Programs

Graduates with an Accounting degree receive 66 credit hours of course work. They demonstrate core skills in the following: accounting, business, business ethics, business law, and computer applications. Graduates receive oral and written communication skills and critical thinking...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 20 months
• Time: Day

The Associate in Arts degree program is designed for students who wish to transfer to a four-year college or university to earn a Bachelor of Arts (or Bachelor of Science, depending upon the university) degree in a non-scientific liberal arts field of study such as business adminis...

• Type: Degree
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 24 months
• Time: Day

The Associate in Science degree program provides science instruction in biology, chemistry, and physics to enable students to complete their respective curricular programs, transfer college credits through the Associate in Science degree program, or meet the workplace requirements ...

• Type: Associate In Science
• Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
• Duration: 24 months
• Time: Day

This program trains students in the use of equipment and materials used in the auto body repair industry to become auto body technicians. The study of unibody, structure repair, sheet metal repair, welding, spot repair, estimating and refinishing are covered. Graduates are prepared...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 12 months
• Time: Day

This program trains automotive technicians to diagnose, service and repair automobiles and light trucks. Many individuals seeking training in Automotive Technology expect to work as Automotive Service Technicians. Automotive service technicians and mechanics, often called service t...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 26 months
• Time: Day

This program trains technicians to diagnose, service and maintain both gasoline and diesel vehicles. Employment opportunities are available in the automotive or trucking industries and their related fields. Many individuals seeking training in Automotive and Diesel Technology expec...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 27 months
• Time: Day

This program provides basic training for persons interested in working in the automotive field. Vehicle servicing, systems maintenance and problem diagnosis are covered.

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 12 months
• Time: Day

This certificate program is designed to prepare graduates for job opportunities in the areas of entry-level bookkeeping and payroll.

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 16 months
• Time: Day

The Civil Engineering Technology program (CET) uses classroom and laboratory experiences to provide students technical, computer aided drafting skills, which will prepare them for careers in the environmental field, surveying, construction management, design, and testing.

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 24 months
• Time: Day

The curriculum relies on a "hands-on" and lecture approach to learning, and students will spend a large portion of their time working in a practical setting. Students will be- come proficient in metal machining operations and planning procedures, with emphasis on practica...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 8 months
• Time: Day

This certificate provides an individual with the skills needed to operate computer numeric control (CNC) machines in manufacturing businesses. The students focus on the processes and procedures commonly used to set up CNC machines, select and install tooling, follow quality control...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 12 months
• Time: Day

This certificate provides students with training in basic CAD skills and prepares them to continue in the Civil Engineering Technology curriculum or for entry-level positions in the industry.

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
• Duration: 16 months
• Time: Day

The Cosmetology program will provide instruction to enable graduates to pass the South Carolina State Board of Cosmetology examination to become a licensed Cosmetologist and to secure entry-level positions in salons. Graduates will be able to perform under safe and sanitary condit...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 16 months
• Time: Day

This certification will give students a core knowledge of the criminal justice profession. Students can expect to become familiar with the criminal justice system, criminal and Constitutional law, department and agency administration, law enforcement ethics, special problems that ...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 8 months
• Time: Day

Personnel in this vocation are employed by private, local, state, and federal agencies. According to the U. S. Department of Labor the annual income for criminal justice personnel is $38,640. The projected growth in job opportunities in criminal justice positions is in the 5% range...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 23 months
• Time: Day

The Dental Hygiene program is an Associate's Degree program that is five semesters in length and is comprised of didactic, clinical, and laboratory courses offered at the Health Science Campus. Students will experience real-life patient interactions through clinical courses and wil...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 27 months
• Time: Day

The Diesel and Heavy Equipment certificate program trains technicians to diagnose problems and to provide service and maintenance-related procedures to diesel and heavy equipment.

