This list includes acronyms and abbreviations that are commonly used at Bakersfield
college.
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A
Acronym |
Full Name |
A & R |
Admissions and Records |
AC |
Aquatic Center (swimming pool) |
AC |
Assessment Committee |
ACDV |
Academic Development |
ACT |
Agriculture Coalition for Training |
ACTC |
Academic Technology |
ADMC |
Administrative Council |
Admin. Council |
Administrative Council |
ADMJ |
Administration of Justice |
AG |
Agriculture (building) |
AGBS |
Agriculture Business |
AGRI |
Agriculture |
AIQ |
Accreditation &Institutional Quality Committee |
AH |
Allied Health (building) |
AL |
Agriculture Laboratory |
AODS |
Alcohol and Other Drug Issues |
AS |
Academic Senate |
AS |
Administrative Services (building) |
ASEB |
Academic Senate Executive Board |
ASL |
American Sign Language |
ANSC |
Animal Science |
ANTH |
Anthropology |
APPR |
Apprenticeship |
ARCH |
Architecture |
ASTR |
Astronomy |
AT |
Automotive Technology (building) |
AUTO |
Automotive Technology |
AWE |
Agriculture Water and Energy |
B
Acronym |
Full Name |
B |
Business (building) |
BAC |
Bookstore Advisory Committee |
BC |
Bakersfield College |
BCAIT |
BC ADA Implementation Team |
BCSGA |
Bakersfield College Student Government Association |
BCSW |
Bakersfield College South West Center |
BIOL |
Biology |
BOT |
Board of Trustees |
BSAD |
Business Administration |
BTC |
Budget Committee |
BUS |
Business Pathway |
C
Acronym |
Full Name |
CADM |
Correctional Administration |
CAT |
Catalog |
CBEIT |
Competency Based Education Implementation Team |
CC |
Campus Center (building) |
CC |
College Council |
CCA |
Community College Association |
CCC |
Committee of Co-Chairs also California Community Colleges |
CCCCO |
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office |
CDC |
Child Development Center |
CEA |
Career Education Advisory Council |
CHAP |
Cultural Historical Awareness Program |
CHDV |
Child Development |
CHEM |
Chemistry |
CHWA |
Campus Health &Wellness Advisory |
CLEP |
College Level Exam Program |
COMM |
Communication |
COMP |
Computer Science |
CNST |
Construction Technology |
CPL |
Credit for Prior Learning |
CRC |
Curriculum Committee |
CRIM |
Criminology |
CRPS |
Crop Science |
CSEA |
California School Employees Association |
CSEP |
Comprehensive Student Educational Plan |
CSS |
Center for Student Success (building) |
CTEC |
Career &Technical Education Council |
CTL |
Closing the Loop |
CULN |
Culinary Arts |
D
Acronym |
Full Name |
DANC |
Dance |
DC |
Dining Commons (building) |
DCC |
District Consultation Council |
DE |
Distance Education |
DEIT |
Distance Education Implementation Team |
DMD |
Decision Making Document |
DO |
District Office |
DSPS |
Disabled Students Programs and Services (department) |
DST |
Delano Science and Technology (building) |
E
Acronym |
Full Name |
EAC |
Educational Administrators Council |
ECON |
Economics |
EC |
Equivalency Committee |
EDUC |
Education |
EIT |
Engineering and Information Technology (BC Dept.) |
EL |
eLumen |
ELET |
Electronics Technology |
EMLS |
English for Multilingual Students |
EMP |
Educational Master Plan |
ENER |
Energy |
Energy TT&WD |
Energy Transfer Technology & Workforce |
ENGL |
English |
ENGR |
Engineering |
EODAC |
Equal Opportunity &Diversity Advisory Council |
ERSC |
Earth Science |
ETHN |
Ethnic Studies |
F
Acronym |
Full Name |
FA |
Fine Arts (building) |
FACE |
Family and Consumer Education (building/department) |
FCDC |
Faculty Chairs &Directors Council |
FDST |
Energy |
FDSV |
Food Services |
FH |
Field House |
FIRE |
Fire Technology |
