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LOS ANGELES TIMESAdvertising Supplement Friday, June 6, 2008
Your Southern California Educational Resource Guide
Community Colleges
Turns out we’ve got some of the
best in the nation Pg 3 +
Graduating Green School Directory
Southland schools are A guide to four-year
stepping up, offering new universities and
‘green’ majors and reducing community colleges in
their own carbon footprints Southern California
Pg 6 Pg 15
HIGHER LEARNING
Learning
Locally
Close to home and reasonably priced,
California’s community college network
is among the nation’s best
Heidi Ramos sits on a bench outside
the admissions office of Glendale
Community College, pondering her
future. A back-office supervisor for a
major financial institution, she’s considering
going back to school to get enough
transferable units to enroll in a university
and get a bachelor’s degree — a necessity
in order to advance further in her career.
“I’ve maxed out in my pay might well be in continuing
PREPARING FOR A CAREER, EDUCATION FOR LIFE. range, and the only way I can education. And California
Our graduates don’t just understand the world, they influence it. transfer to another depart- community colleges offer myr-
ment [with a potential for iad affordable options, with
promotion] is to get my bach- programs and paths for all
elor’s in business or finance,” needs — whether one wants to
Loyola Marymount University is ranked among the “35 the 32-year-old said, clutch- advance at work or to change
cutting-edge schools with an eye toward the future” by ing a handful of school bro- careers altogether. Sometimes
Kaplan’s 2008 “You Are Here” Guide. Explore one of our chures. “I took a lot of classes a vocational certificate is the
right out of high school, so it ticket, or maybe a two-year as-
80 undergraduate degrees and graduate programs:
wouldn’t take too long, maybe sociate degree.
a year or less, to get enough It’s all available for only
Business, Communications & Fine Arts, Education, units to transfer to Cal State $20 a unit for California resi-
Film & TV, Liberal Arts, Science & Engineering L.A. or wherever.” dents — the best education
Her plan has a lot going for bargain in the nation, accord-
it: Glendale College is close to ing to Kathleen Burke-Kelly,
Transfer student admission deadlines: home, there are plenty of eve- vice president of academic
Spring Admission – October 15, 2008 ning and online classes to fit affairs at Los Angeles Com-
Fall Admission – March 15, 2009 her schedule and, not inciden- munity College, an institution
tally, the tuition is more than that serves more than 16,000
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008
reasonable, she said. But com- students and offers 112 associ-
Come visit one of Princeton Review’s 2008 Top 10 munity colleges are all about ate degrees and certificates.
most beautiful campuses options, and Ramos has some “California has the lowest
decisions to make. community college tuition in the
W W W. LMU . EDU “I could go another direc- nation,” she said. “It’s a tremen-
tion and get a certificate in dous investment in a person’s
business or entrepreneurship,” future. Statistics show that, on
she said. “I’ve always wanted average, any amount of college
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to start a business of my own, experience — not just a bach-
maybe a catering business.” elor’s degree — triples a person’s
lifetime earnings over those with
It takes a community no college experience.”
Considering the state of the Enrollment at LACC and
economy and stagnant job other two-year schools is soar-
growth, the smartest invest- ing, fueled by job insecurity
ment of that tax rebate check and economic uncertainty,
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By Bob Young Special Advertising Sections Writer
Burke-Kelly said. New and re- needs for well-trained
turning students are finding a workers in local busi-
wealth of resources to enhance nesses and industries
their career growth, more so with the built-in
than ever before, she added. training opportunities
A prime example is the at community col-
new Hollywood WorkSource leges,” he said. “Other
Center on the LACC campus, state-funded Work-
a dynamic complement to the Source Centers will
school’s academic and vocational be added to the other
programs. A partnership of sorts eight LACC district Left: Students studying auto tech at Santa Ana Community College
with regional industries, the campuses over time.” get a little hands-on experience; Above: The SACC campus.
center matches student skill sets Paramount Stu-
to meet company needs, foster- dios, for instance, Poised to address providing cutting-edge, tech-
ing careers in nursing, aviation recruits cinema and the high-tech career nologically advanced programs.
technology, respiratory therapy, TV students, while needs of the 21st Still in its infancy and poised
hospitality industries and enter- Cedars-Sinai and century, the newly to grow exponentially in years to
tainment, said Richard Galope, Children’s Hospital Los Ange- graduates, Galope said. opened Advanced Technology come, the campus features the
head of workforce development les are among the medical cen- Educational innovation is and Education Park in Tustin Center for Applied Competitive
for LACC. ters drawing on LACC’s large being addressed in many ways — a satellite campus of Irvine
“It’s a great way to pair the pool of nursing and radiology at regional community colleges. Valley College — is focused on See COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Pg. 4
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HIGHER LEARNING
COMMUNITY COLLEGES with its Bilingual Option and particularly in Orange County, offers vocational programs Mission and Valley College.
