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Special Populations
The Special Populations Office provides student-centered comprehensive support services and events that promote equity, enhance the educational experience, foster success, and contribute to the economic self-sufficiency of students who are members of special populations.
Special Populations Categories
Special populations refers to students who meet the criteria for at least one of the following categories:
- Individuals with disabilities: An individual with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, such as caring for one’s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
- Individuals who are economically disadvantaged: A credit-hour student who is a needs-based financial aid recipient of Pell or Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF).
- Individuals in non-traditional career programs: Non-traditional occupations are those in which one gender makes up less than 25% of the total number of workers. (See Nontraditional Careers section)
- Single parents: An individual who is not married and has custody of and is responsible for the care of one or more minor children, or an individual who is not married and is currently pregnant.
- Individuals unemployed or underemployed
- Individuals with limited English proficiency: An individual whose native language is a language other than English.
- Homeless individuals
- Youth who are in, or have aged out of, the foster care system
- Youth with parents on active duty in the armed forces
Resources
Services are available to students who meet any of the Special Populations criteria above. Available services include:
- Assistance with book purchases through the Lending Library (based on availability of funds)
Lending Library Information - Assistance with classroom accommodations
- Career guidance and assessments
- Student resource guides and referral information
Nontraditional Careers
The National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE) defines nontraditional occupations as those that employ less than 25% of males or females. Students enrolled in programs that are nontraditional for their gender are identified as “under-represented gender students in non-traditional programs.”
| Nontraditional Programs for Males | Nontraditional Programs for Females |
| Accounting | Air Conditioning Technology |
| Accounting, AAS | Air Conditioning Technology, Diploma |
| Accounting, Diploma | Air Conditioning Electrical Technician, TCC |
| Office Accounting Specialist, TCC | Air Conditioning Repair Specialist, TCC |
| Payroll Accounting Specialist, TCC | Air Conditioning System Maintenance Technician, TCC |
| Business Management | Air Conditioning Technician Assistant, TCC |
| Human Resource Management Specialist, TCC | Auto Collision Repair |
| Business Technology | Auto Collision Repair, Diploma |
| Business Technology, AAS | Auto Collision Repair Assistant, TCC |
| Business Technology, Diploma | Automotive Refinishing Assistant I, TCC |
| Medical Billing Clerk, TCC | Automotive Refinishing Assistant II, TCC |
| Medical Front Office Assistant, TCC | Automotive Technology |
| Cosmetology | Automotive Technology, AAS |
| Cosmetology for Licensure, TCC | Automotive Fundamentals, Diploma |
| Hair Designer, TCCAutomotive Technology, Diploma | Automotive Technology, Diploma |
| Salon and Spa Support Specialist, TCC | Motorcycle Service Technology, Diploma |
| Early Childhood Care and Education | Auto Maintenance and Light Repair Tech, TCC |
| Early Childhood Care and Education, AAS | Automotive Chassis Technician Specialist, TCC |
| Early Childhood Care and Education, Diploma | Automotive Climate Control Technician, TCC |
| Advanced Child Development Specialist, TCC | Automotive Electrical/Electronic Systems Technician, TCC |
| Child Development Specialist, TCC | Automotive Engine Performance Technician, TCC |
| Early Childhood Care and Education Basics, TCC | Automotive Engine Repair Technician, TCC |
| Early Childhood Exceptionalities, TCC | Automotive Transmission/Transaxle Tech Specialist, TCC |
| Esthetician, TCC | Lawn Equipment/Small Engine Repair, TCC |
| Health Information Management Technology | Motorcycle Maintenance Technician, TCC |
| Health Information Management Technology, AAS | Barbering |
| Health Information Coding, Diploma | Barbering Assistant, TCC |
| Medical Assisting, Diploma | Master Barber, TCC |
| Medical Laboratory Technology | Business Management |
| Medical Laboratory Technology, AAS | General Business, AS |
| Accelerated Phlebotomy Technician, TCC | Business Management, AAS |
