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DECEMBER 2018 COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS • MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE SINCE 1969

2,250-PLUS CLASS SECTIONS IN WINTER, SPRING

ollege of the Canyons will offer The winter session will be especial- Spring Registration Begins Jan. 2 MORE DEGREES WITH A GUARANTEE
more than 2,250 combined class ly robust with the addition of popular The spring semester starts Feb. 4. The college has added more Degree With A
Csections during the upcoming online career skills courses, including More than 1,900 class sections in a wide Guarantee programs to help students transfer
winter and spring sessions. Time Management; Business Writing; variety of subjects will be offered at both
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and the Valencia and Canyon Country cam- to California State University campuses. PAGE 4
Winter Registration Under Way Decision-Making; Best Practices in Cus- puses, as well as online. NEW CONSTRUCTION COURSES ADDED
Running Jan. 2 to Feb. 2, the winter tomer Service; Negotiating and Collabo- Available classes can be viewed at
session offers more than 350 class sec- ration; Personality Styles and Difficult www.canyons.edu or in the special pull- The college has introduced six new construc-
tions, primarily general-education class- Relationships; Successfully Managing out section inside this issue. tion technology courses to help students pre-
es students need to graduate, transfer or and Developing People; and Communi- i pare for the construction trades. PAGE 2
meet prerequisites. cation Strategies for the Workplace. ADMISSIONS@CANYONS.EDU | (661) 362-3280
OFF-CAMPUS

EDUCATION

CENTERS

BOOST ACCESS

ollege of the Canyons will
open a second off-campus
Ccontinuing education center in
January to better meet the needs of
working adults.
Located in Canyon Country, the
new Soledad Center takes a cue from
the Bouquet Center, which opened
in August and offers free continuing
education courses in English as a
Second Language (ESL) and Micro-
soft Office skills. The new center is
expected to expand the number and
breadth of courses available.
“Continuing education courses
are tuition-free and provide a good
gateway to college or a new career,”
said John Makevich, dean of con-
tinuing and community education at
the college. “The centers make get-
ting an education an accessible op-
tion for those with busy schedules.”
The Soledad Center, located at
18718 Soledad Canyon Road, will
celebrate its grand opening from 4
to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. The event
will feature free food, giveaways and
information on classes that will be
offered.
The Bouquet Center’s location
SCIENCE RISES – The Science Center begins to take shape at the Canyon Country campus. The 55,000-square-foot building, an example of bond funding next to the Los Angeles County SCV
at work, will bring cutting-edge biological, chemistry and physical science programs to the eastern Santa Clarita Valley in 2020. Community Center creates oppor-
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tudents at College of the Canyons benefit from multiple Santa Clarita
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College of the Canyons currently offers 27 Associate De-
grees for Transfer (ADTs), which enable students to transition to ECRWSS
California State University campuses. Known as “a degree with
a guarantee,” ADTs provide students with guaranteed admission
to a CSU if they earn an associate in arts transfer (AA-T) or asso-
ciate in science transfer (AS-T) degree and meet CSU eligibility Postal Customer
requirements.
Although the guarantee does not include admission to a spe-
cific campus or major, the program gives students the opportunity
to complete a bachelor’s degree with as little as 60 semester units
or 90 quarter units of coursework beyond the associate degree.
The number of students pursuing ADTs at the college has in-
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