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Virginia Western Community College

Virginia Western Community College
3095 Colonial Avenue, SW
Roanoke, VA 24015

Official telephone: (540) 857-7311
Fax number: (540) 857-6404
Website: www.virginiawestern.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in June and July.
Number and length of summer sessions: Three summer session, one of ten weeks and two of five weeks.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Student:Faculty ratio: 25:1
Total faculty: 156 men, 202 women
Full-time faculty: 35 men, 57 women
Part-time faculty: 121 men, 145 women

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

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, dual degrees, independent study, pass/fail grading option, internships, weekend college, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: yes

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Administration of Justice
  • Business Administration
  • Communication Design
  • Construction Technology
  • Culinary Arts
  • Dental Hygiene
  • Early Childhood Development
  • Engineering
  • Human Services
  • Information Systems Technology
  • Liberal Arts
  • Management
  • Nursing
  • Paralegal
  • Radiography
  • Science
  • Social Sciences
Certificates

  • Air Conditioning/Refrigeration
  • Biotechnology
  • Culinary Arts
  • Early Childhood Development
  • Engineering
  • Health Information Management
  • Horticulture Technology
  • Information Technology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Management
  • Nurse Aide
  • Phlebotomy
  • Practical Nursing
  • 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 ACT PEP
  • neither credit nor placement for DANTES
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams
  • credit and/or placement for relevant military experience
  • credit and/or placement for relevant life experience
  • credit and/or placement for international baccalaureate

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