Athletics
36 courses · Victor Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog
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ATHL 091 Strategies of Sport
- Units
- 0
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
This class is designed for the student who wants to learn strategy and scheme required to play various sports such as softball, baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball and football. Film evaluation, schematic strategy of the game, play design, fundamentals of the game, and rules of the game will be taught and practiced. This course may lead student athletes to pursue a career in professional athletics or be a sports competitor.
ATHL 099 Student Athlete Orientation
- Units
- 0
- Hours
- 36 lecture hours
This course is designed to assist Victor Valley College (VVC) Student Athletes with transitioning into intercollegiate sports. Students will be introduced to the VVC graduation requirements, CCCAA eligibility, NCAA and NAIA transfer requirements, and student athlete identity. Furthermore, this course will focus on educational planning, special programs, student support services, making a career out of athletics, and give VVC student athletes the resources necessary to successfully transition into Victor Valley College.
ATHL 120 Varsity Baseball
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL-120P
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will learn the intermediate and advanced skills, rules, and strategies for competition in baseball. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units) .
ATHL 120P Preparation for Intercollegiate Men's Baseball
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This men's baseball course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 121 Varsity Basketball Men
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will learn the basic skills, rules, and strategies for competition in basketball. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units) .
ATHL 121P Preparation for Intercollegiate Men's Ba
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
Grade option. This men's basketball course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition.
ATHL 122 Varsity Basketball Women
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will be introduced to the intermediate/advanced skills, rules, and strategies for competition in basketball. Recommended preparation: ATHL 122P. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units). .
ATHL 122P Preparation for Intercollegiate Women's Basketball
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This women's basketball course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 123 Women's Cross Country
- Units
- 0.5-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL 123P
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A cross country course designed to develop the knowledge, skills and strategy for the serious and recreational competitive athlete in collegiate long distance running. The course is designed to emphasize competition and will help the athlete achieve a higher level of competitive ability through instruction of skills, techniques, strategy, and personal evaluation during or after competition. Students will be given an opportunity to compete at a wide range of competitive levels. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units).
ATHL 123P Preparation for Intercollegiate Women's Cross Country
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 124 Varsity Football
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL 124P
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will learn the inermediate/advanced skills, rules, and strategies for competition in football. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units). .
ATHL 124P Preparation for Intercollegiate Football
- Units
- 0.5-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This football course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition.
ATHL 125 Varsity Golf
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- Take ATHL-125P(31518);
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will be introduced to the intermediate/advanced skills, rules, and strategies for competition in golf. Recommended preparation: ATHL 125P. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units) .
ATHL 125P Preparation for Intercollegiate Golf
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option. .
ATHL 126 Varsity Soccer Women
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL 126P
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will be introduced to the intermediate/advanced skills, rules, and strategies for competition in soccer. Recommended preparation: ATHL 126P. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units). .
ATHL 126P Preparation for Intercollegiate Women's Soccer
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This women's soccer course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 127 Varsity Softball
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL 127P
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will learn the intermediate/advanced skills, rules, and strategies for competition in softball. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units) .
ATHL 127P Preparation for Intercollegiate Women's Softball
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This women's softball course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 128 Varsity Tennis Women
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL 124P
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will learn the inermediate/advanced skills, rules, and strategies for competition in football. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units).
ATHL 128P Preparation for Intercollegiate Women's Tennis
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 129 Varsity Tennis Men
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL 129P
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will learn the intermediate/advanced skills, rules, and strategies for competition in tennis. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units) .
ATHL 129P Preparation for Intercollegiate Men's Tennis
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This men's tennis course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 130 Varsity Volleyball Women
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL 130P
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will be introduced to the intermediate to advanced skills, rules, and strategies for competition in intercollegiate volleyball. Recommended preparation: ATHL 130P. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units). .
ATHL 130P Preparation for Intercollegiate Volleyball
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This volleyball course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 131 Varsity Golf (women)
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This golf course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition.
ATHL 132 Varsity Wrestling
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
In order to participate in intercollegiate athletics, a participant MUST be enrolled in twelve or more units at the time of participation and MUST maintain the twelve units for that semester. High school or club wrestling recommended. Students will learn the basic skills, rules, and strategies for competition in wrestling. Recommended preparation: Experience in high school or club level competition. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units).
ATHL 132P Preparation for Intercollegiate Wrestling
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This wrestling course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 133 Men's Cross Country
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A cross country course designed to develop the knowledge, skills and strategy for the serious and recreational competitive athlete in college long distance running. The course is designed to emphasize competition and will help the athlete achieve a higher level of competitive ability through instruction of skills, techniques, strategy, and personal evaluation during or after competition. Students will be given an opportunity to compete. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units). .
ATHL 133P Preparation for Intercollegiate Men's Cross Country
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 0138 Noncredit Work Experience Education Athletics
- Units
- 0
Work Experience Education is a key element of Victor Valley College's comprehensive approach to career development. This is a non-credit course which helps students gain valuable on-the-job work experience while providing practical education, best practices in professional development, and academic guidance through the course of their work opportunity. The combination of practical experience and curricular development empowers students to be more competitive, efficient and valuable employees upon completion of this program and/or their academic program trajectory. Students may utilize their present work sites.
ATHL 140 Varsity Soccer Men
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL-140P
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will demonstrate knowledge of rules, intermediate/advanced skills, and offensive and defensive strategies necessary to compete at collegiate level for soccer. (UC maximum credit allowed: 4 units). .
ATHL 140P Preparation for Intercollegiate Men's Soccer
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This men's soccer course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. Grade Option.
ATHL 143 Sports Performance Training
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
During this course, student athletes will use a wide variety of effective power training principles to achieve maximum athletic performance and conditioning. Repeatable three times. Grade option.
ATHL 144 Varsity Sand Volleyball Women
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Advisory
- ATHL-144P
- Transfers to
- CSU
ATHL 144P Preparation for Intercollegiate Sand Volleyball
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
This volleyball course is designed to satisfy the interest, development and needs of the highly skilled student athlete. It will provide students with high level instruction and experience required for intercollegiate competition. .
ATHL 145 Women's Varsity Wrestling
- Units
- 1-3
- Hours
- 162 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
In order to participate in intercollegiate athletics, a participant MUST be enrolled in twelve or more units at the time of participation and MUST maintain the twelve units for that semester. High school or club wrestling recommended. Students will learn the basic skills, rules, and strategies for competition in wrestling. This wrestling course is designed for women to develop the knowledge, wrestling skills and strategy for the serious and recreational competitive athlete in collegiate, Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling. The course is designed to emphasize competition and will help the athlete achieve a higher level of competitive ability through instruction of skills, techniques, strategy, and personal evaluation during or after competition. The students will be given an opportunity to compete at a wide range of competitive levels. Recommended preparation: Experience in high school or club level competition. .