| Clinic Assistant, TCC | Business Management, Diploma |
| Nursing | Management and Leadership Specialist, TCC |
| Associate Science Nursing, AAS | Operations Management Specialist, TCC |
| Associate Science Nursing – Bridge, AAS | Supervisor/Management Specialist, TCC |
| Nurse Aide Accelerated, TCC | Technical Management Specialist, TCC |
| Nurse Aide, TCC | Carpentry |
| Practical Nursing, TCC | Carpentry, Diploma |
| Patient Care Assistant | Cabinetmaking, Diploma |
| Patient Care Technician/Assistant, TCC | Certified Construction Worker, TCC |
| Social Work | Finish Carpenter, TCC |
| Social Work, AS | Framing Carpenter, TCC |
| Social Work, AAS | Civil Engineering Technology, AAS |
| Social Work Assistant, TCC | Commercial Truck Driving, Class A TCC |
| Surgical Technology | Crime Scene Investigation |
| Surgical Technology, AAS | Crime Scene Investigation Technology. AAS |
| Central Sterile Supply Processing (Basic), TCC | Crime Scene Fundamentals, TCC |
| Central Sterile Supply Processing (Advanced), TCC | Criminal Justice |
| Veterinary Technology | Criminal Justice Technology, AAS |
| Veterinary Technology, AAS | Criminal Justice, AS |
| Criminal Justice Technology, Diploma | |
| Basic Jail/Detention Officer, TCC | |
| Criminal Justice Specialist, TCC | |
| Introduction to Criminal Justice, TCC | |
| Cyber and Related | |
| Computer Support Specialist, AAS | |
| Cybersecurity, AAS | |
| Networking Specialist, AAS | |
| Computer Support Specialist, Diploma | |
| Cybersecurity, Diploma | |
| Networking Specialist, Diploma | |
| AWS Cloud Solutions Specialist, TCC | |
| Cisco Network Specialist, TCC | |
| CompTIA A+ Certified Preparation, TCC | |
| CompTIA A+ Certified Technician Preparation, TCC | |
| Cyber Crime Specialist, TCC | |
| Microsoft Network Administrator, TCC | |
| Network Technician, TCC | |
| PC Repair and Network Technician, TCC | |
| iOS App Development in Swift, TCC | |
| Drafting | |
| Drafting Technology, AAS | |
| Drafting Technology, Diploma | |
| Advanced CAD Technician, TCC | |
| CAD Operator, TCC | |
| Drafters Assistant, TCC | |
| Electrical Construction and Maintenance | |
| Electrical Systems Technology, AAS | |
| Electrical Construction Technology, AAS | |
| Electrical Systems Technology, Diploma | |
| Industrial Electrical Technology, Diploma | |
| Commercial Wiring, TCC | |
| Electrical Lineworker, TCC | |
| Industrial Wiring Technician, TCC | |
| Manufacturing Maintenance Specialist, TCC | |
| Residential Wiring Technician, TCC | |
| Horticulture | |
| Horticulture, AAS | |
| Landscape Design Technician, TCC | |
| Nursery/Greenhouse Technician, TCC | |
| Industrial Systems Technology | |
| Automation Technology, AAS | |
| Automation Technology, Diploma | |
| Basic Mechatronics Specialist, TCC | |
| Basic Mechatronics Technician, TCC | |
| Industrial Electrician, TCC | |
| Industrial Fluid Power Technician, TCC | |
| Industrial Motor Control Technician, TCC | |
| Mechatronics Specialist, TCC | |
| Programmable Control Technician, TCC | |
| Lawn Equipment/Small Engine Repair, TCC | |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology | |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology, AAS | |
| Precision Machining and Manufacturing, AAS | |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Diploma | |
| Precision Machining and Manufacturing, Diploma | |
| Basic Machining Operator, TCC | |
| Basic Machinist, TCC | |
| CNC Specialist, TCC | |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology Assistant I, TCC | |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology Assistant II, TCC | |
| Media Production | |
| Film Production - Grip & Rigging Technician l-, TCC | |
| Welding and Joining Technology | |
| Welding and Joining Technology, Diploma | |
| Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welder, TCC | |
| Gas Metal Arc Welder, TCC | |
| Gas Tungsten Arc Welder, TCC | |
| Submerged Arc Welder Operator, TCC | |
| Vertical Shielded Metal Arc Welder Fabricator, TCC |
Promoting nontraditional career opportunities opens doors for every individual and breaks the mold of expectations in an atmosphere free from stereotypes of gender and jobs. SRTC provides resources to special population students including non-traditional majors in an effort to alleviate barriers that hinder successful completion of courses and employment.
Contact
Darbie Avera, Student Navigator
Moultrie/Tifton
Moultrie Veterans Parkway, A-136
(229) 217-4145
davera@southernregional.edu
Gloria Lowe, Student Navigator
Thomasville/Bainbridge/Blakely/Cairo
Thomasville Campus, A-263
(229) 227-2795
glowe@southernregional.edu