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Continuing Education

The UA Cossatot Continuing Education Services department is committed to providing the highest quality education and training available to help you reach your full potential. Whether you are just getting started in the workplace, enhancing your current career, working to meet licensure/certification requirements, or just want to pick up a new hobby, UA Cossatot is here to help.

Click the links below to explore our Career Training Programs, EducationToGo Online Instruction Center or access the full current Continuing Education Schedule.

Career Training Programs

Qualifying students may attend career training programs for free or at a reduced cost with financial aid. To learn more contact Continuing Education Services at ContinuingEducation@cccua.edu or call (870) 584-1178.

Commercial Truck Driving (Arkansas Trucking Academy)

UA Cossatot is an Arkansas Trucking Academy (ArkTA) training location. Through 160 hours of combined virtual/simulation instruction, traditional classroom, and practical over-the-road instruction, you can be licensed and ready to start an exciting new career as a commercial truck driver.

Forklift Operator and Safety

This 4-hour high-impact training program, designed for new and experienced operators, helps fulfill the classroom and practical OSHA forklift training requirements of 29 CFR 1910.178(I). It covers topics that are critical to avoiding accidents and injuries, including general safety, pre-operation, operation, load handling, fuel/battery maintenance, and specialized units.

Medical Coding and Billing

The Medical Billing and Coding Program offers the skills needed to solve insurance billing problems, how to manually file claims (using the CPT and ICD-10 manual), complete common insurance forms, trace delinquent claims, appeal denied claims and use generic forms to streamline billing procedures. The course covers the following areas: CPT (Introduction, Guidelines, Evaluation and Management), specialty fields (such as surgery, radiology and laboratory), ICD-10 (Introduction and Guidelines) and basic claims processes for medical insurance and third party reimbursements. Students will learn how to find the service and codes using manuals, (CPT, ICD-10 and HCPCS).

Nursing Assistant

The Nursing Assistant Program consists of a balance between theory instruction and skills training. Skills training includes both skills demonstration in the classroom lab and skills performance in a clinical setting with residents in a long-term care facility. Upon successful completion of the program students receive a certificate of completion and become eligible to sit for the Arkansas Nurse Aid Competency Exam.

Pharmacy Technician

This comprehensive program prepares students to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or other pharmacy setting and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. Course content includes: pharmacy medical terminology, the history of pharmacy, the pharmacy practice in multiple environments, pharmacy calculations and measurements, reading and interpreting prescriptions, and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Through classroom lecture and hands on labs, students will review dosage calculations, drug classifications, the “top 200 drugs”, I.V. flow rates, sterile compounding, dose conversions, aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products, total parental nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control, and billing and reimbursement.

Phlebotomy Technician

The Phlebotomy Technician Program prepares professionals to collect blood specimens from clients for the purpose of laboratory analysis. Students will become familiar with all aspects related to blood collection and develop comprehensive skills to perform venipunctures completely and safely. Classroom work includes terminology, anatomy and physiology; blood collection procedures; specimen hands-on practice; and training in skills and techniques to perform puncture methods. The program also includes lab exercises, live blood draws, work with a training arm and other exercises intended to prepare students to function as an entry level Phlebotomy Technician.

Continuing Education Services Class Schedules

Click the following link below to access the full Continuing Education schedule for the current semester at UAC.

Fall 2021 Continuing Education & Workforce Development (Chronological Order)

Fall 2021 Continuing Education & Workforce Development (Brochure)

EducationToGo Online Instruction Center

Flexibility is an important part of personal and professional development. Our catalog of EducationToGo courses offers more than 750 online continuing education courses you can register for and take entirely over the Internet --- enabling you to learn anytime, anywhere. Gaining the skills needed to start or advance your career, build your own business or pursue a new hobby is more accessible and affordable than ever.

350+ courses to choose from
24/7 Access – anytime, anywhere!
Flexible monthly start dates
Courses available in an instructor-facilitated 6 week format and as 3 month self-paced tutorials
Flexible pace
Affordable
Student friendly
Effective

Ed2Go online courses are informative, fun, convenient, and highly interactive. Instructors focus on creating a warm, supportive community for learners. New course sessions begin monthly. Visit our Ed2Go online catalog to view course topics, start dates and more!

www.ed2go.com/cccua

Resources

Continuing Education Online Registration Form: Register online for Continuing Education courses using this form. Students are advised to register for their desired courses as soon as possible. A printable, PDF version of this form can be found here: Continuing Education Registration Form (PDF file).

NOTE: To register for Ed2Go courses delivered in partnership with Cengage Learning, please visit www.ed2go.com/cccua to select the desired
Financial aid sources are available to help students pay for non-credit career-focused training. Financial assistance may cover various education expenses such as tuition, fees, books, supplies and transportation. Email ContinuingEducation@cccua or call (870) 584-1178 to learn more.

UA Cossatot
183 College Drive
De Queen, AR 71832
(870) 584-1178
Contact
Continuing Education Services
UA Cossatot
183 College Drive
De Queen, AR 71832
(870) 584-1178
ContinuingEducation@cccua.edu