformation, and other significant changes.