Academic Advisors
NIACC Academic Advisors utilize a holistic advising approach, considering the student as a whole person and personalizing guidance to meet unique needs of each student. Advisors also provide support in the removing potential barriers that may impede the student’s academic success.
Each semester, you will have a meeting with an Academic Advisor to register for courses and ensure that you are progressing along your chosen pathway.
Please contact the Student Development office at 641-422-4207 or student.development@niacc.edu with any questions.
Registration Dates:
- Fall (August-December) Registration opens late March
- Spring (January -May) Registration opens late October
Agriculture
GROW. CULTIVATE. PRODUCE.
Produce livestock, cultivate leadership and grow your land stewardship skills.
- Students learn using sophisticated technologies and real-time digital data
- On-site cattle and swine herds, including show pig production
- Agribusiness and production internships that lead to full-time employment
- 100% career placement rate
Business
LEAD. MANAGE. BUILD.
Develop your management skills and become a leader. Explore partnership building and customer relations. This pathway will set you up for transfer or teach you how to take your entrepreneurial idea and grow a business.
- Only community college in Iowa with a John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center onsite
- 5 week courses available
Health Science
CARE. HEAL. REHABILITATE.
Care for people, promote health, and help our community thrive.
- 98% health career placement rate overall
- 100% ADN placement rate for all seeking employment
- Train in a state-of-the-art Health Simulation Center
- Nationally accredited programs
- Strong transfer agreements with UNI, University of Iowa, Iowa State, and Waldorf
Human & Public Services
SERVE. PROTECT. EDUCATE.
Explore communities, relationships, and cultures. Learn how you can spark positive change in the world. This pathway will set you up for transfer or a career in counseling, community development, education, social work, human resources or law enforcement.
- Collaborate with local police on community policing projects
- Work-based learning experience in classrooms for education majors
Humanities
COMMUNICATE. CREATE. CONTRIBUTE.
Are you passionate about music, writing, or art? If so, the Humanities pathway is for you. Prepare for transfer or a career in performing arts, studio arts, journalism, language, or communications.
- 1200 seat auditorium
- Showcase performance opportunities from year one, including annual favorite Quodlibet
- Find your people: a thriving community of artists and musicians
- Flex your creativity and passion
- Opportunities to show in Campus and community art shows
- Newly updated ceramics lab
Skilled Trades
BUILD. CREATE. INNOVATE.
Build the hands-on skills you need to enter a high-demand field.
- Complete your degree tuition free with Future Ready Iowa scholarship
- Earn industry-recognized credentials
- National Science Foundation grant award programs
- 100% job placement rate many students have multiple offers before gradation!
STEM
EXPLORE. ANALYZE. DISOCVER.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. If you look at the world with an analytical eye and seek to explore and explain how the world and the human body work, this pathway is for you. Prepare for
transfer or a career in areas like computer programming, engineering, finance, chemistry, biotechnology, exercise science, or architecture.
- 30,000 sq. ft. of spacious, flexible classrooms and innovative labs
- Biology students participate in National Science Foundation research
- Interdisciplinary opportunities, like fusing Entrepreneurship across disciplines
Career Planning
