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Sunday 11.22.2009

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Southside Virginia Community College

Southside Virginia Community College
109 Campus Drive
Alberta, VA 23821

Official telephone: (434) 949-1000
Fax number: (434) 949-7863
Website: www.sv.vccs.edu
Screen last updated on: January 2009
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August, early January, and late May.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in August and January.
Number and length of summer sessions: Three summer sessions, one of 10 weeks and two of five weeks.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Majors with the highest enrollment: liberal arts/sciences, nursing, practical nursing
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 99 men, 180 women
Full-time faculty: 37 men, 38 women
Part-time faculty: 62 men, 142 women

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
honors program, Phi Beta Kappa, internships, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: no

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting Assistant
  • Administration of Justice
  • Administrative Support Technology
  • Business Administration
  • Business/Marketing
  • General Studies
  • Human Services
  • Information Systems Technology
  • Liberal Arts
  • Management
  • Medical Lab Technology
  • Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Nursing
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Science
Certificates

  • Administration of Justice
  • Air Conditioning/Heating/Refrigeration
  • Automotive Diagnostic Technician
  • CAD
  • Child Care
  • Clerical
  • Diesel Mechanics
  • Electricity
  • Electronics
  • Fire Science Technology
  • General Business
  • Health Sciences
  • Heavy Equipment Operation
  • Human Services
  • Industrial Service Technology
  • Information Systems Technology
  • Nursing Aide
  • Practical Nursing
  • Truck Driving

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