Exploration pathways group programs into broad themes allowing you to browse all programs that align with your specific area of interest. Business & Marketing, Health & Human Services, People, Culture & Society, Science & Industrial Technology, Visual, Design & Performing Arts, and Wine & Food.
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Do you find yourself drawn to the world of business? In this pathway, you will be exposed to the managerial, analytical, social, and personal skills and theories necessary for success in today’s economy.
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Are you interested in helping people? This pathway will foster your desire to educate, support, protect, heal, and understand the people of your local and global worlds.
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Are you excited to learn about and understand people? Through this pathway, you will gain a global perspective, and engage with the behaviors, languages, histories, politics, economics, social dynamics, and cultural interactions that organize and identify the people around the world.
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Do you enjoy building things, experimenting, and solving problems? It is through this pathway that you will discover your passion in the biological, chemical, mechanical, technical, and analytical worlds of nature, society, and beyond.
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Are you someone who likes to create, design, or perform? As a part of this pathway, you will be engaged with the diverse and exciting ways that you can design, construct, draw, narrate, perform, and otherwise manifest your worlds through artistic expression.
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Want to be a part of the Napa Valley-Bay Area renowned food and wine scene? Build extensive skills through successive certificate and degree options. This pathway opens opportunities to enhance your career and create memorable experiences for you and those that visit from around the world.
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Complete your general education requirements and get a guaranteed saved spot at participating four-year universities
Full-time, first-time freshman students pay no tuition or fees thanks to the NVC Promise.
Take fewer courses and get a better paying job faster with a career education certificate.
