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Academic Departments

Applied Behavioral Sciences

Dean – Thomas Lamica
Department Chair – Thesa Roepke 
Culinary Arts • Early Childhood Studies • Education • Family & Consumer Science • Fashion • Food Science & Nutrition • Interior Design

Business

Dean - Mary Patrick
Department Chair – Jody Derry
Accounting • Business • Computer Business Information Systems • Computer Business Office Technology • Entrepreneurship • Paralegal • Real Estate

Community Education

Dean – Alicia Paniagua
Adults with Disabilities • Basic Skills • Citizenship • Fee-Based Community Service • Health & Safety • Home Economics • Noncredit English Language Development • Older Adults • Parenting • Truck Driving • Vocational Community Education • Workforce Preparation 

Counseling

Dean – Yvonne Teniente-Cuello
Department Chair – Benjamin Britten
Leadership • Learning Skills • Personal Development • Professional Development 

English

Dean – Mary Patrick 
Department Chair – Christina Nuñez
English • Library Skills • Reading

Fine Arts

Dean – Rick Rantz
Artistic Director/Dean, PCPA – Mark Booher
Department Chair – John Hood
Art • Dance • Drama • Film • Graphics • Multimedia Arts and Communication • Music • Photography • Theatre 

Health Sciences

Dean - Thomas Lamica
Department Chair – Lauro Manalo and Megan McComas
Dental Assisting • Medical Assisting • Medical Billing and Coding • Nursing 

Industrial Technology

Dean - Thomas Lamica
Department Chair – Saad Sadig
Apprenticeship Training • Agriculture • Architecture • Auto Body Technology • Automotive Technology •  Computer Networking and Electronics Technology • Engineering Technology • Environmental Technology • Machining & Manufacturing Technology • Welding Technology

Kinesiology, Recreation, and Athletics

Dean – Kim Ensing
Department Chair - Chris Stevens
Athletic Training • Health Education • Intercollegiate Athletics • Kinesiology • Physical Education • Recreation • Sports Medicine

Languages and Communication

Dean – Mary Patrick
Department Chair – Andrea Sanders 
American Sign Language • Communications • Educational Technologies • English Language Development  • English as a Second Language • Foreign Languages (Spanish and French) 

Life and Physical Sciences

Dean – Sean Abel 
Department Chair – Wendy Hadely
Agribusiness • Agriculture • Astronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Geology • Physical Sciences • Physics •
Veterinary Technology • Viticulture and Enology

Mathematical Sciences

Dean – Sean Abel
Department Chair – Dominic Dal Bello
Computer Science • Engineering • Mathematics • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 

Public Safety Training

Dean – Mitch McCann 
Department Chair – Leonard Champion
Administration of Justice • Emergency Medical Services • Emergency Medical Services Paramedic • Fire Tech • Fire Technology/Academy • Law Enforcement Training/Academy • Wildland Fire Technology 

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Dean – Rick Rantz
Department Chair - Roger Hall
Anthropology • Economics • Ethnic Studies • Geography • Global Studies • History • Human Services • Humanities • LGBT Studies • Philosophy • Political Science • Psychology • Sociology

Work Experience Education

Assoc. Supt./Vice President, Academic Affairs – Robert Curry
Dean – Thomas Lamica