Continued from Pg. 3
Interpretation Program, said there is a growing demand for that lead to careers in criminal “I [was] working full time,
Technologies, which specializes Maria Hernandez, business employees who are bilingual,” justice, digital media, computer attending class and can hon-
in optic and photonics train- applications professor at the Hernandez said. “Employers science and diesel technology estly say that without the ACT
ing, and Irvine Valley’s Design school. According to the U.S. can look to us for the work- repair. program providing the classes
Model Making and Rapid Pro- I needed in the evening eight-
totyping program. week format, I do not know
Other courses from Saddle-
back College and Irvine Valley
‘California has the lowest community how I would [have been] able to
transfer,” said former West L.A.
are offered at the campus in college tuition in the nation. It’s a tremendous College student Noah Kauff-
“smart” classrooms with high-
tech audio/visual and video-
investment in a person’s future. Statistics man, now attending UC Davis.
conferencing capabilities. A show that any amount of college experience … From associate to bachelor
high-end Apple computer lab is
on campus, as well.
triples a person’s lifetime earnings.’ For transfer students, commu-
nity colleges offer an affordable
– Kathleen Burke-Kelly, Los Angeles Community College and accommodating route to a
A multitude of four-year bachelor’s degree —
career paths and often a two-year associate’s
Considering the growing de- Department of Labor, jobs for force they require.” Another leader in vocational degree along the way. About
mand for bilingual employees, interpreters and translators Santa Ana College — part of education, L.A. Trade-Technical 60% of all graduates of Cal
learning Spanish can be a key to are projected to increase 24% the Rancho Santiago Commu- College teaches a wide range of State schools come from com-
career rejuvenation, and Santa through 2016. nity College District along with skills that include automobile munity colleges, according to
Ana College addresses the need “In today’s job market and Santiago Canyon College — also technology and welding, as well LACC district figures.
as award-winning cosmetology, The key is to check college
aviation and marketing pro- catalogs and speak to counsel-
grams. ors to find out which schools
For those looking to segue offer courses that correspond
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL into the young, emerging field
of computer security, Mt. San
Antonio College is one of the
few schools to offer an associ-
to university requirements.
Credits that count at Cal
State and UC schools might
not be accepted by private
Time. Choice. Atmosphere. ate degree in Network Security
and Systems Management, a
institutions.
Some community colleges
program of its Regional Infor- have transfer programs that are
mation Systems Security Cen- tailored for specific universi-
Words not typically associated with law school. ter, which was recently bol- ties. Santa Monica College, for
stered by a $900,000 National one, offers programs that meet
At Southwestern, we believe they should be. Science Foundation Advanced requirements for Stanford,
And our newest cutting-edge programs designed to enrich our Technology Education grant. Brown, Georgetown and Juil-
students’ law school experience reflect just that: Mt. SAC also offers a number liard. And SMC is the No. 1
of certificates in cyber security. ranked school in transferring
• A new innovative first-year curriculum with more choices and “This new grant gives us an students to UCLA, USC and
time to study and acclimate to law school. opportunity to build on the suc- Loyola Marymount University.
• New upper-division curricular enhancements including a January cess of the previous NSF grant. “Santa Monica is No. 1, but
Intersession, Capstone courses and Mini-term courses. The relationships are in place we get lots of transfer students
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• Live client clinics for Children’s Rights, Immigration Law, and to do some exciting things in from El Camino College and
Street Law computer security and feasibly many other local schools,” said
impact the whole Southern Matt Fissinger, director of
California region,” said Jaishri undergraduate admission at
Southwestern offers 2 and 3-year full-time day, and 4-year part-time Mehta, a Mt. SAC computer in- LMU. “Out of around 1,625
evening or day J.D. programs. All are presented in an inspiring formation systems professor. new students coming to LMU
state-of-the-art environment within one of the most beautiful art deco Of course, attending daytime in August, about 400 will be
landmarks in the world, the Bullocks Wilshire building. And all classes can be problematic for transfers.”
designed to help ensure your success in law school and in your legal
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employed students, but West In rare instances it’s pos-
career. L.A. College’s highly success- sible to get a bachelor’s degree
ful ACT (Accelerated College without ever leaving a two-year
A LANDMARK IN LEGAL EDUCATION Transfer) program eases the jug- school. Case in point: Citrus
gling act. ACT, which allows new College in Glendora now of-
Southwestern Law School, 3050 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel: (213) 738-6717 • admissions@swlaw.edu • www.swlaw.edu students to transfer to a univer- fers an accelerated bachelor’s
sity in less than two years, has program in criminal justice
Southwestern is fully approved by the American Bar Association and is a
member of the Association of American Law Schools. become a model for all LACC management in partnership
district campuses, including L.A. with Ohio’s Union Institute
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and University, centered around a series
of eight-week evening sessions.
