Academic Programs

Northampton Community College offers a variety of academic programs designed to prepare you to enter the workforce or to transfer to a four-year college or university. If you have questions regarding a specific program, please feel free to call our Admissions Office at 610/861-5500, and a member of the staff will be happy to talk to you.

The academic programs on the following pages are the responsibility of the academic division indicated under the program title, i.e. the Allied Health and Sciences Division, the Business and Technology Division, the Education and Academic Success Division, the Humanities and Social Sciences Division.

The following abbreviations are used in the curriculum section (following the course title) to identify general education core courses:

AH - Arts and Humanities

CT - Critical Thinking

D - Diversity & Global Awareness

QL - Quantitative Literacy

SCI - Science

SIT - Social Science: Societies and Institutions over Time

SSHB - Social Science: Scientific Study of Human Behavior

WI - Writing Intensive

The College makes every effort to ensure that the information contained in this catalog is complete and accurate. However, some omissions and errors may be possible. This catalog should not be perceived as a formal/legal contract.