Point of Pride #38 – Business, Health, Science & Technology Division

Herkimer College’s Business, Health, Science & Technology (BHST) Division offers a variety of majors for career-focused students.

Associate degree programs offered through the BHST division include accounting, business administration, computer network technician, computer science, ecotourism and adventure travel, engineering science, fashion buying and merchandising, health services management technology, human resource management, laboratory technology, legal studies, marketing, mathematics, physical therapist assistant, quality assurance, science, recreation leadership, small business management, sports and recreation management, and travel and events management. Additionally, a one-year certificate is available in EMT-paramedic, and medical coding-transcriptionist, quality assurance-- property and asset management, and small business management. Many of the programs are also offered entirely online.

Most BHST programs offer a personal, hands-on experience for students. For example, the fashion buying and merchandising program allows students to design clothing and host a fashion show for the community. Our computer network technician program’s interactive classroom environment allows students to install and maintain various hardware devices and platforms as well as document, design, implement and maintain computer networks. The physical therapist assistant program provides daily hands-on lessons and requires a practicum for students in their second year.

Under the leadership of Associate Dean William McDonald, the BHST division employs a total of 31 faculty and staff who are dedicated to preparing students for transfer or careers upon graduation. For more information about academic programs, visit www.herkimer.edu/majors.