“Our flexible schedule is convenient
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INNOVATIVE EDUCATION By Kurt Storm Special Advertising Sections Writer
A Climate Change
Southland schools are combating global warming, offering ‘green’ majors and reducing their own carbon footprints
“Then a coalition of colleg- creeks, water columns and than the B.A. degree in envi-
Dr. Darwin Hall recalls a time when es started working together to sediments are contaminated by ronmental science and policy,”
going green revolved around the color offer various degrees and some pesticides of urban-use origin.” Hall said. “And there’s only
brown — as in dirt and soil. new departments evolved.” According to Hall, at one B.S. degree that matches
The evolution of conserva- CSULB, environmental sci- it — the B.S. in environmental
Hall, Cal State Long Beach’s “I was a graduate student tion and the recognition of its entists ponder the impact of science and policy.”
co-director of B.A. and B.S. pro- there with my wife in the 1970s impact on the environment are human systems on ecological Those looking to continue
grams in environmental science in what was then called the Col- now among the most popular and biological systems and the their studies even further can
and policy, was working his way lege of Agriculture,” Hall said. areas of study at Cal State relationship between natural take that B.S. degree from
through UC Berkeley with an eye “Over time, the College of Ag- Long Beach. In fact, going resources and human activity. CSULB and apply for gradu-
toward a green curriculum long riculture became the College of green long ago passed fad On a macro scale, environ- ate programs in biological sci-
before it became a trend. Natural Resources. status and is now entrenched mental science explores the ence, geology or chemistry at
as a major part of university interaction and co-evolution universities across the country.
curricula across Southern Cali- of human, physical and bio- But students can stay local
fornia. logical systems. It’s through by getting their B.S. at CSULB
At UC Riverside, the de- these studies that students and pursuing the master’s pro-
partment of Environmental graduate with not only a sense gram in environmental health
GIA LOS ANGELES Sciences is steadily expanding. of their role in preserving the sciences at UCLA or the Ph.D.
OPEN HOUSE And the faculty has recognized environment, but with sterling program in social ecology at
MARCH 27
for more information,
visit www.gia.edu
‘I can honestly say there is no B.A. degree
on campus that offers a better career
placement record than a B.A. degree in
environmental science and policy.’
–Dr. Darwin Hall, Cal State Long Beach
These are
what dreams – the need to do its part to career prospects, as well. Hall UC Irvine.
protect the planet through its said that his students — having The University of Redlands
and dream careers – work in classrooms and labo- been thoroughly tested by an is another college on the cut-
ratories. arduous schedule and a con- ting edge with regard to explor-
are made of. Riverside’s environmental siderable amount of classwork ing sustainability issues within
sciences program is geared to- — are highly sought after by an expanding global economy.
Find out how the Gemological Institute of America ward launching students into employers. In several ways, its envi-
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can prepare you for a rich and rewarding career in careers in business, industry “It’s a heavy workload but ronmental studies program
the fine jewelry industry. For more than 75 years, or government or to serve as a the reward is great,” Hall said. challenges faculty and students
stepping stone toward pursu- “It really is extraordinary what to seek a balance in the part-
nonprofit GIA has educated the world’s leading ing graduate studies in envi- the students have been able to nership between humanity and
jewelers, gemologists and jewelry designers, offering the ronmentally conscious science, go on to do — they are getting the environment. A major in
most comprehensive and respected gem and jewelry law, public health or business good-paying jobs.” environmental studies includes
administration. CSULB environmental classes on earth, natural and
education available anywhere. Weiying Jiang is in his first science and policy graduates social sciences.
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year as a Ph.D. candidate in work at the Metropolitan The UC Redlands faculty
environmental sciences at UC Water District of Southern seeks to provide its students
Riverside. California, the California with real-world opportunities
“My research is focusing Coastal Commission and the to study the myriad ways in
on the persistence of residen- Aquarium of the Pacific — to which businesses, individuals
tial-use pesticides on hard name just a few. and communities can become
Los Angeles Branch 600 Corporate Pointe, Suite 100 | Culver City, CA 90230 surfaces,” he said. “Research “I can say there is no B.A. — and remain — environmen-
T: 310-670-2100 | F: 310-410-4452 | E: laedu@gia.edu and monitoring results have degree on our campus with a tally responsible.
LA2008 demonstrated that many urban better career placement record To that end, students
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researching sustain-
ability issues recently
journeyed to Austria
to tour a biomass en-
ergy plant and visit
the solar city of Linz.
The group saw first-
hand the retreat of the
Grossglockner Glacier,
mapping its movement
using sophisticated
geographic information
systems.
