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Degrees & Certificates

Choose from over 200 programs and get started achieving your educational and career goals. 

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  • Public Safety and Transportation
  • This automotive technology certificate program covers everything you need to know to perform maintenance and light repairs on automobiles. Learn basic automotive systems and how to diagnose and repair them, including brakes, electrical, starting and charging systems, engines, emissions, suspension and steering, drive trains, transmissions and HVAC.
  • This automotive technology certificate program covers manual transmission systems and repair. Study manual drivetrains and axle shafts, transaxles and clutches and apply what you learn in an auto shop lab course.
  • Master Automobile Diesel

    Associate of Applied Science
    Learn to diagnose and repair diesel cars, light trucks and heavy equipment including electrical, steering, HVAC, transmissions and transaxles. Gain knowledge and skills in diesel shop safety, diesel mechanics, brake systems, cab, electrical and engine systems PMI, diesel engines, fuel systems, air induction and exhaust systems.
  • Master Automobile Service Technology

    Associate of Applied Science
    Gain knowledge and skills hands-on skills in automotive shop safety, engine repair and rebuilding, brake systems, suspension and steering, automotive electrical systems, starting and charging systems, manual and automatic transmissions and automobile computers and ignition systems. After your first year, you’ll have skills to find a part-time job and instructors will help you partner with a local business to earn money while earning your degree.
  • Help meet the high demand for trained service technicians in Colorado with career-ready service training on Ford vehicles while earning income and work history through a local Ford dealer internship. Learn to use the latest diagnostic and repair equipment in this hands-on program in partnership with the Ford Motor Company.
  • This auto body certificate program teaches you the core skills needed to become a non-structural repair technician or work in related fields of analysis and damage repair of automotive body components. Learn outer body panel repairs, replacement, adjustments, metal finishing and body filling, movable glass and hardware work, and automotive metal welding and cutting.
  • Paramedic

    Associate of Applied Science
    Study advanced concepts in cardiology, including EKG concepts, rhythms and diagnoses, advanced pharmacology, IV fluid therapy, and medical and trauma emergencies with lectures coinciding with a hands-on emergency scenario lab session. Clinical rotations give you hands-on training in a wide variety of hospital departments.
  • If you are an EMT or AEMT, the paramedic certificate program prepares you to become a paramedic who provides advanced emergency medical care to EMS patients. Study paramedic fundamentals and special considerations, advanced pharmacology and cardiology, and medical and trauma emergencies.
  • Peace Officer Academy

    Career & Technical Degree
    Take the first step toward Police Officer Certification and earn a POST board accredited police academy certificate at Aims, which is required to become a certified police officer in Colorado. In two semesters, learn basic law enforcement techniques, including arrest and control, driving, and conducting investigations. This certificate can be earned in 1 or 2 semesters. The 1 semester Peace Officer Academy Certificate is not Financial Aid eligible.
  • The Aims Peace Officer Academy Certificate program gives you the expert training to become a police officer at one of the lowest tuition rates in Colorado. The academy will also prepare you to take the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) exam, which is required in order to work as a police officer.