MiraCosta College
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| Motto: | "We'll help you get where you want to go" |
| Established: | 1934 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Pending |
| Staff: | 417 full time as of fall 2005 |
| Undergraduates: | As of 2003, about 9000 |
| Location: | Oceanside, CA, USA |
| Campus: | Suburban; 121 acres (0.490 km²) |
| Athletics: | Men's basketball, women's soccer, men's and women's surfing |
| Mascot: | Spartan |
| Website: | www.MiraCosta.edu |
MiraCosta College is a community college located in the northern coastal region of San Diego County, California. MiraCosta College is located at One Barnard Drive, Oceanside, California 92056. It also has a campus in Cardiff-by-the-Sea and a community learning center in Oceanside.
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[edit] History
MiraCosta was founded in 1934. Classes began in a wing at Oceanside High School. Originally, MiraCosta was known as the Oceanside-Carlsbad Junior College. There were 122 students enrolled and 20 faculty members. It was the second community college to be established in San Diego County. Only 16 courses were initially offered and they counted as credit toward advanced standing at the University of California.
By 1959, Oceanside-Carlsbad Junior College enrollment had grown to 500 full time students in classrooms on 30 acres adjacent to Oceanside High School. In 1960, voters approved a separate community college district and a bond issue to provide funding for a new college campus.
In 1964, the college relocated to its present 121-acre (0.49 km²) hilltop location and was renamed MiraCosta College. The name MiraCosta (Spanish for "behold the coast") refers to the panoramic ocean and coastal mountain views from the campus. The property was purchased for $575,000 and was part of a parcel owned by renowned ice skater Sonja Henie. A neighborhood in Oceanside named Henie Hills is to the west of the campus.
The district once again expanded in 1976 to include all of the North County coastal communities from Camp Pendleton to Del Mar. By 1978, enrollment was more than 7,000 students. A satellite campus opened in Del Mar in a vacant elementary school. This campus served students who lived in the southern portion of the district. In the first semester, 1,034 credit students enrolled. Soon after, MiraCosta purchased a scenic 48-acre parcel near the San Elijo Lagoon in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. The San Elijo campus opened in 1988 to 2,500 credit students.
MiraCosta's Adult Learning Center opened in 1992 on Horne Street in Oceanside. The center relocated to the former Big Bear Stores shopping center on Mission Avenue in 2000. This campus was named the Community Learning Center. The college's Small Business Development Center is next door. The Cisco Academy, which offers certification courses in computer networking is also located at the center. [1]
[edit] Academic programs
MiraCosta College offers associate's degrees equivalent to the first two years of a bachelor's degree (2+2 program). With an associate's degree, students can transfer to a 4-year university or begin work. MiraCosta also offers over 50 different certificates for students interested in short-term training in a specific career area. Certificates can be completed in one or two years.
Partial list of associate's degrees and certificate programs offered at MiraCosta:[2]
- Accounting
- Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
- Business Administration
- Child Development
- Computer Science
- Entrepreneurship
- Hospitality Management and Restaurant Management
- Internet and Multimedia Technology
- Licensed Vocational Nursing
- Marketing and Management
- Music and Recording Arts
- Travel and Tourism
[edit] Athletics
MiraCosta College's men's basketball and women's soccer teams compete in the Pacific Coast Conference. MiraCosta also has a surf team that competes in the college division of the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA). The school colors are red and white and the college’s team name is the Spartans.
[edit] Notable graduates
- Adam Brody, actor on the Television series, The OC [3]
- Kevin Towers, general manager of the San Diego Padres[4]
- Caitlin Chapin, two-time drop out of The College of William & Mary and known across the country for her sleezy ways.
[edit] External links
- MiraCosta Website
- MiraCosta College is at coordinates Coordinates:
[edit] References
- ^ MiraCosta College History
- ^ MiraCosta Counseling Services
- ^ "Biography for Adam Brody (I)." Trivia. IMDB. 17 Oct 2006 <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111013/bio>
- ^ SignOnSanDiego.com > News > North County - Lawyer named to college foundation board
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