Dr. Monty Hempel,
another UC Redlands
environmental stud-
ies professor, annually
takes students to Palau,
an island nation in the
Pacific best known for
Top: Researchers at UC Riverside monitor traffic pollution; Bottom: A profes-
sor and student in the UCR Atmospheric Processes Lab, the most advanced
facility in the world for the study of chemical processes in smog.
teaching tip #23
its scuba diving. There, his Life coach takes on a whole new meaning.
students explore the impact of proposed development in ing] sure the campus does as
unchecked development and those very same mountains, much recycling as possible,”
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If you have completed your bachelor’s degree:
the ways in which it disturbs UC Redlands students aided CSULB’s Hall said. Azusa Pacific University offers 26 opportunities at 8 convenient
the island’s fragile ecosystem. in compiling a detailed re- “And the student associa- Southern California locations for you to become a better teacher,
It’s all tied into the uni- source map of the most en- tion has a conservation com- counselor, coach, or administrator.
versity’s quest to develop stu- dangered areas. mission that is part of the If you have not yet completed your bachelor’s degree and
dents who are more than just These schools, along with student government.” are at least 22 years old with 60 college units or more:
well-read researchers. The an increasing number of oth- It’s moves like this that APU can help you earn your degree and become a teacher
university wants its students ers, are doing much more than demonstrate a continuing com- through our Human Development (HDEV) Program, taking
to have a tangible impact on train future champions of the mitment to addressing impor- classes one night a week over 19 months.
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improving the environment cause. Awareness of humanity’s tant international issues like
— from Austria to Palau to impact on the physical world global warming. With South- To schedule a personal appointment
the San Bernardino moun- has them leading the charge to land schools hard at work train- or attend an informational meeting:
tains that hug the campus. decrease their own campuses’ ing the earth’s next generation call (800) TALK-APU
When the U.S. Forest Ser- carbon footprints. of stewards, it seems increas- click www.apu.edu/education/tips 701 E. Foothill Blvd.
vice and other nearby govern- “On our campus we have ingly clear that the planet is in email graduatecenter@apu.edu Azusa, CA 91702
ment agencies sought a master an integrated waste manage- some very capable hands. n
plan for protecting plant and ment person — Jon Root Kurt Storm is a freelance writer based in K–12, bachelor’s to doctorate, we know teaching.
animal habitat in the face of — who is in charge of [mak- San Diego.
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A CLOSER LOOK By Steve Basilone Special Advertising Sections Writer
Chapman
University
“The college experience at Chapman is really
unique,” said English major and soon-to-be-graduate
Ryan Corry. “It’s unique because we’re in the middle
of a neighborhood. If you were on the freeway, you
would probably have no idea that it’s even here.”
In fact, he’s quite right. Driving Originally known as Hesperian
through the city of Orange, you would College, Chapman was founded in
be surprised to discover a thriving uni- Woodland, Calif., by a Protestant
versity of nearly 6,000 students (3,900 group — the Cycles of Christ — in 1861 Since then the college has grown really unique to this place.”
undergraduates, 1,300 grad students on the day that Lincoln took office. In into a full-fledged and accredited uni- This dichotomy of big and small, old
and 565 law students) nestled between 1920, Hesperian moved south to Los versity, expanding its curriculum to and new is pervasive at Chapman.
the 22 and 5 freeways. Angeles with a new moniker: California encompass 45 majors with more than The impressive Holocaust Memo-
Sitting on 75 tree-lined acres, Chap- Christian College. 60 areas of study for undergrads and rial Library overlooks the construction
man is the very picture of academia. Half After a sizable donation of $400,000 28 programs in more than 30 areas of of what will become the striking Ernie
northeastern collegiate campus — like by philanthropist Charles C. Chapman in study for grad students. Chapman Stadium. Marion Knott Stu-
something out of “A Separate Peace,” all 1934, the school again changed its name, “We’re in this small town,” contin- dios, the sparkling new home for the
tall knotted trees and bronzed busts of settling for good this time on Chapman ued English-major Corry. “But yet, on a Dodge College of Film and Media Arts,
iconic thinkers — and half modern mini- College. In 1954, the college once again re- good traffic day, we’re 40 minutes from now stands near the storied building
malism, with its glass and steel towers and located, this time to scenic Orange, just a one of the biggest cities in the nation. which has long housed the school’s col-
concrete piazzas — Chapman sits at the year before a man named Disney took up So you have the small-town feel with lection of memorabilia of the theolo-
intersection of old and new. shop down the street. the big-town opportunities. And that’s gian and philosopher Albert Schweitzer.
Located on one of the fastest growing UC campuses
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“Growth is not just a platitude at AGSM; it is real and all
around us. We invite you to come grow with us.”
