DIVISIONAL ORGANIZATION    DIVISION OF APPLIED                        DIVISION OF                                DIVISION OF  TECHNOLOGY                                 MATHEMATICS,                               WORKFORCE                                             SCIENCE AND                                AND COMMUNITY  The Division of Applied Technology         TECHNOLOGY                                 EDUCATION  provides instruction in career education  programs including: Diesel Technology,     The Division of Mathematics,               The Workforce and Community  Outdoor Recreation, Outfitter Wildlife     Science and Technology maintains           Education Division provides specialized  Management, Technology, Taxidermy          laboratories for biology, chemistry,       workforce training in Ag Maintenance,  and Welding Technology.                    information technology, microbiology,      CDL/Truck Driving, CPR, Criminal                                             and physics.  Instruction leads to an      Justice, Law Enforcement, Cosmetology,  Instructors in these programs focus on     Associate in Science degree, Associate     Food Service, and Fire Science. Adult  the development of the knowledge and       in Engineering Science Degree,             Education, which includes GED and high  the skills for professional entry into     Associate in Applied Science degree in     school equivalency testing, as well as  the various technical fields. Students     Information Technology, and instruction    hobby and leisure-type courses, also fall  are provided with the opportunity to       in several pre-professional areas.         within this Division.  develop skills in well-equipped, hands-  on learning environments. The Division     Foundational courses in science,  sponsors several program-specific          mathematics and economics are offered  clubs and competitive teams, and offers    to students who need to develop skills  activities throughout the year.            necessary to succeed in college-level                                             courses. The Information Technology  DIVISION OF                                program offers two tracks of instruction:  HUMANITIES,                                programming and security. The Division  SOCIAL SCIENCES &                          sponsors the Math and Science Club,  FINE ARTS                                  Computer Club, and the annual STEM                                             Day for high school students.  The Division offers courses to develop  knowledge and skills in the areas of       DIVISION OF NURSING  art, communication, foreign language,      AND ALLIED HEALTH  literature, music, philosophy, rhetoric  and composition, and theatre. These        The Division of Nursing and Allied  specific studies are linked by a common    Health provides instruction in  emphasis upon personal accomplishment      Nursing Assistant, Practical Nursing,  – aesthetic, linguistic, communicative     Associate Degree Nursing, Health  and intellectual. Instruction is also      Occupations, Massage Therapy,  provided in the areas of government,       Phlebotomy, Pharmacy Technician,  history, psychology and sociology.         Vet Assistant, and other health-related                                             courses and programs. The Division’s  The Division provides curricula leading    programs are approved by the Illinois  to an Associate in Arts or an Associate    Department of Public Health and the  in Science degree, an Associate in Fine    Illinois Department of Financial and  Arts in Theatre degree, and instruction    Professional Regulation. The Division  in several pre-professional areas. The     sponsors the Nursing Club as well as  division’s faculty bring a broad range     supports and participates in a variety of  of experience and diversity to SIC,        community service projects.  and are actively involved in numerous  extracurricular student activities,  including Student Government (SICSG),  competitive teams, such as the award-  winning Forensic Falcons and Model  Illinois Government (MIG) team,  plays, musicals, concerts, cultural arts,  cultural and educational trips, as well  as legislative simulations and field  observations.                                                                                          9