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FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Frederick Community College
7932 Opossumtown Pike
Frederick, MD 21702

Official telephone: (301) 846-2400

Website: www.frederick.edu


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Screen last updated on: January 27, 2011
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August and January.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held throughout the year.
Number and length of summer sessions: Six summer sessions, one of eight weeks, one of 10 weeks, two of three weeks each, and two of five weeks each.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Majors with the highest enrollment: liberal arts, business administration
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 492 total
Full-time faculty: 92 total
Part-time faculty: 400 total

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

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Graduate studies homepage: www.frederick.edu/
courses_and_programs/cred
Special programs offered:
independent study, honors program, internships, weekend college, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: yes

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Biology
  • Bioprocessing Technology
  • Building Trades
  • Business Administration
  • Business Computer/Console/Peripheral Equipment Operation
  • Business Data Processing
  • Business Management
  • Business/Office
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer/Information Sciences
  • Construction Management
  • Criminal Justice Studies
  • Digital Media
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Elementary Education
  • Emergency Management
  • Engineering
  • English
  • Finance
  • Fine Arts
  • Fire Science
  • History
  • Information Sciences/Systems
  • International Business
  • Legal Assistant/Paralegal
  • Legal Secretary
  • Liberal/General Studies
  • Management Information Systems
  • Massage Therapy
  • Mathematics
  • Mental Health/Human Services
  • Music
  • Nuclear Medicine Technology
  • Nursing
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Education
  • Political Science/Government
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Surgical Technology
Certificates

  • Addiction Counseling
  • American Sign Language Studies
  • Banking/Financial Management
  • Bioprocessing Technology
  • Building Trades Technology
  • Business Accounting
  • Computer Aided Design
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computerized Accounting
  • Construction Management
  • Corrections
  • Culinary Arts
  • Deaf Studies
  • Early Childhood
  • Emergency Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Gerontology
  • Information Technology
  • LPN
  • Management
  • Medical Assistant
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Paralegal
  • Software Specialist
  • Surgical Technology
  • Television Production

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 3 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • neither credit nor placement for ACT PEP
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for school's own challenge exams
  • credit for relevant military experience
  • credit for relevant life experience
  • neither credit nor placement for international baccalaureate



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