Areas Of Study - Lake Area Technical Institute

About Lake Area Tech .. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Value Statements .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Mission Statement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Vision Statement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Admission Policy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Admission Procedures .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2012-2013 Academic Calendar .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Recognized High School Diploma or
Equivalency. ............................... 4
Admission of Transfer Students .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Admission of Former Students.................... 4
Admission of International Students. .............. 4
Students With Special Needs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Course Registration.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Visitors. ................................... 5
New Student Orientation. ..................... 5
Applying Online .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Immunization Requirements
for All Students.............................. 5
Additional Immunization
Requirements for Health Programs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Background Checks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Annual Assessment Report .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About Watertown. ............... 6-7
South Dakota’s Rising Star....................... 7
Indoor/Outdoor Recreation..................... 7
Shopping.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Parks .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Arts.................................... 7
Restaurants. ................................ 7
Festivals and Events.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Financial Information. ........... 8-10
Tuition and Costs. ........................... 9
Financial Aid.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Scholarship Information. ........ 11-15
Academic Standards............. 16-18
Credit Transfer Information.................... 18
Student Services................ 19-22
Career Guidance .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SD Dept. of Labor and Regulation. ............. 20
Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Counseling. ................................ 20
Housing.................................... 20
Financial Aid.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
School Nurse.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Special Facilities for Disabled Students............. 20
Student Assistance Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Student Activities............................ 21
Intramural Sports............................ 21
Student Organizations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Student Ambassadors......................... 21
ROTC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Library Facilities. ............................ 21
Educational Services. ........................ 21
Laptop Lease to Own Program. ................ 22
Student Identification Cards. .................. 22
Campus Cash. ............................. 22
Student Center. ............................. 22
Food Service. .............................. 22
Coffee House............................... 22
Bookstore.................................. 22
Educare .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Carpool Information.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Insurance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Institutional Liability.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Religious Activities........................... 22
Student’s Right to Know &
Campus Security Act. ...................... 22
Lake Area Tech Profile.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Programs of Study.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-67
Agriculture
• Agri-Business Option. .................... 25
• Agri-Production Option .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
• Commodity Merchandising Option .. . . . . . . . . . 27
• Dairy Option. ........................... 28
• Environmental Option .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
• Large Animal Technician Option. ............ 30
• Precision Technology Option. ............... 31
Automotive Technology.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Aviation Maintenance Technology.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Building Trades Tech nol o gy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Business Accounting Option .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Business Associate
• Fashion/Retail Merchandising Option.......... 36
• Hospitality & Tourism Option .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
• Human Resource Associate Option.. . . . . . . . . . . 38
• Interior Business Design Option.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
• Marketing & Management Option.. . . . . . . . . . . 40
• Photography/Media Option .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Computer Information Systems
• Cisco Specialist .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
• Network Specialist......................... 43
• Programming Specialst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
• Security Specialist .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
• Web Specialist.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cosmetology .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Custom Paint and Fabrication.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Dental Assisting............................. 49
Diesel Technology .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Drafting Technology .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Electronic Systems Technology. ................ 52
Energy Operations............................ 53
Energy Technology............................ 54
Entrepreneurship.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Environmental Technology. .................... 56
Financial Services............................. 57
Human Services Technician.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Med/Fire Rescue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Medical Assisting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Medical Laboratory Technician .................. 61
Nursing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Occupational Therapy Assistant.................. 63
Physical Therapist Assistant .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Precision Machining Technology.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Robotics.................................... 66
Welding Technology. ......................... 67
Course Descriptions............. 68-96
Faculty and Ad min is tra tion .. . . . . . 97-99
Map........................... 100
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