Engineering
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Engineering Department
engineering@yvcc.edu
509-574-6810
Engineering Program
Engineering is the practical application of math and science to solve problems. Engineers are problem-solvers who make things work faster, cheaper, and more efficiently. Technologies developed by engineers improve the ways that we live, communicate, work, travel, stay healthy, and entertain ourselves. From computer chips to cellphones and buildings to automobiles, engineering makes every aspect of our modern life possible.
YVC Engineering offers the following degrees and certificates:
- AAS in Civil Engineering Technology
- AAS in Land Survey and Construction Design Technology
- AS Track 2 – Engineering Transfer degree
- Engineering Technology Certificate
- CAD Certificate
- Land Survey Certificate
Degrees
The information above reflects the 2024-2025 course catalog and is subject to change. Please check with your advisor for the most up to date information.
The information above reflects the 2024-2025 course catalog and is subject to change. Please check with your advisor for the most up to date information.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Humanities: students will create, examine, interpret, and/or qualitatively evaluate products of human expression through the arts, language, literature, philosophy, culture, and/or religion.
- Natural Sciences: Students will demonstrate knowledge, comprehension and application of scientific concepts and insights as well as employ scientific or mathematical inquiry.
- Quantitative Reasoning: Students will use mathematical skills or symbolic reasoning to analyze and interpret quantitative information and draw conclusions.
- Social Sciences: Students will analyze human behaviors and the products and impacts of those behaviors using social science methodologies and theoretical approaches.
- Written Communication: Students will use a process to make conscious rhetorical choices to compose texts in varying situations, modalities, and genres.
The information above reflects the 2024-2025 course catalog and is subject to change. Please check with your advisor for the most up to date information.
Certificates
The information above reflects the 2024-2025 course catalog and is subject to change. Please check with your advisor for the most up to date information.
The information above reflects the 2024-2025 course catalog and is subject to change. Please check with your advisor for the most up to date information.
The information above reflects the 2024-2025 course catalog and is subject to change. Please check with your advisor for the most up to date information.
Engineering Courses
CCN Courses (Common Course Numbering)
The information above reflects the 2024-2025 course catalog and is subject to change. Please check with your advisor for the most up to date information.
Career Projections
Department Contacts
| Name | Job Title | Phone | Office Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajkumar Raj | Department Chair | rraj@yvcc.edu | 509.574.4752 | Yakima Campus Engineering & Physics Center Building 34, Room 119 |
| Lori Ferguson | Program Coordinator | engineering@yvcc.edu | 509.574.6810 | Yakima Campus Technology Complex Building 24, Room 100H Phone: 509.574.6810 |