Peirce College

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Not to be confused with Pierce College.
Peirce College
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Established 1865
Type Private non-profit
President James J Mergiotti
Undergraduates 1,892
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus Urban
Website www.peirce.edu

Peirce College is a private, non profit 4 year college located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a focus on non-traditional college students.

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[edit] History

In 1865, Thomas May Peirce founded the Union Business College. The curriculum was designed to provide returning Civil War soldiers with much needed business skills in the post-war economy. As the College continued to expand over the years, it was renamed the Peirce College of Business. With its continual expansion it outgrew its original location and relocated to 1420 Pine Street in 1915. In 1917, the school was renamed the Peirce School of Business Administration.

In 1964 Peirce became known as the Peirce Junior College as it had received approval to grant associate degrees. In 1997 the College was approved to grant Bachelor of Science degrees which enabled the College to become known as just Peirce College. In 2000 the College began offering online courses.

The Pine Street facilities have twice been awarded the General Building Contractors Association's Best Institutional Project in the under $5 million category; in 2001 for improvements made to College Hall, and in 2011 for the new Library.[1]

[edit] Academics

The College.

Peirce offers undergraduate degrees in Business, Healthcare, Information Technology and Paralegal Studies.

Within the Business Administration degree concentrations are offered in accounting, entrepreneurship/small business, human resource management, marketing, and real estate management. The Information Technology degree offers concentrations in desktop applications for business, information security, network administration, network security, technology management, and programming and application development.

Peirce has specialized educational programs for those who wish to seek an accelerated education during the evening and weekend on campus, earn their degree online, or earn their degree while at work (The Peirce Corporate College). Most courses are in an accelerated 7-week format, with some general education and paralegal courses following a standard 14-week format. Peirce uses a 3 semester calendar (fall, spring and summer) with two 7-week courses or one 14-week course each semester.

Peirce and the School District of Philadelphia offer a general studies degree for parents with children enrolled in Philadelphia public schools.[2]

[edit] In Popular Culture

Peirce's College Hall was used as the setting for St. Anthony's Academy for Boys in M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 film "The Sixth Sense"[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://blog.peirce.edu/2011/12/new-library-gets-kudos-from-general.html
  2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwLYUZxxfCo
  3. ^ "Taking Education to the Student". Peirce.edu. 2011-02-22. http://www.peirce.edu/About/Hist5. Retrieved 2012-01-11. 

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