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Allan Hancock College

Allan Hancock College
800 South College Drive
Santa Maria, CA 93454-6399

Official telephone: (805) 922-6966
Fax number: (805) 928-7905
Website: www.hancockcollege.edu
Screen last updated on: July 2008
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August
Fall 2008 begin August 25
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: We offer orientations for new students in January and August.
Number and length of summer sessions: Summer sessions are as follows: one of three weeks, two of four weeks, one of six weeks, one of eight weeks, one of ten weeks and one of eleven weeks.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 345 men, 249 women
Full-time faculty: 76 men, 76 women
Part-time faculty: 269 men, 173 women

Allan Hancock College
REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes
Physical education is required: no
There are religious requirements for graduation: no
Minimum GPA required to graduate: 2.0

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
independent study, accelerated program, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Cooperative education programs:
business, vocational arts, dental assisting, physical education

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Administrative Information Technology
  • Art/General
  • Banking/Finance
  • Bioinformatics
  • Business
  • Chemistry
  • Child Care/Guidance
  • Community Health Sciences
  • Computer Application/Networks
  • Construction Trades Technology
  • Dental Assistant
  • Digital Photography
  • Early Childhood Associate
  • Early Childhood Education Technology
  • Electrical Engineering Technology/Telecommunications Option
  • Engineering/General
  • English
  • Family/Consumer Resource Management
  • Fashion Design/Illustration
  • Film
  • Fire Protection/Safety Technology
  • General Office/Clerical/Typing
  • Graphic Design/Commercial Art/Illustration
  • Graphic/Printing Equipment Operation
  • Home Economics
  • Human Services
  • Information Processing/Data Entry
  • Information Sciences/Systems
  • International Relations
  • Law Enforcement/Police Science
  • Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary
  • Liberal Arts/Humanities
  • Machine Tool Operation/Machine Shop
  • Management Information Systems/Business Data Processing
  • Management Science
  • Mechanical Trades
  • Medical Assistant
  • Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Medical Records Administration
  • Mental Health/Human Services
  • Music
  • Nursing/R.N.
  • Office Systems Management
  • Parks/Recreation Management
  • Photography
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Practical Nurse
  • Pre-Agricultural
  • Precision Metal Work
  • Social Sciences
  • Telecommunication Electronics

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)
  • neither credit nor placement for ACT PEP
  • credit and/or placement for DANTES
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams
  • credit and/or placement for relevant military experience
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant life experience
  • neither credit nor placement for international baccalaureate