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Southwestern Michigan College

Southwestern Michigan College
58900 Cherry Grove Road
Dowagiac, MI 49047-9793

Official telephone: (269) 782-1000
Fax number: (269) 782-8414
Website: https://www.swmich.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: 60%
Student:Faculty ratio: 16:1
Total faculty: 58 men, 65 women
Full-time faculty: 23 men, 22 women
Part-time faculty: 35 men, 43 women

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

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: no

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural Production Operations, General
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Automation Engineer Technology/Technician
  • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Carpentry/Carpenter
  • Communication, General
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Creative Writing
  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technology/Technologist
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Science
  • Fire Science/Fire-fighting
  • General Studies
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology/Technician
  • Legal Assistant/Paralegal
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology/Technician
  • Medical/Clinical Assistant
  • Music Technology
  • Music, General
  • Pre-Nursing Studies
  • Psychology, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Social Work
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Welding Technology/Welder
Certificates

  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Automation Engineer Technology/Technician
  • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
  • Carpentry/Carpenter
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Support Specialist
  • Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
  • Fire Science/Fire-fighting
  • General Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
  • Medical/Clinical Assistant
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Welding Technology/Welder

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

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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