An overview of the best programs at Skagit Valley College

Skagit Valley College has a number of locations, Mount Vernon Campus (360) 416-7697, Whidbey Island Campus (360) 675-6656, San Juan Center (360) 378-3220, South Whidbey Center (360) 341-2324, Business Resource Center. This article seeks to give a brief overview of the wide variety of courses on offer at SVC, and the requirements needed to enter onto a course at the college.

What is SVC?

For the contact details of each of the campuses at SVU, you can visit their websites.
Courses available SVC offers a wide variety of courses. They offer traditional courses, such as
the humanities and sciences. They also offer practical classes, in the form of
drama, engineering and music. Along side, the more traditional courses, Skagit Valley College has courses
in specific areas, such as Marine Maintenance Technology, Family Life, Fire
Protection Technology, Geographic Information Systems. Skills and apprenticeships Away from academic classes, on offer, are college and career success
skills and apprenticeships. These will be more attractive to those who are interested in getting to work straight-away, and feel that academic classes are not suited to their ability or interests. Courses in the medical field There are also courses in the medical field, Dental Assistant, Veterinary
Assistant, Pharmacy Technician. Courses for languages Students may also take up languages. As well as tutoring in the more common languages, like French and Spanish, students may choose to take
less-conventional languages classes, such as Lushootseed, Tagalog, Asl, Japanese and Chinese.
Forward college Skagit Valley College shows that it is a forward college in the courses it offers,
as it has a course in Diesel Power Technology. Simply, this shows that SVC is able to cater for all sorts of students, who have different interests and abilities. Trips and excursions Furthermore, to complement their extensive range of courses, students can
embark on other trips and excursions, if they wish to take advantage of the huge number of extra-curricular activities offered by the college.

Applications

Educational qualifications required In order to sign-up for a course at Skagit Valley College, applicants must have
a high school diploma, or GED. However, for those, who do not meet these requirements, SKV do help students to reach this point, by offering adult education, GED programmes and English speaking classes.
Contact information For a full list of the courses offered by Skagit Valley College or more information, you can look on their website or contact the individual campuses directly (contact information is available online).