Healthcare & Human Services

The Behavior Technician program was developed to meet the growing special needs population in both Rock and Green counties.

Learn to work with dentists on how to examine and treat patients. In our state-of-the art lab facilities, you can earn a technical diploma and be eligible to be certified by the Dental Assisting National Board within one year.

The Dental Hygienist Program prepares students for a career as a dental hygienist. This career focuses on helping individuals maintain oral health and prevent oral disease.

Designed as a shared program with Milwaukee Area Technical College, the Funeral Service program prepares individuals for a career as a licensed funeral director and embalmer.

Health Information Management is the practice of managing medical information vital to providing quality patient care, sound fiscal management of medical resources, and data governance supporting the confidentiality of patient records.

Build a personalized human services pathway focused on helping others through careers in social services, community support, and advocacy.

This program curriculum combines psychology, stress management, and conflict management to train you to work at a social agency, counseling center, educational institution, or correctional facility.

Most classes in this program feature online scheduling options. The Medical Administrative Coder program curriculum comes from the American Academy of Professional Coders focusing on out-patient coding, medical terminology, and professional procedures.

This opportunity provides training employers are looking for and need – from administration to assisting with examinations to completing your practicum, which is full-time during the last five weeks of the program.

Medical Coders review medical documentation health care providers provide and translate it into an alphanumeric classification system.

Prepare for an in-demand career in healthcare as a Medical Lab Specialist. This program builds a strong foundation in clinical laboratory science, including hematology, microbiology, clinical chemistry, and immunology.

A full- or part-time offering with some classes online, face-to-face or within our Flex Lab option, the Medical Laboratory Technician program prepares you for an entry-level position in a clinic, hospital or doctor’s office working in various areas of the lab such as microbiology or chemistry.

Recognized by the Wisconsin State Board of Nursing as an elite program, and hosted in a new, state-of-the-art Health Science wing, this offering can lead to a career as a licensed practical nurse or a registered nurse. BTC also offers opportunities to transfer to a four-year school.

This 90-hour program involves classroom lectures, campus lab experiences, and a clinical practicum. Those who successfully complete the program are eligible to take the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) exam.

Designed as a shared program with the Milwaukee Area Technical College, the Nutrition and Dietetic Technician program prepares individuals for a career in healthcare and foodservice management settings.

The Patient Services Specialist prepares you for a healthcare support role by developing skills in patient services, medical office procedures, communication, and electronic health records within clinical settings.

This program teaches proper techniques of specimen collection and processing standards as well as infection control standards and legal regulations in the health care environment. In addition, it prepares you for the ASCP certification exam.

Blackhawk's Physical Therapist Assistant program is well-known for its student success rate on national certification exams. This offering will give you a solid foundation to start your career in physical therapy.

With a focus on theoretical and applied radiography, learn in a state-of-the-art facility featuring two x-ray rooms and the latest imaging technology. Graduates are eligible to take the entry-level certification exam offered by the American Registry of Radiography Technologists (ARRT).

Train for a rewarding healthcare career by developing the skills to assess, treat, and support patients with breathing and cardiopulmonary conditions.

This program will prepare individuals to clean, sterilize and assemble surgical instruments, equipment and supplies for use in operating rooms and other medical and surgical facilities. The content includes instruction in sterilization, infection control, decontamination, and surgical instrumentation processing, distribution and record keeping.

This program prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction.

This program is designed to prepare students to work with individuals with substance use disorders. Students will explore areas of assessment, case management, counseling, education and professional responsibility.

The Surgical Technology program prepares students for entry-level positions as surgical technologists. The program gives students a balanced set of experiences in the classroom, laboratory and clinical setting. Students are trained in procedures, aseptic (sterile) techniques, medical equipment nomenclature, human anatomy and physiology, physics, robotics, and pharmacology for the operating room.