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Yakima Valley College

Yakima Valley College
P.O. Box 22520
Yakima, WA 98907-2520

Official telephone: (509) 574-4600
Fax number: (509) 574-6860
Website: www.yvcc.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in mid-September, early January, and late March.
Calendar system: quarter system (four terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in August and September.
Number and length of summer sessions: One summer session of seven weeks.

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
pass/fail grading option, weekend college, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Cooperative education programs:
agriculture, social/behavioral science, technologies, vocational arts

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Agribusiness
  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Astronomy
  • Automotive Service Technology
  • Business Technology
  • Chemistry
  • Chicano Studies
  • Drama
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Mass Communication
  • Music
  • Nutrition
  • Philosophy
  • Spanish
  • Speech
  • Visual Arts
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Dental Hygiene
  • Information Technology
Certificates

  • Accounting
  • Accounting Clerk
  • Business Management
  • Business Marketing
  • Business Retail Management
  • Chemical Dependency Studies
  • Computed Tomography
  • Criminal Justice
  • Dental Assisting
  • Drafting
  • Information Technology
  • Medical Assisting
  • Medical Billing/Coding
  • Nursing/LPN
  • Pharmacy Technician
  • Phlebotomy

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP subject
  • credit for ACT PEP
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams
  • credit for relevant military experience
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant life experience
  • credit and/or placement for international baccalaureate

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