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Distance and Continuing Education

Is Online or Distance Learning for you?

United Tribes Technical College continues to offer our students unique educational opportunities. UTTC now offers a wide variety of its courses online. This greater level of convenience will allow more students the opportunity to further their education than was ever possible before. And, as always, UTTC provides a high level of support for students who wish to continue their education at a four-year college or university if they so desire.

If you are a prospective student but are not sure if distance/online learning is appropriate for you, UTTC offers an Online Self-Assessment. This short assessment is designed to help potential students assess for themselves if they are well suited to taking courses online. Click the 'Take the Assessment' link below, and a popup window with the assessment will appear. It has ten short questions which, if answered honestly, will help you in determining your potential success as on online student.

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Online Degree Programs

There is an ongoing and critical need for qualified law enforcement professionals in our Native American Indian communities. Unfilled positions for law enforcement officers on most reservations are continually reported by tribal agencies as well as the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

In an effort to help fill this gap, United Tribes Technical College offers an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree program in Criminal Justice. This degree program will help qualify students for employment in both BIA and tribal law enforcement agencies. This is accomplished by following the department's goal of offering the most up-to-date law enforcement training in order to offer our graduates the best possible career opportunities. Hiring agencies are seeking candidates who are qualified to start immediately, which greatly enhances the career opportunities of the students who gratuate from this two-year degree program.

A number of law enforcement officials participate as part of the membersip of the active advisory board maintained by the UTTC Criminal Justice department, which has assisted in both online and onsite program development. Membership of the advisory board includes both current and retired officers from the highway patrol, Bismarck Police Department, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) program offers an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in ECE, which provides students with skills, techniques, and competencies crucial in the development of happy and healthy children.

The ECE department employs two full-time instructors who both have advanced degrees in education as well as extensive experience, and one half-time instructor who also serves as the Infant Toddler Coordinator. The Infant Toddler Coordinator position is funded to provide parent training to the UTTC students.

The lessons taught to the students are reinforced through practical experiences conducted at the Child Development Center, as well as at quality early childhood centers in the Bismarck/Mandan community. Distance learners gain practical experience through residency requirements which take place on the UTTC campus during the summer. In order to ensure that the students model the behavior they are taught in the classroom, these practical experiences are supervised by the ECE instructors.

The services provided by a health information management technician help to steer the health care industry, which makes them an important part of the health care delivery system. Quality health information is critical to providing quality health care. This is made possible through the hard work of skilled health information management technicians. These professionals are the experts who manage, secure, integrate, and analyze information that drives the healthcare industry.

Health Information Management career opportunities continue to grow at a rapid pace. Health information technology is listed as one of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the United States, and it's expected to keep up the pace. Significant employee opportunities are available for health information management technicians, as well as excellent salary and potential for professional growth. UTTC offers an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Health Information Technology (HIT). Graduates are prepared to write the national examination for their Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) professional credentials.

Graduates of the HIT program can expect many career opportunities, as health information technicians are greatly needed throughout the health care delivery system. These opportunities relate to UTTC's mission, since the graduates will be able to be contributing members of their communities, as well as having an increased level of personal pride and independence.

Injuries are a leading cause of death for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Each year, more than 1,300 Indians and Alaska Native people die from injuries. The age-adjusted injury death rate for Native Americans is approximately 250% higher than the total U.S. population.

The major objective of the Injury Prevention Program is to empower injury prevention students who will take leadership positions in creating programs for raising awareness of injury prevention among Native peoples on the reservation and in urban areas. The stated vision of the Injury Prevention Program is:

"To continually improve and provide the highest quality prevention care program for the students through dedication to injury prevention excellence and cultural respect."

The Injury Prevention Program began as an Associate degree level program in the fall of 1998. It was created with the encouragement of the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the cooperation of other agencies, including university graduate programs of injury prevention. The first students graduated from the program in May 2000. Since its beginnings, the Injury Prevention Program has enrolled students representing 9 states and 15 Native American tribes, and the program continues to grow. The UTTC Injury Prevention Program is in the planning stages for developing a four-year degree program in Injury Prevention, as well as offering on-line injury prevention courses.

The UTTC Injury Prevention Program is the only one of its kind in the world. It is our dream to make UTTC the Native American Injury Prevention center of the United States and to continue to strengthen Indian Country with trained individuals dedicated to bettering the quality and quantity of life for Indian people.