Kirkwood is a great place to start your career or education. We offer certificate, diploma and degree programs designed to provide the training and expertise you need to start your new career in as little as one year.

For students planning to continue their education, Kirkwood’s Arts and Sciences curriculum allows you to take the necessary electives and core course work you need to complete before transferring to a four-year college or university as a junior to concentrate on your major field of study.

The following is a list of programs. An asterisk * denotes areas of emphasis. If you pursue an area of emphasis your degree will read Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts.

All other programs denote degree programs. Your degree will state you earned an associate's degree in that program.


Accounting Associate
Accounting Transfer
Administrative Assistant
Agricultural GPS/GIS Technology
Agriculture Business
Agriculture Production Management
Agriculture Transfer*
Alcohol/Drug Counselor Certification
Apparel Merchandising
Architectural Technology
Art*
Automotive Collision Repair
Automotive Technology
Bakery Certificate
Banking & Finance
Biology*
Biotechnology
CAD/Mechanical Engineering Technology
CNC Machining Technology
Career Studies - Health
Carpentry
Chemistry*
Communications*
Communications Media/Public Relations
Computer Information Systems
Computer Support Specialist
Construction Management
Corrections
Criminal Justice
Culinary Arts
Dental Assisting
Dental Hygiene
Dental Technology
Diesel Ag Technology
Diesel Truck Technology
Disabilities Services Careers
Early Childhood Education
Education Careers
Electroneurodiagnostic Technology
Electronic Engineering Technology
English*
Entrepreneurship Certificate
Entry-level Firefighter
Environmental Science/Geology*
Fire Science Management
Floral Careers
Food Service Assistant
Foreign Language*
Geographic Information Systems
Golf Course & Athletic Turfgrass Management
Graphic Communication Technology
HVAC Installer
Health Information Technology
History*
Horse Science Technology
Hospitality
Human Services
Humanities*
Industrial Maintenance & HVAC Technology
Information Systems Management
Interior Design
Iowa Paramedic Specialist
Journalism*

Landscape Maintenance
Landscape, Nursery & Garden Center Management
Law Enforcement
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Liberal Arts
Literature*
Local Area Network (LAN) Management
Lodging Management
Management
Marketing Career Option
Marketing Management
Masonry Construction
Mathematics*
Media Arts*
Medical Assisting
Medical Lab Tech
Medical Transcription
Multimedia*
Music*
Nursing (BSN)*
Nursing Practical, Associate Degree (RN)
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Office Assistant
PC Technician
Paraeducator Certification*
Parks & Natural Resources
Pet Grooming/Pet Shop Management
Philosophy*
Photography*
Physical Education*
Physical Therapist Assistant
Physics*
Plumbing Technology
Politcal Science*
Pre-Business Transfer*
Pre-Chiropractic Medicine*
Pre-Computer Science*
Pre-Dentistry*
Pre-Engineering*
Pre-Funeral Science*
Pre-Medicine*
Pre-Occupational Therapy*
Pre-Pharmacy*
Pre-Physical Therapy*
Pre-Veterinary Medicine*
Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication
Psychology*
Public Relations*
Religion*
Respiratory Therapist
Restaurant Management
Sign Language Interpreter Training
Skilled Trades
Sociology*
Surgical Technology
Telecommunication Technology
Theatre*
Veterinary Assistant
Veterinary Technician
Water Environmental Technology
Web Technologies
Welding