FKCE |
Foster & Kinship Care Education |
FMP |
Facilities Master Plan |
FOR |
Forum (building) |
FORE |
Forestry |
FSC |
Facilities &Sustainability Committee |
G
Acronym |
Full Name |
GEOG |
Geography |
GEOL |
Geology |
GPS |
Guided Pathways Strategies Team |
GS |
General Science |
GYM |
Gymnasium |
H
Acronym |
Full Name |
H |
Humanities (building) |
HEAL |
Health, Equity, and Learning Collaborative |
HEIT |
Health Information Technology |
HLED |
Health Education |
HMSV |
Human Services |
HOSP |
Hospitality |
HRTP |
High Road Training Partnership |
HSCI |
Health Science |
I
Acronym |
Full Name |
INDA |
Industrial Automation |
INDR |
Industrial Drawing |
INDT |
Industrial Technology |
ISIT |
Information Services Instructional Technology Committee |
ISS |
Institution-Set Standards |
J
Acronym |
Full Name |
JAPN |
Japanese |
JRNL |
Journalism |
K
Acronym |
Full Name |
KCCD |
Kern Community College District |
KINS |
Kinesiology |
L
Acronym |
Full Name |
L |
Grace Van Dyke Bird Library (building) |
LEV |
Levinson Hall (building) |
LIBR |
Library Sciences |
LRC |
Learning Resource Center (building, Delano Campus) |
M
Acronym |
Full Name |
M & O |
Maintenance and Operations (building/department) |
MATH |
Mathematics |
MCAG |
Mechanized Agriculture |
MEDS |
Medical Science |
MFGT |
Manufacturing Technology |
MS |
Math and Science (building) |
MUSC |
Music |
N
Acronym |
Full Name |
NEO |
New Employee Orientation |
NLC |
Norman Levan Center |
NRES |
Natural Resources |
NURS |
Registered Nursing |
NUTR |
Nutrition |
O
Acronym |
Full Name |
OFFT |
Office Technology |
OIE |
Office of Institutional Effectiveness |
ORNG |
Ornamental Horticulture |
OSL |
Office of Student Life |
OSRM |
Occupational Safety and Risk Management |
P
Acronym |
Full Name |
PAC |
Performing Arts Center (building) |
PBHS |
Public Health Science |
PC |
President's Cabinet |
PDC |
Professional Development Committee |
PHIL |
Philosophy |
PHSC |
Physical Science |
PHTA |
Physical Therapist Assistant |
PHYS |
Physics |
POLC |
Police Science |
POLS |
Political Science |
PPM |
Program Pathway Mapper |
PPP |
Power Point Presentation |
PPT |
PowerPoint |
PRC |
Program Review Committee |
PSPA |
Public Safety Police Academy |
PSYC |
Psychology |
R
Acronym |
Full Name |
Rad Tech |
Radiologic Technology |
RADT |
Radiologic Technology |
RI |
Rural Initiatives |
RS |
Renegade Scorecard |
RSP |
Rising Scholars Program |
RTEC |
Research Technology |
S
Acronym |
Full Name |
SAC |
Safety Advisory Committee |
SALT |
Student Affairs Leadership Team |
SC |
Scholarship Committee |
SD |
Strategic Directions |
SE |
Science and Engineering (building) |
SEAP |
Student Equity &Achievement Program |
SF |
Starfish |
SGA |
Student Government Association |
SID |
Student Information Desk |
SJI |
Social Justice Institute |
SOCI |
Sociology |
SOIL |
Soils |
SOTC |
State of the College |
SPAN |
Spanish |
SSEC |
Student Success Equity Committee |
STDV |
Student Development |
STEAM |
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics |
STEM |
Aera STEM Success Center (building) |
STEM |
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
STEMM |
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine |
T
Acronym |
Full Name |
TECM |
Technical Mathematics |
THEA |
Theatre |
TMP |
Technology Master Plan |
TT&WD |
Transfer Technology & Workforce |
V
Acronym |
Full Name |
VNRS |
Vocational Nursing |
VRC |
Veterans Resource Center (building) |
W
Acronym |
Full Name |
W |
Welcome Center (building) |
WELD |
Welding |
WOOD |
Woodworking |
WTRT |
Water Technology |
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