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CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Calhoun Community College
P.O. Box 2216
Decatur, AL 35609-2216

Official telephone: (256) 306-2500
Toll-free telephone: (800) 626-3628
Fax number: (256) 306-2941

Website: www.calhoun.edu


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Screen last updated on: September 10, 2007
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August and early-January.
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, January, and June.
Number and length of summer sessions: Three summer sessions, one of 10 weeks, one of eight weeks, and two of five weeks.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Majors with the highest enrollment: nursing, general education
Student:Faculty ratio: 20:1
Total faculty: 225 men, 199 women, 424 total
Full-time faculty: 57 men, 60 women, 117 total
Part-time faculty: 168 men, 139 women, 307 total

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: no

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
accelerated program, Phi Beta Kappa, internships, weekend college, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Cooperative education programs:
business

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Accounting Applications
  • Advance Electronics
  • Aerospace Technology
  • Agricultural Science
  • Air Conditioning/Refrigeration
  • Art
  • Biological Science
  • Business
  • Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
  • Child Development
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Computer Information Systems Technology
  • Criminal Justice
  • Dental Assisting
  • Design/Drafting Technology
  • Electrical Technology
  • Elementary Teacher Education
  • English
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Family Financial Planning/Counseling
  • Fire Service Management
  • General Education
  • Health/Physical Education
  • Law/Pre-Law
  • Machine Tool Technology
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine/Pre-Dentistry
  • Medicine/Pre-Medicine
  • Medicine/Pre-Veterinary
  • Missile/Munitions Technology
  • Music Education
  • Music Industry Communications
  • Nursing
  • Paralegal Technology
  • Photography/Film
  • Pre-Pharmacy
  • Quality Control Technology
  • Real Estate Sales/Management
  • Secondary Teacher Education
  • Theatre Arts
  • Traffic/Transportation Technology
Certificates

  • Air Conditioning/Refrigeration
  • Barbering
  • Cosmetology
  • Dental Assisting
  • Design/Drafting Technology
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Fire Science
  • Machine Tool Technology
  • Paralegal
  • Practical Nursing
  • Security
  • Surgical Technology

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 3 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for Regents College Exams (RCE)
  • neither credit nor placement for ACT PEP
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams
  • credit for relevant military experience
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant life experience
  • neither credit nor placement for international baccalaureate



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