Academic calendar
Rolling Monthly Starts 2025-2026 runs Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Rolling Monthly Starts 2025-2026Relevant now
Campus language
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Showing 9 of 9 terms
A
- AOS
- Associate of Occupational Science, the degree type awarded for several programs.
C
- Check-offs
- Practical skills assessments where students must demonstrate a medical procedure correctly to an instructor.
- Clinicals
- The mandatory off-site hands-on training hours performed at local hospitals or medical offices.
D
- DMS
- Diagnostic Medical Sonography, the ultrasound technician program.
M
- MA
- Medical Assistant program, focusing on clinical and administrative tasks.
- MRIT
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology program.
S
- Scrubs
- The mandatory daily uniform; specific colors are often assigned to distinguish between different programs (e.g., Nursing vs. Medical Assisting).
T
- The Boards
- The NCLEX-PN licensing examination that nursing students must pass after graduation.
V
- VN
- Vocational Nursing, the school's primary nursing program.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Bakersfield
- The branch campus facility located on Stockdale Highway in Bakersfield, CA.
- Canvas
- The Learning Management System (LMS) used for all digital coursework, assignments, and grades.
- Career Services
- The department responsible for 'Placement,' helping students find jobs and prepare resumes before graduation.
- Clinical Site
- A third-party medical facility (hospital or clinic) where students are sent to complete their practical hours.
- Hybrid
- A course format used at HDMC that combines online theory with on-campus lab sessions.
- Lancaster
- The main campus facility located on West Avenue K in Lancaster, CA.
- Legacy
- Legacy Education, the parent company that owns and operates High Desert Medical College.
- Temecula
- The branch campus facility located on Rio Nedo in Temecula, CA.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Rolling Monthly Starts 2025-2026 runs Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 9 approved campus terms and 8 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.