- David W. Stewart, Dean
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“We’ve got a lot going on,” last two years, it will also open the one of the world’s foremost grees this fall. exciting entrepreneurial new
said Mary Platt, the school’s aforementioned Ernie Chapman physicists, Yakir Aharonov. Sitting in the Samueli projects, like having Vernon
director of communications. Stadium, an Olympic-sized pool Smith will be the cornerstone Holocaust Memorial Library, Smith; but at the same time
Walking through the bustling and a modern aquatics center by of the school’s new Economic Professor Marilyn Harran, we do very well to keep the
crowds of students on campus, the end of this year. Science Institute, and Aha- director of the library, mused student and faculty to a one-
it’s apparent just how much, in On top of this expansion, ronov and his team have been on some of Chapman’s more on-one interaction.”
fact, is going on. Not only has the Chapman has also recently integral to the process of exceptional qualities: With nearly 600 faculty
university opened a new film and expanded its faculty to include forming a Chapman physics “We really are distinctive members, Chapman maintains
media arts studio, a new athletic the 2002 Nobel laureate in department, which will begin in that we are expanding and
field and an events plaza in the economics, Vernon Smith, and offering undergraduate de- improving and doing so many See CHAPMAN, Pg. 10
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Chapman Continued from Pg. 9 tween,” Harran explained. “What Chapman tries to from around the country and College offers a variety of as-
It’s this kind of personal at- do is to distinguish itself by educates our students in the sociate, bachelor’s and graduate
a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, tention and commitment to ex- finding niche areas, areas of ethical practices of being a degrees, as well as credential and
ensuring a wholly personal col- cellence that has earned Chap- distinction where we can set prosecuting attorney.” certificate programs, to about
legiate experience. man a place on the Princeton ourselves apart from other And evidently, challenged 6,000 adult learners per term,
“At bigger schools you might Review and U.S. News’ lists of institutions,” said Platt. “For students are happy students. according to university records.
have professors come in and the best colleges in the West. example, in the law school Chapman was recently ranked In order to create better
teach one class a week or have Chapman Law has been busy we have an LLM program in No. 1 in the category of “Best global citizens, Chapman
grad students teaching most of making a splash in the rankings as prosecutorial science — which Quality of Life” in the Princ- also offers its students the
the time. But if you sign up at well. The LSAT scores of Chap- is the only one of its kind in eton Review’s “Best 159 Law opportunity to study abroad
Chapman, you get these world man students rank in the top the country. What that does is Schools.” in Europe, Asia, Africa, Aus-
experts. There’s no filter in be- third of all accredited law schools. it takes working prosecutors Life at Chapman, howev- tralia, New Zealand and the
er, is not merely confined to Americas.
the historic Old Towne dis- Back in the Memorial
trict of Orange. The curricu- Library, Harran continued:
lum offered by Chapman’s “We want our students to
University College — the leave not only with more
school’s continuing educa- knowledge, but with more
tion arm that has produced knowledge about themselves
nearly 54,000 alumni in 40 and what they think and what
University of La Verne
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on Chapman’s stated mission: “I told the students of my
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PERSONAL PROFILE
From Combat to Classroom
Columbia College Hollywood student survives war and aims for a career making movies
LaJuan Johnson has his sights set on
Jim mahoney
Camp Pendleton in Oceanside
the big screen. The 26-year-old budding for training and then shipped
out to Iraq, serving at first as a
filmmaker and cinema major at Columbia medical corpsman.
College Hollywood lives for telling the story, “It was an incredible set
of circumstances — anything
directing the scene and getting the shot. that could go wrong, did. They
But just a few years ago, John- the Navy to support his family. were sending everyone out,”
son had an entirely different aim: “I thought if I went into the said Johnson, who spent nine
survival. He wasn’t behind the service and had money coming months of his five years of ser-
camera, but in a war zone in Iraq, in I could support them for a vice in war-torn Iraq.
his life unraveling like a dropped while,” said Johnson. “I had at- Just a few months into the LaJuan Johnson served in Iraq and the Persian Gulf before enrolling in film school.
reel of film. tended one year at Vanguard tour, he was on patrol with a group
At 19 years old, Johnson University [in Costa Mesa] and of Marines when gunfire erupted had developed in his hip and to find downed jets and crew.
answered the call of duty. His my mother really wanted me to and a bullet struck his right arm. lower spine. He was bedridden “Unfortunately, we never
mother, Robin Johnson, had stay in school. She was worried, “It happened really fast. The and in extreme pain. rescued anyone on any of my
suddenly lost her job and her but I said to her, ‘It’s going to be bullet grazed my arm and it wasn’t After a few months of recu- missions — no one survived,”
then-husband had left their fine, it’s not like there’s a war go- any big deal,” said Johnson. “We peration, Johnson was sent to an Johnson said quietly. “I knew
Long Beach home. Johnson’s ing on.’” treated the wound and I was fine aircraft carrier that was stationed several of the pilots who died;
sister, Danielle Wilson, had been The day after Johnson fin- until I went home for Christmas.” in Japan and which soon moved I’m still dealing with that.”
