Jul 18, 2025  
2025-2026 NOVA Catalog 
    
2025-2026 NOVA Catalog

Catalog Updates


06/23/2025

New VCCS Policy Added to the International Students Section

“Per VCCS Policy 6.0.3, in addition to the general admission requirements of the college, all international applicants who wish to enroll as curricular students and whose native language is not English must demonstrate proficiency in both written and oral English. Proficiency can be demonstrated through a standardized national test (e.g., TOEFL, IELTS), a locally developed test approved by the college, or participation in a Pathways Program for English proficiency approved by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP).  Additionally, international applicants must comply with established college admissions policies, specifically those related to the issuance of an I-20 Form by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.”

06/23/2025

Revised the MTH 155 course description to include the following addition: ” Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 155: Statistical Reasoning and MTH 245: Statistics I or equivalent.”

Revised the MTH 245 course description to include the following addition: ” Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 155: Statistical Reasoning and MTH 245: Statistics I or equivalent.”

06/12/2025

Academic Policies and Information, section -10 Year Course Limit for Some Technology Programs

For students pursuing the following programs

  • Computer Science A.S.
  • Cybersecurity A.A.S. and all related Career Studies Certificates
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) C.S.C.  (updated June 12, 2025)

  • Information Systems Technology A.A.S. and all related Career Studies Certificates
  • Information Technology A.S.

Information Technology (ITD, ITE, ITN, ITP) and or Computer Science (CSC) courses may not be older than ten years, as of the first day of the fall semester in the academic year a student plans to graduate, unless approved by the pathway dean.

05/23/2025

Cybersecurity, A.A.S.

Added SDV 100 as an option to the SDV 101. SDV 100 OR SDV 101.

4/9/2025

Engineering A.S.

Added a footnote to the program “Students who do not directly place into MTH 263 will begin with MTH 167 (or MTH 161 and MTH 162).”