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SPRING 2019 SCHEDULE OF CLASSES SPECIAL PULLOUT SECTION Inside
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS • MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE SINCE 1969
2,250-PLUS CLASS SECTIONS IN WINTER, SPRING
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ollege of the Canyons will offer more than 2,250 combined class sections during the upcoming winter and spring sessions. Winter Registration Under Way Running Jan. 2 to Feb. 2, the winter session offers more than 350 class sections, primarily general-education classes students need to graduate, transfer or meet prerequisites.
The winter session will be especially robust with the addition of popular online career skills courses, including Time Management; Business Writing; Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision-Making; Best Practices in Customer Service; Negotiating and Collaboration; Personality Styles and Difficult Relationships; Successfully Managing and Developing People; and Communication Strategies for the Workplace.
Spring Registration Begins Jan. 2 The spring semester starts Feb. 4. More than 1,900 class sections in a wide variety of subjects will be offered at both the Valencia and Canyon Country campuses, as well as online. Available classes can be viewed at www.canyons.edu or in the special pullout section inside this issue.
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MORE DEGREES WITH A GUARANTEE
The college has added more Degree With A Guarantee programs to help students transfer to California State University campuses. PAGE 4
NEW CONSTRUCTION COURSES ADDED
The college has introduced six new construction technology courses to help students prepare for the construction trades. PAGE 2
OFF-CAMPUS EDUCATION CENTERS BOOST ACCESS
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SCIENCE RISES – The Science Center begins to take shape at the Canyon Country campus. The 55,000-square-foot building, an example of bond funding at work, will bring cutting-edge biological, chemistry and physical science programs to the eastern Santa Clarita Valley in 2020. MORE ON PAGE 5
ollege of the Canyons will open a second off-campus continuing education center in January to better meet the needs of working adults. Located in Canyon Country, the new Soledad Center takes a cue from the Bouquet Center, which opened in August and offers free continuing education courses in English as a Second Language (ESL) and Microsoft Office skills. The new center is expected to expand the number and breadth of courses available. “Continuing education courses are tuition-free and provide a good gateway to college or a new career,” said John Makevich, dean of continuing and community education at the college. “The centers make getting an education an accessible option for those with busy schedules.” The Soledad Center, located at 18718 Soledad Canyon Road, will celebrate its grand opening from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. The event will feature free food, giveaways and information on classes that will be offered. The Bouquet Center’s location next to the Los Angeles County SCV Community Center creates opportunities for future collaboration and SEE CENTERS ON PAGE 4
PATHWAYS SPUR DEGREE, TRANSFER COMPLETION
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tudents at College of the Canyons benefit from multiple pathways designed to help them transfer quickly and seamlessly to both public and private four-year universities. College of the Canyons currently offers 27 Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADTs), which enable students to transition to California State University campuses. Known as “a degree with a guarantee,” ADTs provide students with guaranteed admission to a CSU if they earn an associate in arts transfer (AA-T) or associate in science transfer (AS-T) degree and meet CSU eligibility requirements. Although the guarantee does not include admission to a specific campus or major, the program gives students the opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree with as little as 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of coursework beyond the associate degree. The number of students pursuing ADTs at the college has inSEE PATHWAYS ON PAGE 4
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