accepted at several universities ished boot camp was Sept. 11, But Johnson soon developed into the Persian Gulf. He served Thrust into life-threatening
and was eager to get started on 2001. crippling pain in his right hip, in an HS14 helicopter search-and- situations on the ground and
her education. Johnson joined He was sent immediately to caused by a staph infection that rescue squadron, flying missions
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Combat Continued from Pg. 11 I rented it every week for four came back to find my screenplay in this man’s life since enlisting — of-the-art shooting facilities,
months,” said Johnson. “Then torn up and in the trash. I said 9/11, the years in the service, the pre-production computer labs,
in the air, Johnson said his time ‘Shawshank’ and the theme of ‘Who did this?’ and they just staph infection — and then he TV studios, post-production
at sea proved to be the most hope and never giving up ... I laughed like it was a joke.” enrolled at Columbia the day af- and editing suites, two projec-
nerve-racking ride. knew I wanted to make great Johnson said his peers ter leaving the service. [It] is not tion theaters and a library. Every
“There were a lot of sea films like that.” mocked him, but he held fast to only noble, it’s honorable,” said student must complete at least
mines that we always had to Johnson’s mother wrote to his dream. Richard Kobritz, Columbia Col- two projects, which can serve as
look out for and every time him in Iraq, reminding him of “I understood that we were lege president and CEO. “It’s an a demo reel, a calling card as they
small boats came by we were his childhood dream. He started in a world where people were amazing journey, a single-minded enter the professional arena.
called to battle stations.... Some to write his first screenplay on hurting and they were afraid of pursuit, and that we can share a “I’m very proud to be at
guys couldn’t take it,” he re- little pieces of paper. Then, in- unique things,” he said. “They part of his journey and help effect Columbia,” said Johnson, whose
called. “On the ground you can stead of his usual care package kept telling me I’d never be a his success is wonderful.” tuition is supplemented by the
hide, take cover; on the ship, you filled with cookies and maga- filmmaker and to stop living Johnson is now a senior, Montgomery G.I. Bill, which
feel trapped, you have no con- zines, she sent him a used laptop this fantasy — it became a daily studying directing and produc- provides educational funding
trol. I used to just go to sleep with Final Draft screenwriting thing. But I just printed out the ing at CCH, an accredited for service personnel and vet-
hoping I’d wake up in the morn- software. “I worked [on my script again and locked it away school of film, television and erans. “I got accepted at several
film schools, but Columbia was
ing. I didn’t like being this war script] every second I had from and kept working. visual arts located in Tarzana.
the only one at the time that of-
person, having guns — it wasn’t then on,” said Johnson. “This is why my favorite The school, open now for more
fered a B.A. degree. It was more
me, it didn’t fit.” But Johnson’s creative pur- films are about hope and the than 55 years, offers two-year
affordable, too — but mostly it’s
Johnson found release from suits were held in contempt by underdog ... those are about me. associate of arts and four-year
a small school with a very sup-
the stresses of combat in a dream some fellow crew members. Being in this school [Colum- bachelor’s of fine arts degrees portive environment. All the
he’d put on hold. It was dream “A lot of the guys in my divi- bia College] and learning and in cinema or cinema/television, teachers want to help. And it’s
that extended all the way back sion knew I was working on making films is a huge victory with a focus on producing, di- very hands-on.”
to his childhood when his fam- something, but didn’t know for me. I am so thankful to be recting, screenwriting, cinema- The CCH motto is “Shoot
ily held Friday movie nights, what,” he explained. “I had this here,” said Johnson, who started tography or editing. first and ask questions later.”
introducing him to such films big wonderful stack of pages at Columbia College Hollywood The curriculum fuses “art, “So many schools teach years
as “Glory” and “The Shawshank of my first screenplay and put the day after his exit from the academics and ambition” in a of theory, but you don’t know
Redemption.” them in my box of personal Navy in July of 2006. hands-on interactive learning
“I was so moved by ‘Glory,’ stuff. One day I left for a bit and “The stuff that has happened environment that features state- See COMBAT, Pg. 14
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A CLOSER LOOK By Carla White Special Advertising Sections Writer
University of La Verne I’d rather be
“What does a student need
DESIGNING campuses in the San Fernando
Valley, Orange County, Ventu- Get a creative education at California Design College
to succeed in today’s world? ra, San Bernardino/Riverside,
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Flexibility. To be prepared for and the high desert area north
change.” of Los Angeles. In addition,
there are military satellite cam-
That’s according to biology No longer church-affiliated, puses at Point Mugu Naval Air
professor Bob Neher, a teacher ULV today is an accredited Station and Vandenberg Air
for 50 years at the University private and nonprofit liberal Force Base.
