Online & Evening Programs & Courses | Whatcom Community College

Choose from WCC's menu of online options!

The class schedules for Winter 2025 have a lot of variety:

Online courses without any scheduled meetings ("online asynchronous").
Online courses with scheduled times for the whole class to meet online ("online scheduled," also known as "web-meet").
Online courses with no class meeting times, but with in-person exams ("online asynchronous with in-person")
Partly online, partly in-person ("hybrid") courses.

Most of the class meeting times are during the day, although a few are in the evening.

Check the Class Search for details! Look for the "instruction mode" column to see whether a course is offered online and whether it has regular class meeting times. Visit the Instruction Modes page for full details.

Evening courses

Some evening courses are partly online, party in-person hybrids. Others are completely in person.

Online Programs

BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREES

ASSOCIATE TRANSFER DEGREES

NON-TRANSFER GENERAL EDUCATION DEGREES

JOB-FOCUSED DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES

ADULT HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION

Online-Plus-Evening Programs

You'll complete these programs by taking some online courses and some evening courses. Use the Class Search to see when courses are scheduled.

BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREES

ASSOCIATE TRANSFER DEGREES

JOB-FOCUSED DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES

Accounting

Associate of Applied Science - Accounting
Certificate - Accounting
Certificates of proficiency:
- Governmental/Not-for-Profit Accounting
- Individual Income Tax
- Payroll Accounting
- QuickBooks

Business Administration

Associate of Applied Science - Business Administration
Certificate - Retail Management
Both of these programs currently require one daytime class.

Early Childhood Education

Associate of Applied Science - Early Childhood Education
Currently requires one daytime class, plus an in-person practicum and an internship.
Certificate - State Early Childhood Education
Certificates of proficiency:
- Initial Early Childhood Education Certificate
- General - Short Early Childhood Education Certificate of Specialization
- Administration - Short Early Childhood Education Certificate of Specialization
- Family Child Care - Short Early Childhood Education Certificate of Specialization
- Infants and Toddlers Care - Short Early Childhood Education Certificate of Specialization
- School Age Care - Short Early Childhood Education Certificate of Specialization
- Home Visitor/Family Engagement - Short Early Childhood Education Certificate of Specialization
- Outdoor Learning - Short Early Childhood Education Certificate of Specialization

Finance

Associate of Applied Science - Finance
Certificates of proficiency:
- Investments
- Money and Banking
- Principles of Finance

Medical Assisting

Associate of Applied Science - Medical Assisting (Online-Plus-Evening)
Certificate - Medical Assisting (Online-Plus-Evening)

Nursing Assistant

Certificate of proficiency - Nursing Assistant (Evening-Plus-Weekend)

Office Administration

Certificate - Office Administration
Includes an in-person internship.

Paralegal Studies

Associate of Applied Science - Paralegal Studies
Certificate - Paralegal Studies
Both of these programs include an in-person internship.

Physical Therapist Assistant

Associate of Applied Science - Physical Therapist Assistant (Online-Plus-Weekend)
Prerequisites currently include two in-person biology classes.

Substance Use Disorder Professional

Associate of Applied Science - Substance Use Disorder Professional
Certificate - Substance Use Disorder Professional
Both of these programs include an in-person or virtual internship.

Online & Evening Support

Related Links & Information

ONLINE LEARNING READINESS QUIZ

FIND ONLINE AND EVENING COURSES USING THE CLASS SEARCH

1. Open the class search.

You can get to the class search by clicking the first item in the Academics menu...

Part of the Academics menu with the Class Schedule Search menu item highlighted in yellow. It is the first item in the menu.

...or by opening the Student Portal on WCC's homepage...

The upper right corner of WCC's homepage showing part of the quick links bar above the main menu. The words Student Portal are highlighted in yellow.

...and clicking the Class Search tile.

A button with an image of a magnifying glass and the words Class Search.

2. In the class search, click the More Filters button on the right side of the page.

A button with the words More Filters.

3. Find online courses:

Open the Instruction Mode menu.

A button with the words Instruction Mode. There is a downward arrow to indicate it is a dropdown menu.

Select your preferred online option.

Instruction Mode menu open to show all available instruction modes

Click the dark red Search button.

A dark red button with the word Search.

Repeat these steps for each instruction mode that interests you.

4. Find evening courses:

Open the Start Time menu.

A button with the words Start Time. There is a downward arrow to indicate it is a drop-down menu.

Select the earliest PM time you could be in class (for example, 5:00 PM).

The open Start Time menu showing a range of times that classes start. The 5:00 PM start time is selected.

Click the dark red Search button. All the courses that start at the time you selected, plus any that start later, will appear.

A dark red button with the word Search.

RESOLVING STUDENT COMPLAINTS

When you are enrolled in Whatcom Community College online courses, the college encourages you to make use of student support services such as distance advising, online tutoring, and tech help and other services available by phone, email and Zoom, as well as to contact your instructor by Canvas messaging or email.

If you encounter a problem that you cannot resolve using these resources and would like to lodge a complaint, please follow WCC's student complaint process outlined on this website.

If you are taking WCC online courses from outside Washington state and you have a consumer complaint about the college's activities or the accuracy of the information it provided (not a complaint against a faculty member), you may be able to benefit from the following special procedure. It applies to students located in almost every state (not Washington or California), the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

As a first step, please contact the college directly. If you are not able to resolve your issue that way, the next step is to contact the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC). The Washington Student Achievement Council has authority to investigate student complaints against specific schools. WSAC may not be able to investigate every student complaint. Visit the student complaint process page on the WSAC website (https://www.wsac.wa.gov/student-complaints) for information regarding the WSAC complaint process.

BAD WEATHER? ONLINE COURSES CONTINUE

WCC eLearning Inclement Weather Procedure

In the event of inclement weather, all online courses, including the online portion of hybrid courses, will be conducted as scheduled. Closures or delays announced for the Whatcom Community College campus will not apply to online instruction. However, a closure or delay may affect an on-campus proctored exam for an online course. In such a case, the instructor will notify the students of the revised exam time and location.

A student whose normal access to the internet is interrupted by inclement weather (for example, because of a power outage) is expected to make an effort to meet course deadlines by going to another location with internet access. However, individuals must make decisions to protect their own health and safety if conditions make it unsafe to travel. A student who cannot reach a location with internet access should contact the instructor as soon as possible.

LOCATIONS WHERE WCC ONLINE COURSES ARE NOT OFFERED

WCC is not currently able to offer any online courses or programs to students living in the following locations:

American Samoa
Guam
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau

Some programs are not available to any students living outside Washington state:

High school completion (HS+)
Most programs that lead to professional licensure (students must be living in Washington for the program's core courses)