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College of the Desert

College of the Desert
43-500 Monterey Avenue
Palm Desert, CA 92260

Official telephone: (760) 346-8041
Fax number: (760) 341-8678

Website: collegeofthedesert.edu



Screen last updated on: November 4, 2009
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: Spring 2010 Feruary 1, 2010

Fall 2010 August 30, 2010

Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Ongoing availability via the web:
collegeofthedesert.edu
Students
New Students
Orientation
Number and length of summer sessions: None at this time

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Total faculty: 392 total
Full-time faculty: 116 total
Part-time faculty: 276 total

College of the Desert
PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
pass/fail grading option, distance learning, evening courses, online courses
Preprofessional programs offered:
Registered Nursing
Vocational Nursing
Education certifications:
early childhood

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Agribusiness
  • Agricultural Mechanics
  • Anthropology
  • Architecture
  • Business Economics
  • Business/Management
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Curriculum/Instruction
  • Dietetic Technician
  • Early Childhood Associate
  • Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies
  • English
  • English as a Second Language
  • Environmental Control/Protection Technology
  • Environmental Science
  • Finance
  • Fire Control/Safety Technology
  • Fire Protection/Safety Technology
  • Food Science/Nutrition
  • French
  • General Arts
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • German
  • History
  • Italian
  • Journalism
  • Law Enforcement/Corrections Technologies
  • Letters/Arts/Sciences
  • Liberal/General Studies
  • Management Technology
  • Mathematics
  • Medical Assistant
  • Multimedia
  • Music
  • Nursing
  • Office Supervision/Management
  • Ornamental Horticulture
  • Parks/Recreation Management
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Plant Sciences
  • Political Science/Government
  • Practical Nursing
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Recreation/Community Services Technologies
  • Renewable Natural Resources
  • Retailing
  • Scandinavian Languages
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Speech
  • Technology Management

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP general
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP subject
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams



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