2024-2025 College Catalog

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Educational Programs

Lamar State College Port Arthur offers several educational programs. The programs result in four types of degrees described as 1) an Associate of Arts Degree (AA), 2) Associate of Applied Science Degree (AAS), 3) Certificate, or 4) an Advanced Technical Certificate (ATC).

Each degree is classified as an academic program or a technical program.

Academic and Technical Programs

Educational Programs Associate of Arts Degree (AA) Associate of Applied Science Degree (AAS) Certificate Advanced Technical Certificate (ATC)
Allied Health Department
1. Emergency Medical Services Technician      ✓  
2. Substance Abuse Counselor ✓ ✓
3. Surgical Technology ✓
4. Upward Mobility LVN to ADN Nursing ✓
5. Nurse Aide ✓
 6. Patient Care Technician      ✓  
7. Pharmacy Technician       ✓  
8. Surgical Technology ✓
9. Vocational Nursing ✓
Business and Industrial Technology Department
1. Accounting ✓
2. Accounting Assistant ✓
3. Business Office Assistant ✓
4. Barbering      ✓  
5. Business Administration (may be completed online) ✓
6. Business Office Management ✓
7. Business Office Associate      ✓  
8. Computer Programmer ✓
9. Cosmetology Operator ✓ ✓
10. Culinary Arts & Hospitality Program ✓
11. Culinary Arts Foundation ✓
12. Culinary Arts Specialist ✓
13. Drafting Technology ✓ ✓
14. Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration ✓ ✓
15. Instrumentation Technology ✓ ✓
16. Liquified Natural Gas Manufacturing (LNG) ✓
17.Machinist and Millwright*    ✓ ✓   
18. Medical Coding Specialist ✓
19. Medical Coding ✓
20. Medical Office Administration ✓
21. Medical Office Assistant ✓
22. Legal Studies (Paralegal) ✓ ✓
23. Process Technology ✓ ✓
24. Social Media and Digital Communication Management     ✓    
25. Software Developer/Game Design ✓
Commercial Music and Visual and Performing Arts
1. Audiovisual Production ✓ ✓
2. Commercial Music: Performance ✓ ✓
3. Commercial Music: Audio Engineer ✓ ✓
4. Graphic Design ✓ ✓
5. Music ✓  
6. Studio Art ✓
7. Teaching Art EC-12 ✓
8. Teaching Theatre Arts EC-12 ✓
General Education and Developmental Studies Department
1. Academic Studies (may be completed online) ✓
2. Criminal Justice ✓
Health, Fitness, and Sports
1. Kinesiology ✓
2. Teaching Physical Education EC-12 ✓

* Beginning Fall of 2025