Internships Internships offer a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience under the mentorship of a professional at a Silicon Valley corporation or public agency. Internships enhance your university transfer application as well as your future employment prospects. Foothill College offers internships for students in most majors such as psychology, business, engineering, computer science, graphic arts, physical and biological sciences, office administration, multimedia and many other majors. Internships can be arranged with employers such as Apple Computer, TiVo, SETI, Computer History Museum, Foothill College, De Anza College and many other corporations and public agencies. U.S. citizenship is required at some internship job sites. To get started, call (650) 949-7208.
Admission & Placement Testing Services Student Classifications To understand Foothill admission and placement testing procedures, you need to know your student classification: : You were enrolled at Foothill last quarter. Former Student: You’ve attended Foothill, but were not enrolled during the previous quarter (Summer Session does not apply). Freshman: You’ve completed fewer than 45 units of college credit. Full-Time Student: You’re enrolled in 12 or more units this quarter. Or you’re enrolled in 6 units during Summer Session. International Student: You have applied and been accepted to the Foothill College International Students Program. New Student: You’ve never enrolled at any college. New Transfer Student: You have attended a college other than Foothill. Non-Resident Student: You have not met California residency requirements and must pay non-resident tuition. : You’ve completed 45 or more units of college credit and haven’t earned a degree.
Placement Tests Testing is required for students enrolling in CHEM 1A, 25 and 30A; ENGL 1A or 110; all ESLL (except ESLL 200A); and all mathematics courses except NCBS 401A. Placement testing is offered on a computer only. Testing is conducted by appointment. To schedule an appointment at the Main Campus, access www.foothill.
edu/placement and follow the instructions or call (650) 949-7230. To schedule an appointment at the Middlefield Campus, call (650) 949-6958. If you have successfully completed college-level math, chemistry and English courses, you may be placed by a counselor. Bring your transcript to an appointment with a counselor. To schedule an appointment, access www. foothill.edu/counseling/. If you have placement test scores from another college, you may fax them to the Testing Office at (650) 9497024. You may enroll in the following courses without placement testing: ENGL 209, ESLL 200A and NCBS 401A. If you have successfully completed an ESL course at another California community college, you can request that your transcript be evaluated by calling (650) 949-7250. We also offer ability-to-benefit placement testing for students lacking a high school diploma and requesting federal financial aid. For details, access www.foothill. edu/placement or call (650) 949-7286. To request test accommodations for a verified disability, call the Disability Resource Center, (650) 9497017 or e-mail DavisBrenda@foothill.edu. For more information on placement testing services, access www.foothill.edu/placement.
Campus Support Centers Krause Center for Innovation Located in Building 4000, the KCI provides open access to a variety of multimedia resources and an open computing lab with Windows and Macintosh workstations. Students can use the lab for online research, papers or other class assignments. For more information, call (650) 949-7680.
Library Services The Hubert H. Semans Library has more than 90,000 books, periodicals, newspapers and a variety of multimedia resources. You can browse the best-seller reading collection or take a self-paced course to learn how to use a modern library. Our online catalog helps you locate books by subject, title or author. Various computer databases make it easy to find articles in periodicals. You can also access the Internet and search various databases and Web sites. For more information, call (650) 9497086, hours; (650) 949-7608, reference desk; (650) 949-7611, circulation.
PSME Center The Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering (PSME) Center offers support and tutoring in mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering and computer science. Foothill’s PSME faculty and graduate
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