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Explore the many educational credit and noncredit options we offer! NOVA is a great place to get a degree, earn credits and transfer them to a four-year institution, enhance your career or learn something new.

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Quality education is affordable and accessible to everyone at NOVA. We offer two comprehensive ESL programs to meet the needs of area residents and international students. NOVA ESL programs give you the skills you need to communicate in other academic courses you pursue.

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Credit Courses

NOVA offers more than 1,000 courses for which students receive grades. Most of the courses can be applied to at least one degree or certificate program, while others are designed to prepare students for college-level work. Course credits are measured in semester hours at NOVA.

  • Developmental Courses
  • English as a Second Language Courses
  • College-Level Courses

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Non-Credit Courses

In addition to college credit courses, NOVA offers many Community Education courses that include short courses, workshops and training to meet the needs of the local community. These courses are not for college credit, but in many cases Continuing Education Units (CEU) are awarded.

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Workforce Development
Achieving the Dream

Student success means more than a personal goal secured -- it means improved skills, better employability and economic growth for families, communities and our nation as a whole.

Achieving the Dream focuses on student groups who face the most significant barriers to success. ATD is committed to using student success data to help make decisions. For more information about the initiative, visit the national Achieving the Dream website.

Flexible Learning

NOVA provides options to make your education fit your busy schedule.

NOVA’s Extended Learning Institute (ELI) offers online and virtual hybrid courses, which are similar to traditional classroom instruction.

Hybrid courses combine online learning with traditional classroom instruction. Only about 50 percent of the classroom time is traditional; hybrid courses allow students the flexibility of completing coursework at their own pace throughout the week. Please visit the Hybrid Class Tips page for suggestions on successfully completing a hybrid course.

NOVA’s Weekend College gives you the opportunity to work toward a degree or seek professional enrichment and growth in a time frame that’s conducive to your professional and personal life. Our intensive classroom experience combined with independent study provides an in-depth and meaningful educational experience.

Credit for Prior Learning is way for NOVA students to earn college-level credits for work experience. A student’s experiential learning can be evaluated and potentially applied toward a degree/certificate through a process called Prior Learning Assessment (PLA).

Accreditation

Northern Virginia Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the associate degree. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097 or call 404.679.4500 for questions about the accreditation of Northern Virginia Community College. For other information about the College, please contact NOVA at Administrative Offices, 4001 Wakefield Chapel Road, Annandale, VA 22003-3796 or call 703.323.3000.

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ACE Summer Aviation Camp (7/9/2018)

ACE Summer Aviation Camp (7/10/2018)

ACE Summer Aviation Camp (7/11/2018)

ACE Summer Aviation Camp (7/12/2018)

ACE Summer Aviation Camp (7/13/2018)

Fall 2018 New Student Orientation for Adult Learners (8/18/2018)
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