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West Hills College Coalinga INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PROGRAM
Oregon
I-5
I-80
Lake
Tahoe
NevadaSacramento
San
Francisco
580
99 Yosemite
National Park
Fresno
Sequoia
Kings Canyon
National Park
Lemoore
198
Coalinga
Bakersfield101
I-5
99
Arizona
I-15
Pacific
Ocean Los Angeles
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San DiegoMessage froM tHe DireCtor, international stuDents PrograM
CongratulationsonyourdecisiontoattendanAmericancollege.
Personalattentionanddedicationtoourinternationalstudentshasallowedourprogramto
growsignifcantlyovertheyears. Wehaveover120studentsfromcountriesinAsia,Europe,
SouthAmerica,Africa,andtheformerSovietRepublic.
StudentsmaychoosetoenrollinoneofthemanyprogramsthatexistatWestHills.An
associatedegreefromWestHillsfacilitatesadmittancetotheUniversityofCaliforniaor
CaliforniaStateUniversitysystems,andisrecognizedbycollegesanduniversitiesthroughout
thecountry.Short-termcertifcateprogramsareavailablethatallowstudentstoimproveskills
fortheirjobsathome.
Campuslifeofersavarietyofactivitiesincludingclubsandathletics.Somestudentsmay
choosetoworkpart-timeoncampustohelpsupplementtheirexperienceintheU.S.A.Our
ofcealsocoordinatesmonthlyfeldtripsforinternationalstudents.
Whateverthegoalofthestudent,myjob,asdirectoroftheInternationalStudentsProgram,is
tomakesurethatstudentshaveanoutstandingeducationalexperienceinAmerica.Ourmotto,
“onceyougohere,youcangoanywhere,”isespeciallytrueforinternationalstudents.
DanielTamayo
Director,InternationalStudentsProgram West Hills College Coalinga
WestHillsCollegeCoalingaisapublic,two-yearcollege WestHillsCollegeCoalingaislocatedinCalifornia’sCentral
locatedinthecityofCoalinga,California.Coalingais Valley,oneofthefastestgrowingregionsinthestateof
centrallylocated,mid-waybetweenLosAngelesandSan CaliforniaandtheU.S.
Francisco.WestHillsCollegeCoalingaisfullyaccredited
bytheAccreditingCommissionforCommunityandJunior TeCentralValleyisconsideredoneoftheworld’smost
Colleges(WesternAssociationofSchoolsandColleges). productiveagriculturalregions.Tecentrallocationisideal
forstudentsinterestedinlivingandstudyinginasmall,
ruralcommunitywhilecontinuingtohaveaccesstomanyof
California’smainattractions.CoMMunity of Coalinga
Coalingaisasmall,safe,ruralcommunitylocated
approximately100kilometersfromFresno,intheheartof
CaliforniaintheWesternUnitedStates.Coalingaislocated
threehoursfromSanFranciscoandLosAngelesaswell
asYosemite,Sequoia,andKingsCanyonNationalParks,
andthedynamicCaliforniacoastline.Tedrysubtropical
Mediterraneanclimateisexcellentforoutdooractivities.CoMMunity College eDuCation
Doctoral Degree
4+years
23CaliforniaStateUniversityCampuses
10UniversityofCalifornia
2+2 systeM
CoMMunity College & university transfer Master’s Degree
Tefrsttwoyearsat WestHillsCollegeCoalinga 2+years
aresimilartothefrsttwoyearsina 23CaliforniaStateUniversityCampuses
university.Studentsmaythenchoosetotransfertoa 10UniversityofCalifornia
universityforthethirdandfourthyear.Studentswhoneed
additionallanguagepreparationmaytakelongerthantwo
120Units
yearsatacommunitycollege. Bachelor’s Degree
4+years
AcademicadvisorsandcounselorsatWestHillsCollege 23CaliforniaStateUniversityCampuses
Coalingawillassistyouinreachingyouracademicgoals. 10UniversityofCalifornia
Studentsareexpectedtomeetonaregularbasiswiththeir
academicadvisor/counselortodeterminetheappropriate
courseworkneededtotransfertoauniversity.Ifyourgoal
istoimproveEnglishlanguageskills,youareatthecorrect 60Units
placesincewehaveskilledstaftohelpyouachievethisgoal. Associate’s Degree
+ years
HighereducationintheU.S.isverydiferentfrommost 110CaliforniaCommunityColleges
countries.Tegraphatrightdescribestheeducational
structureintheUnitedStates,witheachstepbuildingonthe
High School Diplomapreviousone.
13+years
HigHer eDuCation in tHe uniteD states10