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Golden West College

Golden West College
PO Box 2748, 15744 Golden West Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2748

Official telephone: (714) 892-7711
Website: https://www.goldenwestcollege.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 74%
Student:Faculty ratio: 23:1
Total faculty: 183 men, 232 women
Full-time faculty: 51 men, 80 women
Part-time faculty: 132 men, 152 women

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: no

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist
  • American Sign Language (ASL)
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Anthropology, General
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  • Chemistry, General
  • Child Development
  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Software Engineering
  • Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
  • Corrections
  • Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Criminal Justice/Police Science
  • Dance, General
  • Digital Arts
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Economics, General
  • Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forensic Science and Technology
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production
  • Graphic Design
  • History, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Journalism
  • Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics, General
  • Music, General
  • Natural Sciences
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Sciences, General
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General
  • Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General
  • Vietnamese Language and Literature
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
Certificates

  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Architectural Technology/Technician
  • Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Criminal Justice/Police Science
  • Graphic Design
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Recording Arts Technology/Technician
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Retail Management
  • Small Business Administration/Management

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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