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 24 months
• Time: Day

The Caterpillar Dealer Academy, a partnership between local Caterpillar dealers and Florence-Darlington Technical College, builds the foundation for technicians to service Caterpillar equipment with excellence and professionalism. The Caterpillar Dealer Academy is a cooperative two...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 23 months
• Time: Day

Early Care and Education graduates will demonstrate, through authentic field assessment, professional dispositions of the field of Early Care and Education, realized in commitments to children, families, colleagues, and community; evidenced in the practices of (1) evidence-based pr...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 24 months
• Time: Day

ECE graduates will demonstrate, through authentic field assessment, professional dispositions of the field of Early Care and Education, realized in commitments to children, families, colleagues, and community; evidenced in the practices of (1) evidence-based practice and advocacy, ...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 24 months
• Time: Day

Early childhood and child-care workers are employed in private and public centers, school systems, community and state agencies, as well as religious institutions. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, the average for early childhood and child-care workers is $20,100. The projecte...

• Type: Diploma in Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 14 months
• Time: Day

Early childhood and child-care workers are employed in private and public centers, school systems, community and state agencies, as well as religious institutions. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, the average for early childhood and child-care workers is $15,100. The projecte...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 12 months
• Time: Day

The Electrician Certificate is designed to introduce the students to the foundation theories that govern electricity. The students will become familiar with electrical codes, wiring, print reading, and perform electrical load calculations. Completion of this certificate prepares th...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Duration: 8 months
• Time: Day

The Electronics Engineering Technology program (EET) uses classroom and laboratory experiences to provide students with applied technical skills such as building, testing, troubleshooting, and repairing applied electronic circuits and equipment. Students accumulate a variety of aca...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 23 months
• Time: Day

The Essentials of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (Certificate) is a program that will provide students with the basic knowledge of installing and maintaining heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment.

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 8 months
• Time: Evening, Day

The Expanded Duty Dental Assisting program is a Diploma program that is three semesters in length and is comprised of didactic, clinical, and laboratory courses offered at the Health Science Campus. In addition to on-site clinical experiences, dental assisting students will have th...

• Type: Diploma in Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 16 months
• Time: Day

This certificate is designed to prepare students for entry-level information technology positions requiring hands-on technical, computer, and networking skills that support home and small business.

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 8 months
• Time: Day

The General Technology program provides a combination of occupationally oriented courses to meet specific career objectives and the opportunity to get cross-training in two or more specialties to meet the needs of employees who have a variety of job responsibilities. The student an...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
• Duration: 20 months
• Time: Day

The Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Degree is a 2-year program that will provide students with the necessary knowledge of installing, maintaining, and repairing heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment.

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 26 months
• Time: Evening, Day

The Human Services Program prepares students for employment in the helping profession. The curriculum provides both a theoretical and hands-on, experiential foundation for the development of professional helping skills. The curriculum focuses on areas including effective communic...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 23 months
• Time: Day

The Industrial Maintenance Technology program provides students with fundamental mechanical skills associated with entry-level maintenance positions and prepares students for careers in large manufacturing companies as industrial machinery and maintenance technicians. Industrial ma...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 12 months
• Time: Day

This program focuses on management with an emphasis on the basic skills necessary to be a manager. Students are taught planning, staffing, organizing, leading and monitoring skills. Additional skills include: a basic understanding of the laws that affect business, essential accoun...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 16 months
• Time: Day

The program will prepare you for an entry-level position as a machine tool operator. The program is intended to give you a firm foundation in conventional manufacturing methods through hands-on experience in laboratories and classroom lecture. Topics covered in the program include...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
• Duration: 8 months
• Time: Day

The Machine Tool diploma is a three semester program designed to prepare students for gainful employment in the area of precision machining. The course objectives include learning safe work habits, metallurgy, precision measurement, and the set up and operation of machine tools tha...

• Type: Diploma in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 14 months
• Time: Day

The Machine Tool Technology program is designed to teach manufacturing processes and methods using both manual and computer-controlled machine tools. Basic skills will be developed on a variety of machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, Wire EDM and Computer Numerical Contr...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 22 months
• Time: Day

This certificate provides an individual with the basic skills for manual machine operation, including: safety, tooling, set up, speeds and feeds, materials, print reading, and precision measurement. The student will focus learning activities on engine lathes and milling machines. C...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 12 months
• Time: Day

Graduates with a management degree receive 66 credit hours of course work. They receive training in accounting, advertising, business, business ethics, business law, computer applications, leadership, and small business operations. They demonstrate management skills and decision-ma...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 20 months
• Time: Day

Graduates with a degree in Marketing receive 66 credit hours of course work. They know accounting, business, business ethics, business law, computer applications, and leadership. Graduates know the fundamental concepts in marketing and business management. They receive training in...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 20 months
• Time: Day

This certificate program is designed to prepare students for job opportunities in retail and wholesale organizations. Specifically: advertising, publicity, sales, and marketing management.

