Aaniiih Nakoda College

Aaniiih Nakoda Ecology

The Aaniiih Nakoda Ecology program is designed to prepare graduates to become effective caretakers and stewards of the place they call home - the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and the surrounding prairies, river bottoms and island mountain ranges of northcentral Montana.

Aaniiih Nakoda Language

The Associate of Arts in Aaniiih Nakoda Language Program will provide students the knowledge and skills to become an Aaniiih or Nakoda Language teacher. The ANL Degree will prepare a student to attain Class 7 Certificate to teach Aaniiih or Nakoda Language in a public school.

Allied Health

The Allied Health program is designed to provide basic education in the health sciences for those students who are either pursuing entry level health professional employment or transferring to an allied health baccalaureate degree program. While program content predominantly focuses on the study of the human body using the model of Western medicine, classroom instruction integrates the teachings, cultural values, and traditions of American Indian people.

American Indian Studies

The American Indian Studies program responds to the needs of the Aaniinen and Nakoda Tribes regarding sovereignty, identity, awareness, history, language, philosophy, and issues. Considering the historical relationship between the tribal nations and the federal government, the AIS program is of vital importance to the futures of students and community members of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.

Behavioral Health Technician

A behavioral health technician assists in providing services for clients struggling with substance abuse issues and/or mental health issues. Technicians assist in ensuring that services are provided and helping clients with daily living skills, interpersonal skills, or family support needs.

Business

The Business program is designed to broaden the graduates' level of knowledge and skill in the areas of business, communication, and technology necessary for employment and/or further their education in business.

Certified Nurse Aide

The Certified Nurse Aide course provides clinical and practical instruction of basic nursing skills required of nursing assistants employed in skilled nursing facilities and extended care facilities. The course emphasizes care of older and disabled individuals in the community, assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, exercise movement, eating, elimination, safety measures, and rehabilitation techniques.

Chemical Dependency Counseling

The Chemical Dependency Counseling option is a program of study for attaining an Associate's of Arts degree in Human Services. In this program, students will complete all academic requirements necessary to complete the Montana exam for certification as a Licensed Addiction Counselor. Students will receive assistance as they complete their required supervised addiction counseling fieldwork, as well as receive assistance in preparing for the certification examination, as needed.

Computer Information Systems

Computer Information System (CIS) graduates will be prepared for technical positions using and supporting computer hardware and software. This degree program prepares students for occupations where computer work ranges from computer applications to network administration.

Early Childhood Education

Students successfully completing the Early Childhood Education program will have acquired the requisite skills for obtaining employment or advancement in the field of early childhood care and education. This program includes both an academic foundation and methods courses to provide a balanced, research-based program to prepare highly qualified early childhood practitioners. Area Head Start classrooms and licensed registered childcare facilities will serve as lab sites for students.

Education

The Education Associates of Arts program provides students with the requisite skills for obtaining employment as a paraprofessional or continuing to pursue a bachelor's degree in an education related field. The program provides a strong education foundation and addresses the need for more highly qualified, American Indian teachers in the local school systems.

Environmental Science

The goal of the Environmental Science program is to provide skills for entry level employment opportunities and continuation of education in environmental science, forestry, fish and wildlife management, biology, water quality, soil conservation, and range conservation. The students will acquire a basic knowledge of ecological principles, environmental issues, traditional and cultural values. Degree options may be used to focus course selections for career paths, if desired.

Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response (HazWOPER)

The HazWOPER course is required under OSHA regulations for people who are currently working or hope to work in professions that encounter hazardous materials and hazardous waste as part of daily work. Typical professions include miners, medical personnel, environmental field and lab technicians, engineers.

Health Science

The Health Science certificate is designed to provide the prerequisite coursework required for students planning to apply into the Associate of Sciences Nursing Program, while at the same time providing fundamental skills in communication, computation, human relations, and health sciences specifically focusing on the human body. All course offerings integrate the teachings, cultural values, and traditions of American Indian people.

Human Services

The Human Services program is designed to provide basic education in human service and the mental health professions for students pursuing entry level mental health professions or transfer to a mental health baccalaureate program.

Industrial Trades

The Industrial Trades program is designed to provide a quality education in multiple fields of the building industry. The program will provide community members with an education to develop skills and knowledge needed to start a career in the building industry. After completion of the program, opportunities of employment will be available in many areas throughout the state and surrounding states.

Liberal Arts

The Liberal Arts degree provides a broad, interdisciplinary approach to ways of knowing in the areas of arts, humanities, social science, and natural science. This versatile degree will facilitate students who plan to pursue a baccalaureate degree (most courses transfer as general education requirements) or to advance their employability level to be marketable in public or private institutions.

Nursing Program

The Nursing program will meet the challenge of preparing graduate nurses who will have the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to continuously improve the quality of the Montana healthcare workforce. The Aaniiih Nakoda ASN Student Learning Outcomes are based on the Medicine Wheel, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Future of Nursing Report recommendations, the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies, and Montana State Board of Nursing.

Phlebotomy Technician

This course is designed for people who plan to work for a clinical laboratory, public health department, clinic, or hospital. The course is 75 hours of classroom and online training with an additional 40-100 hours of supervised clinical experience. Lectures include anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system, medical terminology, specimen collection, processing, and handling, risk factors, complications, quality assurance and laboratory operations.

Tribal Management

The Tribal Management certificate program is to prepare students for successful employment in tribal government. Through a combination of classroom instruction and practical experiences, students will gain an understanding of tribal government operations and acquire the communication, computing, organization, and management skills needed for working in tribal government offices.

Welding

The Welding Certificate is intended to provide the necessary instruction to enable the student to enter the welding profession in an entry-level position. The curriculum adheres to the national standards established by the American Welding Society entry level welder program.