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Northwest-Shoals Community College

Northwest-Shoals Community College
P.O. Box 2545
Muscle Shoals, AL 35662

Official telephone: (256) 331-5200
Fax number: (256) 331-5222
Website: www.nwscc.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in mid-August and January.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in August, January, and May.
Number and length of summer sessions: Four summer sessions, one of eight weeks, one of 11 weeks, and two of four weeks each.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Student:Faculty ratio: 25:1
Total faculty: 72 men, 80 women
Full-time faculty: 35 men, 42 women
Part-time faculty: 37 men, 38 women

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
independent study, honors program, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Cooperative education programs:
business, computer science, health professions, humanities, social/behavioral science, technologies

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting Technology
  • Air Conditioning/Refrigeration Technology
  • Art
  • Automotive Collision Repair
  • Automotive Service Technology
  • Business Administration
  • Carpentry/Cabinet Making
  • Child Development
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Computer Information Systems Technology
  • Criminal Justice
  • Design Engineering Technology
  • Electrical Technology
  • Electronics Technology
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Environmental Health/Safety
  • Environmental Health/Safety Technician
  • Fire Science Management
  • General Education
  • General Liberal Arts
  • Industrial Systems Technology
  • Machine Shop Technology
  • Medical Assisting Technology
  • Medical Technology
  • Music
  • Nursing R.N.
  • Office Administration
  • Pre-Chemical Lab Technician
  • Pre-Computer Science
  • Pre-Criminal Justice
  • Pre-Dentistry
  • Pre-Elementary Education
  • Pre-Engineering
  • Pre-Environmental Science
  • Pre-Financial Planning/Counseling
  • Pre-Health/Physical Education/Recreation
  • Pre-Industrial Hygiene
  • Pre-Law
  • Pre-Medicine
  • Pre-Nursing
  • Pre-Optometry
  • Pre-Pharmacy
  • Pre-Physical Therapy
  • Pre-Secondary Education
  • Pre-Veterinary Medicine
  • Water/Wastewater Management
  • Welding
Certificates

  • Accounting Technology
  • Advanced Automotive Service Technician
  • Advanced EMT
  • Air Conditioning/Heating/Refrigeration
  • Automotive Collision Repair
  • Automotive Service Technology
  • Basic Automotive Service Technology
  • Basic Cabinetmaking
  • Basic Carpentry
  • Basic Welding Technology
  • Biomedical Equipment Technology
  • Carpentry/Cabinetmaking
  • Chemical Lab Technician
  • Child Development
  • Computer Aided Design Engineering Technology
  • Computer Technology
  • Cosmetology Instructor Training
  • EMT/Basic
  • EMT/Paramedic
  • Environmental Health/Safety Technician
  • Fire Science/Fire Services Management
  • Machine Tool/CNC Technology
  • Medical Assisting Technology
  • Office Administration
  • Water/Wastewater Management
  • Welding

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 3 or higher)
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP general
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP subject
  • neither credit nor placement for Regents College Exams (RCE)
  • credit and/or placement for DANTES
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams

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