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 16 months
• Time: Day

The Mechanical Engineering Technology program (MET) uses classroom and laboratory experiences to prepare graduates to work as engineering technicians and related engineering technology positions in various industries and production facilities. The intent is broad-based education th...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 24 months
• Time: Day

The Medical Assisting Program is a three-semester diploma program. The first two semesters are sequential and are composed general education and medical assisting specific courses containing lecture and student laboratory experiences. The third and final semester provides a clini...

• Type: Diploma in Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 15 months
• Time: Day

Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) is an accelerated four-semester program that always has a fall start. The emphasis of first semester is foundational laboratory knowledge and skills. The second through the third semester students concentrate on specialties in laboratory medicine...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 26 months
• Time: Day

The goal is to give students the ability to fit into a variety of information systems infrastructures by teaching basic concepts within the framework of a wide variety of equipment and architectures. The program prepares students for the CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+ and the Cisc...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 22 months
• Time: Day

The FDTC Associate Degree Nursing program prepares students for this performance profession requiring intellectual, interpersonal and psychomotor skills that are based upon biological, behavioral and humanistic principles. Graduates of the Associate Degree Nursing program are prepa...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 24 months
• Time: Day

The LPN to ADN Transition program prepares LPNs, with a current unrestricted license in the state of South Carolina, the opportunity to pursue an associate degree in nursing. The LPN to ADN transition program is academically challenging. The program is open to men and women who p...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 24 months
• Time: Day

Paralegals are found in all types of organizations, but most are employed by law firms, corporate legal departments, and various government offices. In these organizations, they can work in many different areas of the law, including litigation, personal injury, corporate law, crimi...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Duration: 23 months
• Time: Day

The Phlebotomy Technician Program is a two-semester program that begins annually in the fall. The first semester students take a PBT prefix course where basic laboratory concepts, safety and venipuncture techniques are introduced and practiced. The second semester (spring) is the ...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 8 months
• Time: Day

This program is designed to train individuals with welding skills and experience in the practices and processes of pipe welding and pipe fitting. Students will build mastery by using ARC welding on steel pipe and TIG welding on steel and stainless steel pipe. Additional topics incl...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 8 months
• Time: Day

The Practical Nursing program prepares students for a vocation requiring intellectual, interpersonal, and psychomotor skills that are based upon biological, behavioral, and humanistic principles. Graduates of the Practical Nursing program are prepared to work in a variety of settin...

• Type: Diploma in Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 16 months
• Time: Day

Radiology students will learn to use radiation equipment to produce images of the tissue, organs, bones, and vessels of the body, as prescribed by physicians, to assist in the diagnosis of disease or injury. Radiology students will learn to use problem-solving and critical thinking...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 28 months
• Time: Day

The Respiratory Care program gives students a solid foundation of theory and clinical experiences. Students will learn about medical gas administration, airway care, aerosol therapy, lung inflation techniques, mucus clearance techniques, arterial blood gas analysis, managing patien...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 28 months
• Time: Day

The Surgical Technology Program is a five-semester associate degree program and is composed of classroom study, laboratory skills, and clinical experience. Students will learn aseptic technique, surgical instrumentation, surgical suite equipment, operative procedures, anatomy, med...

• Type: Associate In Applied Science
• Division: Nursing & Allied Health
• Duration: 48 months
• Time: Day

To provide students with the fundamental skills to design and construct web sites for small business applications and to interact with those business clients. The Essential Web Development Certificate provides students with the skills to design and construct web pages with programm...

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
• Duration: 16 months
• Time: Day

This program will provide skills that will enable the student to produce structurally sound and quality welds. Employment opportunities are found in maintenance, construction, fabrication, and their related fields.

• Type: Diploma in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 14 months
• Time: Evening, Day

This program will provide skills that will enable the student to produce structurally sound and quality welds.

• Type: Certificate in Applied Science
• Division: Career & Technical Education
• Duration: 12 months
• Time: Day