State Definitions
Advanced and Professional (A&P) (AA)
A program area with courses designed to provide the first two years of course work leading to an advanced or professional degree (bachelors, first professional, masters, etc.). It includes both the general education and specialized lower-division courses necessary to complete a transfer degree program. It does not include developmental education or non-credit courses.
Award: Associate in Arts
Postsecondary Vocational (PSV) (AS)
Vocational education for persons who have completed or left high school and who are enrolled in organized programs of study for which credit is given toward an associate degree. Such programs shall include certificate programs which award credit that can be applied toward an associate degree.
Awards: Associate in Science, Associate in Applied Science, College Credit Certificate, Advanced Technical Diploma
Postsecondary Adult Vocational (PSAV)
Vocational education for persons who have completed or left high school. Participation in these programs shall not earn credit toward an associate or higher degree.
Award: Vocational Certificate, Advanced Technical Diploma
Apprenticeship
A vocational program of three to five years in length registered with an approved registration agency in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations. In this program, a student will receive both classroom and on-the-job training and will be eligible to take the journeyman exam upon completion of the program.
Award: Vocational Certificate
Continuing Workforce Education (also known as CCE)
Courses that are designed for the purpose of upgrading skills of persons who are currently employed or who have been previously employed in an occupational field. This should not include courses that are organized as a unit of a preparatory program of studies.
Award: No formal award
Developmental Education
Courses providing instruction for the development of college-entry competencies in reading, writing, mathematical reasoning and logical thinking).
Award: No formal award
Recreational and Leisure (avocational)
Each community college shall provide instructional activities to develop recreational or leisure time skills. Such instructional activities shall be classified in the Community College Management Information System as recreational and leisure time, a noncredit classification.
Award: No formal award