of La Verne, located in the sub- arts college. True to its roots, One student who has taken
urban foothills about 35 miles however, it remains driven full advantage of the ULV
east of Los Angeles. by student-centered, values- commitment to flexibility is www.ainextstep.com/design
Neher, who moved to the oriented education. Ronak Mehko, who is hoping
then largely agricultural area Degrees are offered in un- to graduate from ULV in 2009
of California from Indiana at dergraduate programs, master’s with an MBA in information I ART
the age of 28, intended to re- and professional programs, technology. Mehko is cur-
main at his ULV post for only doctoral programs, law pro- rently a project manager/senior
a few years. Instead, he “found grams and online programs. business consultant in the IT
a home” in the tranquil-
lity of La Verne. Accord-
ing to Neher, much of the
credit for his long tenure
Programs of Study:
at the school is due to the Fashion Design (BFA/AS) • Fashion Marketing (AS) • Fashion Marketing & Management (BS)
fact that ULV has always Graphic Design (BS/AS) • Interior Design (BS) • Set & Exhibit Design (BS)
Visual Effects & Motion Graphics (BS) • Web Design & Interactive Media (BS/AS)
remained focused on its BFA-Bachelor of Fine Arts • BS-Bachelor of Science • AS-Associate of Science
original mission.
“This is what has kept
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psychology, the humanities, to Pacifica’s outstanding
values, they can withstand — accommodates the personal worked for the past 10 years. educational features.
and mythological studies.
and even embrace — change. and professional needs of a di- She began her MBA studies The school has two campuses • Experience characteristic
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suit. In subsequent decades, La 80% of all ULV enrollees are What she appreciates about continental breakfast, buffet lunch,
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She taught about leadership Verne. As a biology instructor Combat Continued from Pg. 12 nothing to do with [the war] got
La Verne Continued from Pg. 13
in the corporate world and in and chairman of the Natu- hurt the most, and I’m dealing
how to shoot a movie,” said
she noted. “We learn that to be everyday life,” said Mehko of ral Sciences Division at the with the friends I lost, asking,
Johnson. “Columbia makes sure
competitive we constantly have Kazman, who also serves as school, Neher takes the ULV ‘Why did I make it home and
you know why you’re doing it. In
to reinvent ourselves ... and this director of the San Fernando mission of community service they didn’t?’ It haunts me.
one class, Editing Practice and
program allows us to do that.” Valley regional campus. “If I to heart, particularly concen- “But I believe all I can do is
Theory, we’ll spend two hours
Mehko sees her MBA could embrace just one class, trating on “serving the human live my life to the best of my abil-
watching a movie then talk about
as a building block that will this would be the one.” and ecological community,” as ity and keep going in the right
the shots and editing, then we’ll
ultimately make her a more Currently, ULV is in the promoted in the school’s mis- direction to honor these guys. So
go in and actually edit it.”
valuable person and employee. thick of a five-year, $42-mil- sion statement. I’d rather write about the value
Johnson, who lives in
To that end, she keeps Kaiser lion Building on Excellence To that end, he spends his of life or tell the other side. My
Northridge, has written, directed
Permanente — which has sup- campaign, of which a three- summers at the ULV Magpie script ‘The Dependents’ is based
and/or produced 11 short films,
ported her efforts through its part Campus Center Project is Ranch Field Station in Mon- on what mothers and siblings
including one that was recently
tuition reimbursement pro- a key component. tana, supervising students as and spouses go through when
screened at the Brilliant Light
gram — apprised of her prog- The Campus Center Proj- they perform biological and their loved ones are at war. I
International Film Festival at
ress in school. ect encompasses renovations scientific research on environ- want my films to have hope.”
Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles.
“I have let them know to the Sports Science and mental change. It is, he said, a This summer, Johnson will
He has two full-length features
that I will be graduating soon Athletics Pavilion, the cre- highlight of his year. begin his thesis film project from
on deck, is interning at produc-
and that I would like to find ation of the Frank and Nadine When he returns to ULV his script “Every Morning I Kiss
tion companies and studios and
a mentor [within the com- Johnson Family Plaza and in the fall, there will be some the Sun.”
aspires to “work in film devel-
pany],” she said, adding that construction of the Sara and new faces, new construction “I’m a survivor. Every day I
opment and be able to control
one of the highlights of her Michael Abraham Campus underway, and, as always, a go to the school I’m grateful and
things and tell my own stories
years studying with ULV has Center Building. spate of new courses slated to give it all I have. To be able to
visually,” he said.
been the mentoring she has According to Neher, ex- begin. That’s all fine with Ne- make films now and actually be
But for now, Johnson isn’t
received from faculty. Mehko citement about the project, her — he’s seen it before. good at it, I know I can be victo-
keen on turning his war experi-
cites the high caliber of ULV’s which will also include a new “The school has changed rious despite the odds. If my life
ence into a movie.
teaching staff, reserving special student center, is running a great amount since I came and my example and storytelling
“The flashbacks are enough
accolades for one professor, high. Construction is officially here,” he said, “but it has not can change someone else’s life,
— I wish I could erase those im-
Nellie Kazman, who taught a scheduled to conclude on changed in its sense of values.” n then that’s what I want to do.” n
ages,” said Johnson, who suffers
leadership course that Mehko June 30 of this year. from post-traumatic stress dis-
found life-changing. But by then, Professor Bob Carla White is a freelance writer based Debra Beyer is a freelance writer based
order. “A lot of people who had
“She really inspired me. Neher will be far from La in San Diego. in Glendale.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY Compiled by Bob Young Special Advertising Sections Writer
The following is a directory of Southland universities and colleges — from Orange County to the Inland Empire to Ventura County — including many of the programs and
specialty degrees that they offer, as well as contact information.
