Haywood Community College
Haywood Community College
Official telephone: (828) 627-2821
Fax number: (828) 627-3606
Website:
www.haywood.edu
|
| Screen last updated on: December 2006 |
| Year established: |
1965 |
| Type of school: |
public |
| Programs: |
2-year undergraduate |
| Religious affiliation: |
no |
| Campus enrollment: |
2,034 students |
| Coeducational information: |
coeducational institution |
| Location description: |
in or near a rural community (pop. under 5,000) |
|
| Street address: |
Haywood Community College
185 Freedlander Drive
Clyde, NC 28721 |
| Main telephone numbers: |
828 627-2821
828 627-3606 (fax) |
|
|
| Main homepage: |
www.haywood.edu |
|
| SAT number: |
5289 |
| ACT number: |
3107 |
| FAFSA number: |
008083 |
| FICE number: |
8083 |
|
| CAMPUS SUMMARY |
 |
Haywood Community College opened in August 1965 as Haywood Industrial Education Center with one curriculum program and 15 students. Today, HCC offers over 42 curriculum programs to over 2600 students. Aproximately 6,270 more students attend classes through its continuing education division, including adult basic education, GED preparation, occupational courses, and community service programs. HCC is located in Clyde, North Carolina, on an 83-acre campus, which features an arboretum and teaching forest. The natural beauty of the campus is a backdrop for modern facilities, including a Student Center with an 1,150-seat auditorium, state-of-the-art labs and shops, and a child care center. At easily accessible sites close to the main campus are the Human Resources Development Center, Continuing Education buildings, and the Regional High Technology Center–one of only two in the state and home to advanced technological programs and facilities. |
|
|
|
| UNIQUE/SPECIAL PROGRAMS |
|
Natural Resources programs use the college's scenic setting and the surrounding areas of Western North Carolina as a learning laboratory. The entire campus is a designated arboretum with an impressive plant collection that is used as a teaching lab. A greenhouse, woody plant nursery, and orchard provide students with an excellent opportunity for real-life work experience.
The college also has a 320-acre teaching forest off campus. Students use the forest as an outdoor lab for surveying, data collection, and forest ecology. Students in many of our Natural Resources programs have competed at national levels making impressive showings as they beat out many students from four-year institutions. Environmental education and volunteer opportunities with professional agencies are also available for students. The College offers associate degree programs in Fish and Wildlife Management Technology, Forest Management Technology, Geographic Information Systems/Global Positioning Systems Technology, and Horticulture Technology.
With a well-established international reputation the one-of-a-kind professional crafts at Haywood Community College has become an acknowledged world-class program. Under the guidance of specialist faculty of well-known and respected artisans in its four areas of study - clay, fiber, jewelry, and wood - its students develop techniques plus receive instruction in marketing and business skills. Taught in an environment that inspires and motivates the creative spirit, each area of study provides students the basis needed to become a recognized crafts designer and producer.
A career in film and video production can place you at the cutting edge of this growing industry. Students seeking a career in media have several options in their professional preparation each emphasizing the basics of production. Through the Alliance Program, which leads to a BS degree in communications, a student can prepare for a career in broadcast television by completing three years of study at the College and a final year at Western Carolina University. Through the AA pre-major program a student can prepare for transfer to a university to complete their professional study. Through the AAS degree program a student can prepare to enter the film and video production workforce upon graduation. |
|
|
|
|
