Fremont College
| Fremont College | |
|---|---|
| Motto | An Innovator of Professional Education™ |
| Established | 1986 |
| Type | Higher Education |
| Location | Los Angeles and Cerritos, California, United States |
| Website | www.fremont.edu |
Fremont College is a for profit, degree-granting college based in Los Angeles and Cerritos, California. It offers professional degree programs in the fields of Business, Legal Studies, Design, and Wellness. The College’s intensive baccalaureate degree programs span approximately 2.5 years and its associate programs in 15 months. It is owned by Fremont Private Investments.
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[edit] History
Fremont College traces its roots to Platt College's founding in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1879 and the Southern California branch campus was established in 1986. The most significant evolution of the College started when its third CEO, Dr. Sabrina Kay, assumed leadership in 2007. Fremont College became an innovative center adopting the framework of Work-Based Learning Leadership at the Wharton School and Dr. Kay's thesis on improved learning through practice and collaboration.
Dr. Kay spent six years on research that provided the foundation for Professional Action Learning®, which combines an understanding of human motivation, learning styles, and thinking patterns to create an instructional framework that improves student engagement and the experience. Fremont College's new logo represents her synthesis of three institutions and their colors: University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, and the University of Southern California.
Fremont College's employers, faculty, and staff believe that anyone who is committed to hard work and desire to change their life for the better deserves access to a world-class education.
An impressive group of CEOs joined Fremont College's Advisory Board & Board of Governors to share their vision and insight to ensure that the curriculum stays relevant to today's dynamic workplace. Fremont College's implementation of technology and its aspiration to perfect the most effective learning model makes students' campus experience intense, challenging, and fun.
By combining the best techniques from multiple institutions and theories, Fremont College strives to be an innovator in professional education. Fremont has grown in size, quality, and innovation, and new chapters are being written every day by Fremont's employers, alumni, students, faculty, and remarkable advisory board as they become a part of the Fremont story.
[edit] Vision
Fremont College's vision is to be an innovator in professional education and influence the way we learn in a dynamic global world. To achieve this vision, Fremont College will continuously improve its effective learning model for a diverse student population and add select graduate-level programs. As a university, Fremont College will develop leaders who will transform the world’s learning system.
[edit] Mission
Fremont College's mission is to close the gap between the traditional classroom and 21st-century workplace by providing an effective educational experience based on research and innovative instructional methods.
[edit] Academic philosophy
Fremont College’s teaching philosophy is based on research conducted by Dr. Sabrina Kay in her studies at USC and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. It attempts to teach students using a variety of instructional techniques beyond the standard books and exams. The methodology involves guest speakers, videos, hands-on skills practice, group discussion, questions, dialogue, and student presentations.[citation needed]
The College also follows the immersion education philosophy, where students focus on a single course at a time in order to focus on the subject matter before moving on to the next topic.
[edit] Programs
Fremont College offers the following programs:
- Bachelor of Arts in Design Entrepreneurship
- Bachelor of Arts in Business Leadership
- Associate of Arts in Design Interpretation
- Associate of Arts in Business Administration
- Associate of Arts in Paralegal Studies
- Associate of Science in Sports & Rehabilitation Therapy
- Diploma Program in Massage Therapy
[edit] Accreditation
Fremont College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). Its paralegal studies program is approved by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Paralegal Education.
