Departments/ Programs

Associate Degrees & Certificates List

For thousands of dollars less than you’d pay at private career colleges, you can
receive outstanding training in high paying careers in health care, technology, entertainment, child development, law enforcement, business and more. Several of our programs have been recognized for curriculum design and student passage rate on professional exams.

Degrees & Certificate Programs Offered:
Pierce college offers Associate Degrees (AA /AS) | Occupational Certification Programs (C) | Certification of Achievement Programs (CA). View our complete list of Educational Programs available in our General Catalog.

Discipline grouping by Departments:
Wondering who to contact about a discipline or course? View our breakdown list of department chairpersons and their corresponding discipline Department & Program Organization available in our General Catalog.

Alphabetically:

Addiction Studies
Agriculture
Athletics & Physical Education
Anthropology & Geog. Sciences
Art
Architecture
Automotive Service Technology
Business Administration
Chemistry
Child Development
Computer Applications...
Computer Science
Cooperative Education
Education
Electronics
English
History & Humanities
Honors
Industrial Technology
Life Science
Mathematics
Media Arts
Modern Languages
Music
Nursing
PACE
Philosophy & Sociology
Physics & Planetary Sciences
Political Science:
(Economics/Criminal Justice)
Psychology & Statistics
Speech Communications
Theater Arts
Veterinary Technology
CTEA/Tech Prep
SFPs/Grants
LAUSD - CATs

Department grouping by Schools:

School of Arts & Languages - Dean: Paul L. Whalen
Art / Architecture | English| Media Arts | Modern Languages | Music | Speech Communications | Theater Arts |
School of Social & Behavioral Sciences - Dean: Barbara Anderson
Addiction Studies | Athletics & Physical Education | Child Development | Education | History & Humanities | Honors | PACE | Philosophy/ Sociology | Political Science /Economics/Criminal Justice/Law/Chicano Studies | Psychology & Statistics |

School of Mathematics, Science, Business & Nursing- Dean: Jacquinita A. Rose, Ph.D.
Anthropology & Geog. Sciences| Business Administration | Chemistry | Life Science | Mathematics |Nursing | Physics & Planetary Sciences
School of Career and Technical Education (CATE) - Dean: Jose-Luis Fernandez
Agriculture | Automotive Service Technology | Industrial Technology | Electronics | Computer Applications/Office Technologies | Computer Science | Cooperative Education | Veterinary Technology| CTEA/Tech Prep | SFPs/Grants | LAUSD - CATs |

Academic Support and Institutional Research:

Academic Support - Dean: Donna-Mae Villanueva
Library/Library Science| Learning Center | Basic Skills | Service Learning | Distance Education | Curriculum Catalog | Schedule Production | Enrollment Management | South of Mall Project
Institutional Research, Planning, Enrollment Management - Dean: Carol Kozeracki
Institutional Research | Enrollment Management Analysis | Planning | Program Review | SLOs | Accreditation