In Spring 2012, Virginia Western Community College launched a new option for students seeking to earn a degree while balancing priorities to their work, families and life in general. Full-Time Fridays gives those students the opportunity to earn an Associate of Science Degree in General Studies in just two years while taking in-class courses on Fridays only.
Virginia Western serves a wide array of students – there are students just out of high school seeking to transfer to four-year universities or join the workforce, there are students returning to college after time off and there are students looking to get ahead in a current career or to make a career switch. It is often difficult for students who are working to support themselves and their families to attend classes during the days when they work, on weekday evenings when they must find childcare or on the weekends when they need to unwind. But if they could schedule just one day a week to accomplish all their classroom studies, a college degree would be possible.
That is the concept behind Full-Time Fridays. Students can take all their courses from 8 a.m.- 6:30 p.m. on Fridays and still be able to manage obligations to their work, family and themselves.
The typical course load of 62 credit hours for a student in Full-Time Fridays is spread over Spring and Fall semesters for two years. Full-Time Fridays students complete a set of required and elective courses like any other Virginia Western student, and tuition costs are identical.
So if you have thought that a college degree does not fit into your schedule, consider Full-Time Fridays. You can earn your degree and move on to a rewarding career in just two years.
For more information about enrolling in Full-Time Fridays, visit our Admissions section. To meet with an advisor to discuss your path to a college degree, call (540) 857-7237 or visit Chapman Hall, Room 105 during the office hours of 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Monday-Thursday or 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday.
Full Time Fridays
classes for Spring 2012
Full Time Fridays classes for Summer 2012
Full Time Fridays classes for Fall 2012
| College Success Skills (SDV 100) | 8:00 - 8:50 AM |
| College Composition (ENG 111) or Prep for College Writing II (ENG 3) |
9:00 - 10:15 AM 9:00 - 11:45 AM |
| Principles of Psychology (PSY 200) | 10:30 - 11:45 AM |
| Break | 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Intro to Computer Applications (ITE 115) | 12:30 - 1:45 PM |
| Math for the Liberal Arts (MTH 151) | 2:00 - 3:15 PM |
| General Biology I (BIO 101) | 3:30 - 6:30 PM |
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