Certificates
Overview
Certificate programs at Mt. Hood Community College provide focused career and technical education designed to prepare students for employment, skill development, career advancement, or continued study in a related degree program. Some certificates are embedded within Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree pathways, while others are designed as standalone programs.
Certificate programs vary in length and requirements depending on the field of study and intended career outcomes. Many certificates can be completed in less than two years and are designed to help students quickly gain industry-relevant knowledge and technical skills.
Certificates that are fewer than three terms and less than 45 credits typically do not include general education requirements. Certificates that are three or more terms and 45 or more credits include general education coursework as required by college and state guidelines.
Certificate programs offered at MHCC:
- Business Management: Accounting Assistant
- Business Management: Accounting Clerk
- Business Management: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
- Computer Game and Mobile Applications Programmer
- Cybersecurity: Secure Network Technician
- Early Childhood Education and Family Services: Child Development
- Early Childhood Education and Family Studies
- Fitness Professional
- Integrated Media: Photography Digital Assistant
- Integrated Media: Graphic Design Digital Assistant
- Integrated Media: Video Digital Assistant
- Integrated Metals: Accelerated Welding Technology (VESL)
- Integrated Metals: Advanced Welding Technology
- Integrated Metals: Certified Welder
- Integrated Metals: Gas Tungsten Arc Welder
- Integrated Metals: Shielded Metal Arc Welder
- Integrated Metals: Welding Technology
- Mechatronics: Certified Maintenance Technician
- Mechatronics: Industrial Automation
- Medical Assistant
- Medical Office: Billing and Coding
- Medical Office: Customer Service Representative
- Medical Office: Receptionist
- Mental Health, Social Service and Addiction Counseling: Behavioral Health Care Specialist
- Mental Health, Social Service and Addiction Counseling: Youth Worker
- Natural Resources Technology
- Physical Therapist Aide
- Theatre Arts: Technical Theatre
Certificate Requirements
AAS-related Certificates that are three (3) or more terms with 45 or more credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Career-Technical Program Courses | 30 | |
| Written Communication, 1 course | 3-4 | |
| Mathematics, 1 course | 4-6 | |
| Human Relations, 1 course | 3-4 | |
| Health and Physical Education, 3 credits | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 45 | |
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Standalone certificates that are three or more terms with 45 or more credits also require general education requirements but may be embedded in the program curriculum.
Written Communication
Complete one (1) course:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| WR101 | Workplace Communications I | 3 |
| WR121Z | Composition I | 4 |
| WR122Z | Composition II | 4 |
| WR227Z | Technical Writing | 4 |
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Some programs may require an additional writing course. Review specific program page for more details.
Mathematics
Complete one (1) course:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MTH058 | Quantitative Reasoning I | 6 |
| MTH065 | Beginning Algebra II | 4 |
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Some programs may require a higher level of math. Review the specific program page for more details.
Human Relations
Complete three (3) or more credits from the following options:
- One (1) Arts & Letters course, 3-4 credits (if taken summer 2015 or later).
- One (1) Social Science course, 3-4 credits (if taken summer 2015 or later).
- A minimum of three (3) credits from the following:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BA285 | Leadership and Human Relations | 3 |
| HD130AT | Introduction to Careers: Applied Technology (taken summer 2020 or later) * | 2 |
| HD118 | From Undecided to Decided: Navigating Careers, Majors, and College Success | 3 |
| HD204 | Developing Emotional Intelligence | 3 |
| HD208 | Career and Life Planning (taken summer 2020 or later) | 3 |
| HPE110 | Teambuilding and Group Facilitation | 3 |
Health and Physical Education
Complete three (3) credits in Physical Education (PE) and/or in Health Education (HE/HPE):
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HE151 | Drug Education: Stimulants and Performance Enhancing Drugs | 3 |
| HE152 | Drug Education: Opioids, Cannabis, Depressants and Hallucinogens | 3 |
| HE202 | Adult Development and Aging | 1 |
| HE204 | Nutrition for Health | 3 |
| HE205 | Diet Appraisal | 1 |
| HE207 | Stress Control Through Activity Intervention | 1 |
| HE209 | Sport and Exercise Nutrition | 1 |
| HE208 | HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections | 1 |
| HE/FN225 | Nutrition (FN225, if taken summer 2021 or later) | 4 |
| HE242 | Stress and the Human Body | 3 |
| HE250 | Personal Health and Wellness | 3 |
| HE251 | Wilderness First Aid | 2 |
| HE252 | First Aid: Responding to Emergencies | 3 |
| HE255 | Alcohol and the Family | 3 |
| HE261 | CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | 1 |
| HE262 | Basic Life Support | 1 |
| HE265 | Women's Health | 3 |
| HE289 | Wilderness First Responder | 4 |
| HPE110 | Teambuilding and Group Facilitation | 3 |
| HPE120 | Introduction to Navigation | 1 |
| HPE170 | Structure and Function of the Human Body | 3 |
| HPE172 | Exercise Science | 3 |
| HPE174 | Fitness Assessment and Programming | 3 |
| HPE260 | Prevention and Care of Exercise-Related Injuries | 3 |
| HPE270 | Introduction to Sport Psychology | 3 |
| HPE285OL | Wilderness Survival | 3 |
| HE289L | Wilderness First Responder Part- 2 | 2 |
| HE289R | Wilderness First Responder - Recertification | 2 |
| HPE291 | Lifeguard Training | 2 |
| HPE295 | Health and Fitness for Life | 3 |
| PE131 | Introduction to Exercise and Sports Science | 3 |
| PE185__ | PE185 activity course 1 | 1 |
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Three (3) credit hours of PE185 may be granted toward an associate degree at MHCC for completion of military basic training. A copy of the DD214 form or a Joint Services Transcript is required.