Santiago Canyon College
| Santiago Canyon College | |
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| 8045 E. Chapman Ave. Orange, CA 92869 |
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| Type | public |
| Established | 1985 |
| Information | (714) 628-4901 |
| Mascot | Hawks |
| Website | www.sccollege.edu |
Santiago Canyon College is a two-year community college located at the eastern border of Orange, California at Chapman and Jamboree. It opened in 1985 as the Orange Campus branch to nearby Santa Ana College. In July 1997 the name of the Orange Campus was changed to Santiago Canyon College. Santiago Canyon College was fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 2000. Although Santiago Canyon College and Santa Ana College are now separate colleges, both are part of the Rancho Santiago Community College District. Highlights at Santiago Canyon College include the award winning Forensics program, nationally recognized Model United Nations Program, and championship Women's Soccer program.
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[edit] Campus
The library building earned a merit award from the American Institute of Architects' Committee on Architecture for Education. The library, which opened in 2006, is 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) and holds 100,000 books. It was designed by LPA Architecture.[1] The Library offers not only a wide selection of books, but computer access, private study rooms, and educational media.
The area surrounding the campus is made up of Orange Park Acres, Santiago Hills, Irvine Regional Park, and Tustin Ranch. The Admissions building, also known as the "E" building, is the main information center and houses professor offices, various classrooms, and the Language Laboratory. Next to the E building is the D building. The D building houses art and humanities classes including a dance studio and a theater room for film students/club movie nights. The D building also houses the Transfer and Counseling Centers which are open to all students for Academic planning, Career Guidance, as well as Workshops for transfer school applications/essays and programs to assist students with an undecided major.
The A & B buildings are in the center of campus. In the A building lower level, you will find the science laboratories, and on the top level more classrooms used for various subjects. In the B building lower level you will find the Hawks Bookstore which faces the A/B Quad, as well as other various classrooms. On the upper level of the B building you can find the Scholarship Center, Student Government, and various other classrooms.
As you make your way past the B building and head up towards the back of campus you will find the Health Center, the Hawk Cafe cafeteria, and the Portable classrooms. The Portables house various subjects as well as the Math Study Hall, where you can receive tutoring for any level of math.
[edit] Assessment Tests
There are assessment test for English and Math to help place student in the appropriate class. Help for the Math assessment test can be found at Analyze Math, Mathtv and Yaymath.
[edit] Student body
| Undergraduate | U.S. Census[3] | |
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| Caucasian | 40% | 73.9% |
| Black | 2% | 12.1% |
| Asian | 8% | 4.3% |
| Hispanic | 42% | 14.5% |
| Native American | 1% | 0.9% |
Santiago Canyon College has a total undergraduate population of 13,613. 36% of the student population is part time. 51% of the student body is male and 49% is female.
[edit] Clubs
Clubs at the college include the following:[4]
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[edit] References
- ^ Biemiller, Lawrence (October 31, 2008). "Landmark Buildings Redefine 2-Year Campuses - and Blot Out Ugly Mistakes". The Chronicle of Higher Education: p. B15.
- ^ "Scc at a glance". College Board. http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=86&searchType=college&type=qfs&word=santiago%20canyon%20collegee. Retrieved 2009-06-014.
- ^ "B02001. RACE - Universe: TOTAL POPULATION". 2006 American Community Survey. United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=ACS_2006_EST_G2000_B02001&-tree_id=306&-redoLog=false&-currentselections=ACS_2006_EST_G2000_B02001&-currentselections=ACS_2006_EST_G2000_B02003&-currentselections=ACS_2006_EST_G2000_C02003&-geo_id=01000US&-geo_id=02000US1&-geo_id=02000US2&-geo_id=02000US3&-geo_id=02000US4&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- ^ "Clubs and Organizations". www.sccollege.edu. Santiago Canyon College. http://www.sccollege.edu/apps/page.asp?Q=550.
[edit] External links
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Coordinates: 33°47′44″N 117°45′59″W / 33.7956°N 117.7663°W
