Acronyms and Abbreviations

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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