2013-2014 Catalog

Welcome! Dream big at Edmonds Community College. A college education increases your opportunities and future earning potential and it can be an inspiring new experience.

Whatever your dreams, Edmonds Community College makes for a great start. You’ll join a community of engaged students and find services and resources — financial aid, advising, counseling, and tutoring — to support your success. We offer a full-range of college life.

At Edmonds Community College, you can:

• live on campus in our residence hall — Rainier Place;
• compete with our collegiate athletic teams and play intramural sports;
• participate in undergraduate science research projects;
• gain journalism experience on the student newspaper, The Triton Review, and submit artwork and writing to our literary journal, Between the Lines;
• perform with our bands and choirs,
• engage in student activities with our Center for Student Learning and Engagement such as our annual talent show;
• exhibit your artwork in our college gallery;
• participate in service-learning activities and get outdoors with the Learn and Serve Environmental Field School;
• study abroad in South Africa, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Spain, Czech Republic, or England; and
• meet others who share your interests in more than 50 student clubs.

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To schedule a campus tour, call 425.640.1577. Check out events at www.edcc.edu/calendar.

Whether you are interested in nursing, engineering, music, or business—or want to explore until something clicks—there are many ways to start a bachelor’s degree at Edmonds CC. Get started with a two-year degree that takes you anywhere or choose to finish your bachelor’s degree on our campus at Central Washington University-Lynnwood.

Technical degrees and certificates offer skills that help you get employers’ attention and earn higher wages. Train for jobs in health care, culinary arts, construction, computer science, energy management, robotics, or a variety of other fields. New this year: our new sustainable agriculture program will train you for emerging green careers in agriculture and related environmental fields.

At Edmonds Community College we are ready to invest in you. Whatever your dreams, we can help you tap into your talents and your potential and get on your way.

Apply online. Questions? Call 425.640.1000. Email info@edcc.edu.

About this catalog: We make every effort to ensure that the catalog accurately portrays the programs and policies of Edmonds Community College. However, the college reserves the right to change any provision, as it deems necessary. New policies or revisions may occur after publication. Changes in state and federal funding may also alter college policies.

Equal Opportunity: The college provides equal opportunity in education and in employment per state and federal law. The college prohibits discrimination against any person due to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (gender), disability, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, veteran status, or genetic information. For questions about our nondiscrimination policy or gender equality and athletic teams, call our Title IX Compliance Officer, Special Assistant to the President for Equity and Inclusion, 425.640.1562. For more information, refer to our College Policies .