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Investing in your Future:
College of DuPage Taps into Latest Trends
Music Business AAS Degree
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Adaptation and innovation are crucial in
today’s challenging economy. College of
DuPage stays a step ahead of the curve
by regularly introducing new programs in
emerging industries and professions that are
experiencing rapid growth, and providing
training in new skills for existing career areas.
The College continues to monitor national,
state and local employment trends to ensure
that you receive the most valuable and
up-to-date learning opportunities.
Our new areas of study reflect changes
that help you, the student, prepare for new
career opportunities. With these offerings,
College of DuPage now provides a choice
of 81 associate degrees and 165 certificates.
Visit www.cod.edu/academics for more
complete information about our college
credit degree and certificate programs.
(Music)
This degree program is designed
for students interested in pursuing
business opportunities involving
music. It combines elements of the
traditional music curriculum with
business, marketing, management
and music industry courses,
allowing students to either transfer
into a bachelor’s program or find
work within the industry.
“This degree is for
music students who
want a career beyond
performance. Both the
Music Business degree
and the Audio Production
certificate open the door
to a wide range of jobs
within the music industry.”
—Ken Paoli,
Professor, Music
Types of Jobs: Music production,
broadcast technicians, corporate
positions in music companies,
concert management, artist representation, music
instrument repair and music merchandising
Audio Production Certificate
(Music)
This certificate is for those interested in professional
music production, including careers in live sound, audio
recording, radio and television production, and Internet
production. It gives students an organized curriculum for
studying audio production as opposed to trying to learn it
on their own.
Types of Jobs: Music production, broadcast technicians,
corporate positions in music companies, electronic music
instrument repair and music merchandising
www.cod.edu/academics
Proton Therapy Advanced Certificate
(Radiation Therapy)
The first of its kind in Illinois, this program trains students
for an emerging occupation, and helps them gain the
expertise to perform radiation therapy using proton
sub-atomic particles. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
projects a 20 percent job growth in this field through 2020.
To qualify, students must have earned at least an AAS in
Radiation Therapy.
Types of Jobs: Proton radiation therapist
“Protons have the ability to target a solid, non-metastasized
tumor without damaging the surrounding tissue. This new
treatment can effectively control tumors, and patients
experience fewer side effects. Over the next decade, we will
see a huge need for skilled proton therapists, both locally
and nationally.”
—Jeff Papp, Professor and Director, Radiation Therapy
Perioperative Nursing Certificate
(Surgical Technology)
The Perioperative Nursing certificate is designed to
provide the registered nurse with the basic fundamentals of
perioperative nursing. Students receive didactic instruction
and clinical practice in
preoperative patient
assessment and
“There’s a huge need because
diagnosis, surgical
no one will hire an operating
patient plan of care and
room nurse without any OR
knowledge or experience. This
expected outcomes,
certificate will give nurses the
intraoperative
exposure they need to find a
activities, perioperative
job as an OR nurse. Once they
communication,
secure a job, their employer will
transfer of care,
train them for a specialization.”
cleaning, disinfecting,
—Kathy Cabai,
packaging, sterilization,
Professor and Coordinator,
transporting, and
Surgical Technology
storing instrumentation
and supplies,
emergency situations,
management of personnel, services, and material, and
professional accountability. This program prepares
students for the Certified Nurse in the Operating Room
(CNOR) exam.
Types of Jobs: Certified Nurse of the Operating Room
(CNOR), Circulating Nurse, Scrub Nurse, Perioperative
Nurse
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Practical Nurse Certificate for
Military Medical Corpsman
(Practical Nursing)
Graduates of this program receive a Practical Nurse Certificate
and will be qualified to take the NCLEX-PN (National Council
Licensing Exam-Practical Nurse). If the graduate passes the
NCLEX-PN, he or she will apply for licensure as a Practical
Nurse (LPN) in Illinois. Once the graduate is licensed, he or she
will be qualified to practice in any Illinois health care setting
as an LPN. This course addresses differences in competencies
between the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC)
Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program and those of a
practical nursing program as delineated in the Illinois Nurse
Practice Act.
Types of Jobs: Practical Nurse (LPN)
For general information about any of the College’s new
degrees and certificates, contact the Office of Admissions
and Outreach at (630) 942-2380. For more specific
information, visit www.cod.edu/academics.
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
www.cod.edu
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