• The Automotive Collision and Refinishing Diploma provides a wide range of opportunities for student learning in the classroom, shop, and workplace settings. In addition to hands-on practical experience at VCC’s own state-of-the-art automotive collision repair and refinishing facility, instructional activities such as lectures, demonstrations, group work, peer assessment, reflective journals, and project-based learning strategies are used throughout the program.  
  • Students progress through courses in four semesters, each of which requiring successful completion for advancement to the next level.