Career & Technical Education

Gainful Employment

Gainful Employment

Gainful Employment

In order to be eligible for Federal Student Aid, a student must be enrolled in an educational program that leads to an associate's degree or prepares a student for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. Students must either (1) declare an associate's major OR (2) be enrolled in one of the non-degree certificate programs listed on this page in order to be eligible for Federal Student Aid at Las Positas College.

Gainful Employment Academic Data

CIP	Program Name	Credit Hours	Duration (in weeks)	Duration (in semesters)
52.0302	Accounting Technician	27	36	2
52.0401	Administrative Assistant	31	36	2
51.0710	Administrative Medical Assistant	29	51	3
47.0604	Automotive Service Technician	22	36	2
15.0803	Automotive Technician	36	54	3
08.0301	Business Entrepreneurship	29	36	2
52.0212	Business Retail Management	51	30	2
11.0901	CISCO Network Associate	20	36	2
11.0501	CISCO Network Professional	36	54	3
11.9999	Computer Applications Software (Microcomputers)	34	54	3
11.0201	Computer Programming	30	36	2
11.0899	Computer Programming for the Web	34	54	3
20.0201	Early Childhood Development: Basic Teacher Certificate	25	36	2
20.0202	Early Childhood Development: Family Child Care	20	36	2
13.1210	Early Childhood Development: Intervention Assistant	33	51	3
47.0101	Electronics Technology	20	72	3
01.1002	Enology	36	54	3
43.0203	Fire Service Technology	32-35*	54	3
02.0403	Horticulture	22	36	2
50.0408	Interior Design	33	36	2
09.0401	Mass Communications: Journalism	23	34	2
50.0907	Music: Intermediate Piano Pedagogy	16	36	2
15.0701	Occupational Safety and Health	16	72**	4
51.0805	Pharmacy Technology	20	36	2
52.0212	Retail Management	31	54	3
08.9999	Retailing	37	72	3
52.9999	Supervision, Supervisory Management	17	36	2
51.0909	Surgical Technology	35	51	3
50.0402	Visual Communications	34	54	3
01.1002	Viticulture	34-39 ***	60	3
48.0508	Welding Technology	23	36	2

* Fire Service Technology is a minimum of 32 units, and up to 35 units, depending on electives.

** Occupational Safety & Health, though a 15 to 16 unit certificate, is a 72 week or 4 semester program. Because of our scheduling pattern, we run one OSH course per semester, and there are 4 core courses which we cycle through.

*** Viticulture is a variable 34 to 39 unit Certificate. At best, it is 3 semesters plus one summer session where we offer a summer viticulture operations class, and it is only offered in the summers, so we need to add 6 weeks to our number, or 60 weeks total.

Career & Technical Education

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