College of DuPage offers transfer degrees and career and technical education programs in a broad range of fields and disciplines. Whether you're looking to establish a foundation in the humanities or enter the field of hospitality management, COD offers up-to-date, personalized coursework in an area of study that's of interest to you.
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Business and Information Technology
Build a strategy, lead a team or manage a budget. Set yourself apart with a degree that gives you an in-depth understanding of the business world and the confidence to keep it moving forward. Explore the path to a variety of high-demand careers in information technology. Build a network, design a mobile application or website, develop software or write a computer game. Be at the forefront of the ever-changing IT arena.
Career and Technical
The economy is powered by those who make and maintain our manufacturing facilities, homes, vehicles and infrastructures. Make your mark by developing a new source of energy, reinvigorating the manufacturing industry or enhancing the environment. Try your hand at welding or consider heating, cooling and ventilation – businesses and homeowners depend on climate control to support daily operations. This field requires both mental and physical dexterity and appeals to those who take pride in skill and craftsmanship.
Culinary and Hospitality
Cook for an event, book a large corporate gathering, plan a menu or run a restaurant kitchen at an international corporation. If you have a passion for food, the Culinary Arts program is both exciting and challenging. Classes are taught in state-of-the-art kitchen facilities. Students will also experience running our six-room boutique hotel. Prepare for a career in restaurants, hotels, resorts, bed and breakfasts, time shares, condos, retirement communities, convention and visitor bureaus, destination marketing organizations or an event planning company. Find success doing what you love.
Education
Share your passion for teaching, learning or leading a class with goal-driven, like-minded educators. Gain experience alongside professional teachers who can help you succeed in the classroom and beyond. Prepare yourself for a profession that continuously develops your knowledge and leadership skills. If you want to make a difference as a teacher, principal or in another academic role, education is likely the path for you.
Fine and Applied Arts
Turn your interest in art, design, music, theater or film into a living. Learn first-hand from industry professionals and create a portfolio that stands out. Unleash your imagination, creativity and expertise in the Cosmetology program. Fashion is everywhere and so are career opportunities for individuals who combine knowledge of the fashion business with their own talents and ambitions. The world needs interior designers to plan, create, improve and beautify the spaces where people live and work, making them accessible, environmentally friendly, comfortable and functional.
Health Sciences
Few professions match the rewarding field of health care. As technologies advance and generations age, the demand for health care professionals increases. Gain the skills and confidence you need to care for others when they need help the most. Make a real difference in people’s lives while working in patient care, laboratory testing and health care management. Programs range from nursing and respiratory care to dental hygiene and medical imaging. Choose from a variety of high-demand health care careers.
Liberal Arts and Communication
The study of Humanities frees students to think beyond personal and cultural boundaries and to consider informed actions that have constructive outcomes for the future. Introductory and specialized courses explore the development of humankind's ideas and value systems. Courses provide background for any field of study that requires critical and creative thinking. These skills help you achieve more in the classroom, in the workplace and in life.
Public Services
It takes dedication, desire and a strong will to enter the firefighter or emergency care personnel fields. Those who secure jobs in this field are deeply committed to their work and knowingly risk their lives to help others. The field is rewarding, as you are working toward the greater good. These modern-day heroes and heroines are the first responders to emergencies and the hands into which the health and safety of communities are placed.
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Social and Behavioral Scientists apply human behavior to policy and practice, understand and shape the world and use data to provide evidence-based decision making. Are you interested in investigating human interaction around culture, race, inequality, gender, religion, politics, power and the environment? Do you want to empower yourself to advocate for positive changes in individuals, families and communities? Explore this path. Coursework leads students to career and technical education certificates and degrees and meets general education requirements.
STEM
A world without Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) is a world without innovation. Students who are analytical problem solvers with a curious nature may enjoy a career as a mathematician, biologist, chemist, researcher, engineer or computer programmer. Are you interested in charting a path across the Milky Way, rethinking industrial processes, preventing diseases, engineering sustainable communities or keeping countries sound? This rewarding field has many fast-growing jobs in scientific and high-tech subject areas. Step into the future where it’s hard to find an area of life that hasn’t been touched by electronics.
Still Deciding or Undecided
This transfer path degree plan prepares students to transfer to a baccalaureate institution.

Undecided

Accounting

American Sign Language Interpreting

Animation/Motion Graphics

Anthropology

Applied Technology

Architecture

Art

Astronomy

Associate Degree Nursing (ADN)

Automotive Service Technology

Aviation Management

Baking and Pastry Arts

Biology

Botany

Business

Central Sterile Processing Distribution Technician Certificate

Certified Nursing Assistant

Chemistry

Chinese

Clinical Laboratory Science

Computed Tomography (CT)

Computer & Information Science (CIS)

Computer & Information Technology (CIT)

Construction Management

Cosmetology

Criminal and Justice Studies

Culinary Arts

Culinology and Food Science

Cybersecurity and Defense

Dance

Dental Hygiene

Digital Broadcast Journalism

Early Childhood Education and Care

Earth Science

Economics

Education/ Teacher Preparation

Electro-Mechanical Technology

Electronics Technology

Emergency Medical Services

Emergency Medical Technician

Engineering

English

Eye Care Assistant

Fashion Studies

Film/Video

Fire Science

Firefighter

French

Geography

Geology

German

Graphic Design, Advertising, Web and Illustration

Health Care Office Assistant

Health Information Technology

Hearing Instrument Dispensary

Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR)

History

Horticulture

Hospitality Management and Tourism

Human Services

Humanities

Hydrology

Integrated Engineering Technology

Interior Design

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Languages

Legal Studies

Library & Information Technology

Long-Term Care Administration

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology

Mammography

Management

Manufacturing Technology

Marketing

Mass Communication

Mathematics

Medical Assistant

Medical Billing

Meeting and Events Planning

Meteorology

Motion Picture/Television

Music

Non-Invasive EKG

Nuclear Medicine

Nursing Pre-BSN

Oceanography

Office Technology Information

Ophthalmic Technician

Paramedic

Patient Care Technician

Philosophy

Phlebotomy

Photography

Physical Education, Fitness, and Sport Studies

Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)

Physician Coding

Physics

Political Science

Pre-Dentistry (Biology)

Pre-Medicine (Biology)

Pre-Occupational Therapy

Pre-Pharmacy (Biology)

Pre-Physical Therapy (Biology)

Pre-Physician Assistant

Pre-Veterinary (Biology)

Psychology

Radiation Therapy

Radiography

Religious Studies

Respiratory Care

Restaurant Management

Russian

Sociology

Sonography (Ultrasound)

Spanish

Speech Communication

Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA)

Still Deciding/ Undecided

Surgical First Assistant

Surgical Technology

Theater

Television Production

Travel and Tourism

Vascular Sonography

Welding Technology
