DVC Certificate and Degree Programs

DVC offers associate degrees and certificates in a wide variety of programs. Click the links below or view a PDF of the degrees and programs chart.

Program information

Addiction Studies - ADS

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ADS is in the Health Science Department

Administration of Justice - ADJUS

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Anthropology - ANTHR

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Anthropology is in the Social Science Department

Architecture - ARCHI

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Art - ART (includes a new transfer degree)

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Art Digital Media - ARTDM

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Art History - ARTHS

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ARTHS is part of the Art Department

Biological Science - BIOSC

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Business - BUS

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Business Accounting - BUSAC

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Business Management - BUSMG

Business Marketing - BUSMK

Business Real Estate - RE

Chinese - CHIN

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Communication Studies - COMM (formerly Speech)

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Computer Information Systems - CIS

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Computer Network Technology - CNT

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Computer Science - COMSC

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Construction - CONST

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Culinary Arts - CULN

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Dance - DANCE

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Dance is in the Kinesiology Department

Dental Assisting - DENTL

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Dental Hygiene - DENHY

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Drama - DRAMA

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Early Childhood Education - ECE

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Economics - ECON

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Education - EDUC

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Electrical/Electronics Technology - ELECT/ELTRN

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Energy Systems - ENSYS

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Engineering - ENGIN

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Engineering Technology - ENGTC (includes a new degree)

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Engineering Technology is in the Architecture/Engineering department

English - ENGL

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English as a Second Language - ESL

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Environmental Science - ENVSC

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Film, Television and Electronic Media

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French - FRNCH

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Geography - GEOG

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Geology - GEOL

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German - GRMAN

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Health Science - HSCI

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Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration - HVACR (includes a new degree, and two new certificates)

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History - HIST

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History is in the Social Science Department.

Horticulture - HORT

Humanities - HUMAN new degree

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Industrial Design - IDSGN

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Italian - ITAL

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Japanese - JAPAN

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Journalism - JRNL

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Kinesiology - KINES (formerly Physical Education Theory)

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Library Technology- LT

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Library Technology is in the Library department

Mathematics - MATH

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Music - MUSIC

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Music Industry Studies - MUSX

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Music Industry Studies is in the Music department.

Nutrition - NUTRI

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Nutrition is in the Health Science department.

Philosophy - PHILO (includes a new transfer degree)

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Physical Education Theory - PETHE (see Kinesiology)

Physics - PHYS

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Plumbing - PLUMB

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Plumbing is an apprenticeship in the Architecture/Engineering department.

Political Science - POLSC (includes a new transfer degree)

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Political Science is in the Social Science department.

Psychology - PSYCH

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Psychology is in the Social Science department.

Respiratory Therapy - RT

(offered in collaboration with Ohlone College, which grants the degree)

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Russian - RUSS

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Social Science - SOCSC

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Social Justice is in the Social Science department.

Sociology - SOCIO

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Sociology is in the Social Science department.

Spanish - SPAN

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Special Education - SPEDU

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Speech - SPCH see Communication Studies - COMM

Steamfitting - STMFT

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Steamfitting is an apprenticeship in the Architecture/Engineering department.

Transfer Studies - CSU

 

Transfer Studies - IGETC

 

In compliance with the October 2010 Gainful Employment (GE) regulations published by the U.S. Department of Education, the Contra Costa Community College District provides information about Career Technical Education (CTE) programs that offer a Certificate of Achievement: program costs, normal time for completion, average loan debt incurred by students enrolled in the program, completion rates, and potential careers fields for program graduates.

Gainful Employment (GE) Reports for DVC

Program Learning Outcomes, Action Plans