Academics
For students in the Los Angeles area looking to ease their way into a four-year college and save money while doing so, the valley is the place to be. Los Angeles Valley College offers a solid transfer program at a rate far less than what they’d pay if they completed the first two years of their education at a four-year college or university.
In addition to its academic programs, the college also offers workers looking for a quick credential to increase their employability several career certification programs. Career certificate programs give students a credential in a specific employment field they can use to demonstrate to employers they have a recognized skill in this field. Career certificate programs allow workers to quickly gain certification in career fields, allowing them to quickly find a new job if they’ve been displaced from an old one, or increase their value to their current organization.
Located on a suburban campus in Valley Glen, the school provides a quiet, pleasant atmosphere in which to learn.
Students attending Valley College have a lot of options. The college offers more than 140 associate degree and career certificate programs. Like many community colleges, LAVC’s allied health program is particularly strong, offering many students a solid career in the always in-demand health care field.
Some popular majors at Los Angeles Valley College include accounting, business management, sociology, business management and arts programs. LAVC is also well known for three very strong career programs, fire technology, respiratory therapy and registered nursing.
Because of its proximity to Hollywood and the hub of the television and film entertainment industry, it goes without saying that LAVC offers courses in fields relevant to this mainstay of the local economy. Students at LAVC can take courses in directing, post-production, screenwriting, producing and other skills relevant to television and film.
In the past 10 years, the school has undertaken a major renovation and building project sponsored by a large investment in the community college system by the people of Los Angeles. At Los Angeles Valley College alone, $626 million is being spent to upgrade facilities, thanks to a bond issue passed by the people of the Los Angeles area.
In 2008, the college opened a new sheriff’s station on campus. The sheriff’s station gives the campus an added level of safety and security. Also, the building was the first major structure constructed on the campus in three decades and was the first LEED certified building on campus. More recent construction includes a media arts center, a new library, an allied health building and a new library set to open in 2012. The construction has revitalized the college and allowed it to modernize many instructional programs.
Los Angeles Valley College is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, which accredits schools in California and Hawaii, and the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa and Northern Marianas Islands. American schools in other parts of the Pacific Rim may also be accredited by the association.
