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Diablo Valley College

Diablo Valley College


Official telephone: (925) 685-1230
Fax number: (925) 685-1551

Website: www.dvc.edu



Screen last updated on: July 28, 2008
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: August 18, 2008
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Number and length of summer sessions: 3 summer sessions, 3-, 6- and 7-weeks in length

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Enrollment by categories:
1% agriculture
22% arts/humanities/social sciences
3% biological/life sciences
7% business
9% education
5% engineering/technology/computer science
1% health professions
14% mathematics/physical sciences
Average class size: 28 in freshman lecture courses
Student:Faculty ratio: 16:1
Total faculty: 383 men, 422 women
Full-time faculty: 116 men, 139 women
Part-time faculty: 267 men, 283 women

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
independent study, Phi Beta Kappa, internships, weekend college, distance learning, evening courses, adult education programs, online courses
Preprofessional programs offered:
pre-dentistry
Education certifications are offered: yes
Education certifications:
early childhood
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Italy, China, England
Army ROTC: not offered
Navy ROTC: not offered
Air Force ROTC: not offered

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Administrative Information Technology
  • Agricultural Machinery Technology
  • Alcoholism/Drug Abuse
  • Architectural Engineering Technology
  • Art/Sciences
  • Biological Science Education
  • Business
  • Business Computer Programming
  • Computer Applications
  • Computer Information Science
  • Construction Technology/Management
  • Dental Assistant
  • Dental Hygiene
  • Early Childhood Educational Assistant
  • Electronics Engineering Technology
  • Electronics Technology
  • Engineering-Related Technologies
  • Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies
  • Engineering/General
  • Entrepreneurship Management/Management
  • Environmental Control/Hazardous Waste
  • Fashion Design/Illustration
  • Food Management
  • Horticulture
  • Horticulture/Landscape Technology
  • Hotel Technology/Hospitality Management
  • Hotel/Food Service Management
  • Hotel/Motel/Restaurant Management
  • Hotel/Restaurant/Culinary
  • Information Management
  • Information Processing/Data Entry
  • Journalism/Mass Communications
  • Law Enforcement/Police Science
  • Liberal Arts
  • Liberal Arts/Humanities
  • Library Science/Geography
  • Machine Technology
  • Management Information Systems/Business Data Processing
  • Multimedia Technology
  • Museum Studies
  • Music
  • Music Business Management
  • Music Performance
  • Office Management
  • Performing Arts/Drama
  • Performing Arts/Music
  • Pre-Architecture
  • Precision Metal Work
  • Real Estate
  • Retail
  • Retailing
  • Small Business
  • Social Science
  • Surveying Engineering Technology
  • Transfer Studies
  • Travel/Tourism Management
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Construction Management

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
    (scores of 1 or higher)
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP general
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams



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