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Coordinates: 34°01′06.20″N 119°41′54.73″W / 34.018389, -119.6985361

Santa Monica College
Image:SantaMonicaCollegeLogo.gif
Established: 1929
Type: Public Community College
President: Chui Tsang
Students: 30,000
Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA
Campus: Urban, 38-acres
Sports: 7 men's teams, 9 women's teams
Colors: Blue and white
Nickname: Corsairs
Mascot: Pico the Corsair
Website: www.smc.edu

Santa Monica College is a two-year or four year public community college located in Santa Monica, California.

Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is over 30,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with more then approximately 3,000 students from more than 100 countries with Japan and Sweden contributing heavily.

Santa Monica College is ranked number one among California's community colleges in transfers to the University of California [1][2], University of Southern California, and Loyola Marymount University. Transfer courses are offered in such fields as business administration, journalism, fine arts, health sciences, computer science,and the liberal arts.

The Santa Monica College Arts Mentor Program provides certain students in the fine and applied arts with graduate-level training by professionals in their specialized fields. The program was designed for select individuals whose talents exceed the scope of the traditional curriculum at the College.

Santa Monica College offers a variety of occupational certificate programs, including accounting, fashion design, office information systems, and the Academy of Entertainment Technology (which offers certificates in interactive media and animation).

Santa Monica College is also the home of KCRW (89.9 FM), a leading public radio station in the US which broadcasts throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties to an estimated 450,000 listeners. The station is the broadcast home of Morning Becomes Eclectic and Harry Shearer's Le Show. (KCRW has a contractual agreement with the college that makes it largely independent of the college itself.)

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Athletics

Santa Monica College fields 16 sports and competes in the Western State Conference. The mascot for SMC is the Corsair. SMC fields both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, swimming, track and field, volleyball, and water polo. SMC fields men's teams in American football team, and women's softball, soccer, and tennis teams.

Corsair Field (4,850) built in 1948, is home to football and track and field.

Corsair Pavilion (1,600) is home to men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams, as well as the Hollywood Fame of the American Basketball Association

The Santa Monica Swim Center is home to men's and women's swimming and water polo teams.

Demographics

Ethnic Demographics[3]
Black 11%
Asian American 19%
Hispanic 25%
White 32%
Other 8%

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SMC Students:

There are approximately 29,960 students enrolled at SMC.

  • 34% of these students are full time.
  • 66% are part time.
  • 56% are women.
  • 44% are men.

Age Composition The average age is 25 years.

  • under 18: 15%
  • 18-24: 55%
  • 25-34: 18%
  • 35+ : 12%

Computer Science and Information Systems

CSIS programs offer instruction in programming, databases, networking, technology project management, robotics, Web site development, computer graphics, and business office computer skills.

Computer Science department offers career certificates in following disciplines: 1. Computer Science 2. Computer Programming 3. Database Applications Developer 4. Web Programmer

Apart from career certificates, certificates of completion are available in the following areas: 1. Computer Programming 2. Information Systems Management 3. Networking 4. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Generally, career certificates require about 30 units of coursework, whereas a certificate of completion requires about 12 to 17 units of courswork.

Notable alumni

Santa Monica College was made popular during a fictionalized television show "The Parkers" a spin-off of UPN's "Moesha"

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