Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Education at Napa Valley College

Napa Valley Community College’s tree-lined campus sits on a 160-acre site overlooking the Napa River in the heart of the world famous Napa Valley wine producing region.  The campus is also home to the Napa Valley Vintners' Teaching Winery.  Our campus offers outstanding facilities, from a Child Development Center to an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Off-campus services locations include the Upper Valley Campus in St. Helena and the Small Business Development Center in downtown Napa.  A Community Education Center is used for non-credit classes and also houses the Napa Valley College Fine Arts Gallery.  We also present a variety of classes at off campus locations throughout Napa County.  A new outreach center is located in American Canyon.  Classes are offered at different sites in American Canyon.

The Business Skills Center (BSC), an instructional concept for business skills courses at Napa Valley College.  The program is designed specifically for each student based upon his/her own goals (personal or career-oriented) and prior background.  Each student will be able to progress at the rate of his/her capabilities and/or other time commitments. The Business Skills Center keyboarding program allows students to enroll throughout the semester under an open-entry/open-exit registration system.  This individualized instructional approach uses electronic equipment, computers, and software in a self-paced format designed to develop speed and accuracy as well as job-level proficiency in the business skills courses.

The Technical Division programs are designed to prepare students for careers in the technical-occupational fields including broadcast television, digital design and graphics, machine tool, viticulture and wine making, and welding.  Our programs combine classroom instruction and practical application training in a laboratory environment.  Students are offered the option of obtaining a certificate or degree qualifying them to enter highly skilled employment.  For more information, please call (707) 253-3240 or email.

Napa Valley College's Digital Design Graphics Technology program is a comprehensive, four-semester program.  Upon completion, a student is employable as an entry-level design drafter and three-dimensional (3D) artist, with the versatility to work in a wide range of drafting and 3D graphics fields.  Students can earn an AS degree in DDGT.

Coursework includes the latest release of the AutoCAD drafting program, 3D Studio Max (animation), Rhino 3D (solid modeling), Macromedia Dreamweaver (website design), and Adobe Photoshop (image editing).

The DDGT program lab is also an Autodesk Premier Training Center, which ensures that students are always taught on the most current releases of the various Autodesk software programs used in their coursework.

As a graduate in Digital Design and Graphics, you'll be ready to start your career in mechanical or architectural drafting and design, or technical illustration using 3D rendering programs.

The Technical Division and DDGT faculty can help guide you on your career path.

For more information, please call (707) 253-3244 or email.

The Engineering Department offers a few ICT classes as well.