Interested in improving your English skills while taking tuition free classes? Enroll in AESL courses! You will acquire the English language skills you need to advance your education or your career. By completing AESL courses, you can also earn an AESL Certificate of Competency. 

Learn how to comprehend and communicate in a new language while acquiring cultural knowledge that will improve your interpersonal relations and enrich your global perspective.

Learn how to be an information ninja! Library and Information Science will prepare you to be a more successful student with the option of pursuing a career as an information professional.

Interested in expressing your creativity? The Art Department offers various courses that build a foundation of skills in the areas of Art History, Digital Media Art, Interactive Media Arts, and Studio Art.

Communication is the most important skill that students will need to be successful across their careers. Every class in the department offers students the ability to develop their professionalism and collaboration skills in a variety of situations from the workplace to their own interpersonal relationships.

Come dance with us! The Irvine Valley College Dance Department welcomes dancers of all levels and genres who want to further their practice and achieve their goals within the area of dance and movement. The dance department programs serve students seeking to transfer, obtain a degree or certificate, enhance career skills, or improve skills as lifelong learners.​​

Looking for a career in the broad-based field of live entertainment? Learn to organize and lead teams of artists, technicians and performers as you make all kinds of shows happen. Become a stage manager, and work “behind-the-scenes” in the entertainment industry.

Looking for a career in the broad-based field of live entertainment? Become an entertainment technician, and work “behind-the-scenes.” You can make magic happen on stage.

Express your artistry. Strengthen your solo skills, play or sing in an ensemble, or write your own compositions. Learn about music through courses in music history and the structure of music. 

Theater Arts students are taught a variety of performance and production skills that are needed to pursue careers in the entertainment industries.

Learn the principles and practices of the criminal justice system in America and prepare yourself for a variety of careers in local, state, and federal agencies. 

Ever wonder what makes us human?  Anthropology helps us understand all aspects of the human experience from our primate roots to the development of societies, religion, and language.

Economics is a versatile field of study that can lead to careers as an economist, policy analyst, market research analyst,and financial analyst to name a few. The skills and knowledge acquired from studying economics are widely applicable and valued in business, government, and non-profits among others.

A degree in geography can help you better understand human cultures, natural environments, and how humans interact with each other and with the natural world. Geographers use knowledge and technology, working outside in the field and on computers, to help businesses, governments, and non-profits solve problems in an increasingly complex and globalizing world. 

Master employable skills in working with infants, children, adolescents, and families in a meaningful career in early care centers, after school programs, or administration of those programs serving children.

Confused about American politics? Curious about globalization or why some countries are rich while others are poor? Take a course in political science and understand how governments work and the various factors that influence government behavior at the domestic and international levels.

Have you ever wondered why people do the things they do? Psychology helps us understand how the human mind works and how they behave.

Sociology uses behavioral research methods to answer fundamental questions about why and how groups of people behave the way they do; from work to school to relationships with others.  How social forces like culture, the economy, and social inequality are focal points of the major.