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Evergreen Valley College

Region: Bay Area

At a glance

Evergreen Valley College has launched a comprehensive AI curriculum suite, with seven generative-AI courses (AI 101–110) and an AI Entrepreneurship Certificate Program now active in the 2025-2026 catalog, alongside a foundational digital-literacy course (DLIT 111/511) emphasizing ethics and critical thinking. Dean Angel Fuentes and professor Nasreen Rahim have led course development and professional development efforts. The college has no AI-specific academic-integrity language in its published student conduct policy as of 2025.

Updated Scan Findings

3 new 🆕· 4 source-verified findings from the updated web scan
AI Policies · 1
  • Student conduct / academic integrity policy does not address AI. EVC's catalog 'Standards of Student Conduct' page defines academic dishonesty (plagiarism, copying, unauthorized materials, etc.) but contains no reference to artificial intelligence, generative AI, ChatGPT, or unauthorized AI use, indicating no AI-specific academic-integrity language in the formal conduct policy as published in 2025-2026. 2025 · medium confidencesource
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 3
  • 🆕AI Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. The 2025-2026 catalog references an 'AI Entrepreneurship Certificate Program,' with AI 110 'Generative AI Entrepreneurship Capstone' described as 'the final requirement of the AI Entrepreneurship Certificate Program,' giving students practical experience using AI to create applications addressing real business problems. 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕Generative AI course suite (AI 101-AI 110). The 2025-2026 catalog lists a dedicated AI subject prefix with seven 3-unit generative-AI courses: AI 101 Generative AI Foundations, AI 102 Generative AI Software Foundations, AI 103 Prompt Engineering, AI 104 Cloud Foundations for Generative AI, AI 105 Generative AI Frontend Development, AI 106 Generative AI Backend Development, and AI 110 Generative AI Entrepreneurship Capstone. Courses teach building AI-powered applications 'without coding' via AI-assisted development platforms. 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕DLIT 111 / 511 'AI Basics for Digital Literacy'. The 2025-2026 catalog lists DLIT 111 (1 unit, credit) and DLIT 511 (0 units, noncredit) 'AI Basics for Digital Literacy,' an introductory course providing a foundational understanding of AI concepts, applications, and societal impact, with hands-on AI tools and an explicit emphasis on critical thinking and the ethical implications of AI in everyday life. 2025 · high confidencesource

Spring 2025 baseline

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines

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Team/Lead: EVC/Dean Angel Fuentes/Nasreen Rahim, a professor at Evergreen Valley College

AI Policies

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Team/Lead: SJEVCCD/EVC

AI Courses, Tools & Resources

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Team/Lead: SJEVCCD/EVC
  • Are We Asking the Wrong Questions About ChatGPT?
  • EVC had participating representation in PlayLab in November Inaugural cohort with UC Berkeley
  • Courses sent to BACCC for review and approval:
  • Generative AI Application Development, Certificate of Achievement
  • Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship, Certificate of Achievement

Entities from the knowledge graph

college: Evergreen Valley Collegeorganization: Evergreen Valley College Libraryorganization: San Jose Evergreen Valley Community College Districtorganization: SJEVCCDperson: Angel Fuentes

Contacts at this college

Name / RoleEmailPhone
AF
Angel Fuentes
Dean
Angel.Fuentes@evc.edu(408) 531-6126