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Penn Valley Community College

Penn Valley Community College


Official telephone: (816) 759-4050
Fax number: (816) 759-4161
Website: www.kcmetro.edu
Screen last updated on: January 2009
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in early June.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in April, May, June, and July.
Number and length of summer sessions: One summer session of eight weeks.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Student:Faculty ratio: 12:1
Total faculty: 143 men, 294 women
Full-time faculty: 30 men, 71 women
Part-time faculty: 113 men, 223 women

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
independent study, honors program, pass/fail grading option, internships
Cooperative programs are offered: no

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Administrative Information Technology
  • Applied Computer Studies
  • Business Data Processing
  • Business Data Programming
  • Business/Management
  • Chemistry
  • Community Services
  • Computer Application/Networks
  • Environmental Economics/Policy
  • Exercise Science/Sports Studies
  • Fire Protection/Safety Technology
  • Grounds/Turf Management
  • Land Surveying
  • Law Enforcement/Corrections Technologies
  • Legal Secretary
  • Liberal/General Studies
  • Machine Tool Technology
  • Marketing/Distribution
  • Medical Secretary
  • Mental Health/Human Services
  • Ministry in Church/Society
  • Office Supervision/Management
  • Physiology
  • Polymer Technology
  • Quality Control Technology
  • Retailing
  • Scandinavian Languages
  • Secretarial Science
  • Telecommunication Electronics
  • Word Processing

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