MOUNTAIN EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Office of Continuing and Distance Education
http://www.me.vccs.edu/distance/index.html
Mountain Empire Community College was founded in 1972. It is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It first offered distance learning courses in 1979. In fall 2005, there were 900 students enrolled in distance learning courses. Institutionally administered financial aid is available to distance learners.
Services Distance learners have accessibility to academic advising, bookstore, campus computer network, career placement assistance, e-mail services, library services, tutoring.
Contact Susan Kennedy, Coordinator of Distance Education, Mountain Empire Community College, 3441 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. Telephone: 276-523-7488. Fax: 276-523-7486. E-mail: [email protected].

DEGREES AND AWARDS

AAS Accounting; Administrative Support Technology Medical Office Specialist; Administrative Support Technology; Business Administration; Correctional Services; General Studies; Liberal Arts; Water/Wastewater specialization
Certificate Career Studies Certificate–Accounting; Career Studies Certificate–Child Development; Career Studies Certificate–Computer Software Specialist; Career Studies Certificate–Geographical Information Systems; Career Studies Certificate–Health Information Technology; Career Studies Certificate–Legal Office Assisting; Career Studies Certificate–Medical Records Clerk; Career Studies Certificate–Medical Transcriptionist; Career Studies Certificate–Office Automation Specialist; Career Studies Certificate–Personal Computing for Home and Office; Career Studies Certificate–Polysomnography; Career Studies Certificate–Wastewater Plant Operator; Career Studies Certificate–Water Plant Operator; Career Studies Certificate–Word Processing; Clerical Assistant

COURSE SUBJECT AREAS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate —accounting and related services; astronomy and astrophysics; atmospheric sciences and meteorology; biology; business/commerce; communication and media; computer and information sciences; criminal justice and corrections; criminology; developmental and child psychology; economics; English composition; fine and studio art; geological and earth sciences/geosciences; health and physical education/fitness; history; human development, family studies, and related services; languages (Romance languages); legal studies (non-professional general, undergraduate); linguistic, comparative, and related language studies; marketing; mathematics; music; psychology; religious studies; sociology; speech and rhetoric.