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San Bernardino Valley College offers certificates of occupational proficiency in many fields. Certificates enable you the student to gain marketable skills relatively quickly and at less expense than would be required for an associate degree. Students working toward a certificate are not typically required to take advanced academic courses in such fields as philosophy, foreign languages or history. Nonetheless, you the student must have a sufficient background in arithmetic, reading and writing in order to complete the coursework and to succeed in the occupations you select.
Students interested in enrolling in certificate programs should confer with a counselor and talk with representatives of the departments that offer the desired program. In some instances, courses completed in high school may be used to satisfy some of the requirements for a certificate. In addition, training programs such as military courses, apprenticeships or other training may be credited toward a certificate program.
At the beginning of the student's final semester, you should obtain a Graduation and/or Certificate Application either from the Records Office or the division office of the certificate program. This form should be submitted to the Records Office for verification that all requirements for the certificate have been met with a grade of "C" or higher. The submission dates are as follows: - Fall : October 1
- Spring : March 1
- Summer : July 1
When printed deadlines fall on either Saturday or Sunday, the filing period will be extended to the Monday following the deadline date.
Twelve units or 50 percent of the coursework required for a certificate, whichever is the lesser, must be completed at San Bernardino Valley College. This residency requirement may be waived in the case of extenuating circumstances with the permission of the program coordinator or Department Chair. The certificate will be prepared by the Records office and will be available to the student by the start of each new semester following the semester of submission.
NOTE: Students working for certificates must have a basic knowledge of arithmetic, reading and writing in order to learn and work in the occupations they select. |
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