Brookhaven College
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| Motto: | Success: Dream it; achieve it! |
| Established: | 1978 |
| Type: | Community College |
| Chancellor: | Wright Lassiter Jr., Dallas County Community College District |
| President: | Richard McCrary, Ed. D. |
| Faculty: | 122 Full-time, 463 Adjunct[1] |
| Students: | 11,097 as of Spring 2009[2] |
| Location: | Farmers Branch, Texas, USA |
| Campus: | Suburban, 192 acres (0.8 km2) |
| Athletics: | 4 Division III teams [3] |
| Colors: | Light Green and Forest Green |
| Mascot: | Bear |
| Website: | www.BrookhavenCollege.edu |
Brookhaven College is one of seven colleges of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), located in Farmers Branch, Texas (USA). Serving northwest Dallas County, Brookhaven College provides freshman- and sophomore-level academic credit courses, which may be applied toward an associate degree or transferred to a four-year college or university. The core curriculum is guaranteed to transfer to public universities in Texas.[4] Career and technical education programs help prepare students for immediate entrance into the workforce. Along with traditional transfer class offerings, Brookhaven College’s technical program offerings include accounting, automotive technology, business administration, child development, computer information systems, e-commerce, emergency medical services, geospatial technology, international business and trade, management, marketing, nursing, office technology, paramedicine, radiologic technology and visual communications.
Continuing education classes offer personal or professional development in a variety of subjects including art, business, computers, health care careers, education, English for Speakers of Other Languages, music, nonprofit management, real estate and more. Corporate training also is available.
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[edit] Campus
Brookhaven College's 192-acre campus currently has a total of 467,000 square feet (43,400 m2) of building space divided among 16 buildings. These buildings include the 20,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute, one of three similar facilities nationwide to offer continuing professional development to professionals in the oil and gas industries, and the Brookhaven College School of the Arts (BCSA) expanded facility, with a 2,400-square-foot (220 m2) gallery, a renovated ceramics/kiln yard, Macintosh computer lab and a 680-seat performance hall.
[edit] Special programs
Programs of study added in recent years include associate's degree programs in Mexican-American Studies (Fall, 2006) and geographic information systems (Fall, 2005).
In 2006, Brookhaven College began a partnership with the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District to offer an Early College High School program, which admits a limited number of ninth-grade students to an on-site high school program that allows them to begin their college studies during their eleventh-grade year and earn an associate's degree along with their high school diplomas.[5] This program is in addition to the existing dual-credit program that allows select secondary-school students to enroll in college courses at no cost while continuing at their original high-school campuses.
[edit] Tuition
As of the Spring 2009 semester, Dallas County residents pay $41 per credit hour, or $123 for a three-hour class. Out-of-county residents pay $76 per credit hour. Out of state and international students are charged $121 per credit hour with a minimum of $200. [6]
Tuition Waiver for Senior Adults
Senior adults, those 65 and older, who live or own property in Dallas Country, can enroll in up to six hours of credit courses each semester or summer session at no cost, based on availability.
[edit] Notable people
[edit] Alumni
- Kyan Douglas, "Grooming Guru" on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- Davin Lexen, Playboy model
- Takudzwa Ngwenya,, USA Rugby Player
[edit] Faculty & Administration
- Cindi Love, executive director of the Metropolitan Community Church and former executive dean
- Ralph Strangis, sports commentator
- Greg Fields, WFAA Meteorologist and Geology instructor.
[edit] External links
[edit] Sources
- ^ Brookhaven College Office of Institutional Research, 2009
- ^ http://www.dcccd.edu/pda/research/fbreps/fbnote.htm
- ^ http://www.brookhavencollege.edu/instruction/pean/athletics/
- ^ https://www1.dcccd.edu/cat0809/ss/transfer/core.cfm
- ^ http://www.brookhavencollege.edu/divisions/early-college-high-school/ Early College High School
- ^ https://www1.dcccd.edu/cat0809/tuition/schedule.cfm
Coordinates: 32°55′45.43″N 96°51′00.18″W / 32.9292861°N 96.85005°W
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