For a complete list of programs offered at Southwestern, please contact the Admissions Office. Curriculum enrollment is around 1,600 full and part-time students. Southwestern has a b Continuing Education division that offers a wide range of classes including public safety, basic skills, and business and industry training. The college operates with an open door admissions policy. This means that anyone who is 18 years of age or older may enroll in classes.
Some programs have special entrance requirements.
Southwestern Community College operates under the semester system with semesters beginning in August, January and June. Western Carolina University Western Carolina University, one of the 16 institutions of The University of North Carolina system, is on the national cutting edge in the use of computer technology in education. Two computer ports in each residence hall room allow WCU students to connect to the Internet and university computer system from the comfort of their rooms. The use of five multimedia electronic classrooms on campus puts WCU at the forefront of educational technology, and three more electronic classrooms are in the works. The emphasis is on student learning at Western, where an increasingly rigorous academic program is led by a faculty of 325.