FOUR-YEAR The university houses the Ziegler School information, call 888-624-0300 or visit administration with concentrations in
accounting, entrepreneurship, market-
L.A., CSULA offers undergraduate and
graduate programs including those in
SCHOOLS of Rabbinic Studies. For more informa- www.artinstitutes.edu/cdc.
ing, information systems and more. Fifty engineering, nursing and business. Sev-
tion, call 310-476-9777 or visit California Institute of Technology:
Abraham Lincoln University: ALU graduate programs are offered, including eral specialty MBAs are offered in various
www.ajula.edu. This iconic Pasadena-based institution
offers an online live-interactive juris instructional design and technology, concentrations, including information
doctorate program for students look- Antioch University: With cam- provides undergraduate and graduate software engineering and information technology and healthcare management.
ing to study law with an eye toward puses in L.A. and Santa Barbara, this degrees in six academic divisions, technology, some of which are available CSULA also has an extended educa-
a rewarding career as an attorney. venerable institution offers master’s including biology; chemistry and online. For more information, call 714- tion department that offers programs in
The institution is registered with the degrees in education, creative writing chemical engineering; engineering 278-2011 or visit www.fullerton.edu. subjects like accounting and jazz guitar.
Committee of Bar Examiners. For more and psychology, among others. and applied sciences; geological For more information, call 323-343-3000
Bachelor’s concentrations include and planetary sciences; humanities Cal State Long Beach: Myriad
information, call 213-252-5100 or visit or visit www.calstatela.edu.
liberal studies and child studies. and social sciences; and physics, undergraduate and graduate degrees
www.alu.edu.
For more information, call 800-726-8462 mathematics and astronomy. For more are offered, including a doctorate in Cal State Northridge: The nine colleges
Academy of Art University: This education and education leadership, and at CSUN offer 60 undergraduate degrees,
or visit www.antiochla.edu or information, call 626-395-6811 or visit
large San Francisco-based school, a doctorate in engineering. Full-year 45 graduate degrees and 28 types of
www.antiochsb.edu. www.caltech.edu.
with more than 10,000 students study-abroad programs are available in education credentials, including one for
worldwide, offers undergraduate and Argosy University: Local campuses California Lutheran University: This 18 countries. Extension courses are of- teaching the deaf and hard of hearing.
graduate distance-learning online in Santa Monica, San Bernardino religious institution, located in Thousand fered as well. For more information, call CSUN recently introduced the first bachelor
programs in graphic design, digital and Fountain Valley offer associate, Oaks, offers 36 undergraduate and grad- 562-985-4111 or visit www.csulb.edu. of arts degree in Central American studies
arts, fashion design, fine art, photog- bachelor’s and graduate degrees in ed- uate majors within its College of Arts available in the U.S. The Tseng College of
ucation, psychology and business. The and Sciences, School of Business and Cal State Los Angeles: Based in East
raphy, animation and more. For more
information, call 800-544-ARTS or visit programs are also offered online. For School of Education. Master’s degree
www.academyart.edu. more information, call 866-4ARGOSY, programs include education, busi-
or visit www.argosy.edu. ness administration, public policy and
American Academy of Dramatic
Art Center College of Design: This psychology. Continuing education
Arts: This exclusive two-year academy
institution is pioneering new models of programs are available. For more
— whose alumni include Robert
global executive education founded on information, call 805-492-2411 or
Redford, Barbra Streisand, Danny De-
institutional collaborations. In contrast to visit www.callutheran.edu.
Vito and nearly 350 Academy Award,
Emmy and Tony nominees to date — conventional academic exchanges, Art Cal Poly Pomona: This state universi-
offers instruction in acting as well as Center has launched a range of content- ty consists of nine colleges, including
a variety of screen and stage arts. For based programs with leading international a College of Hospitality Management,
more information, call 800-222-2867 business schools, connecting design College of Environmental Design and
or visit www.aada.org. education and business principles. For College of Agriculture with an Animal
more information, call 626-396-2373 or and Veterinary Sciences Department
American Film Institute: Located
visit www.artcenter.edu. that houses breeds of cattle, sheep
in the hills overlooking Hollywood,
and swine on 330 acres of range land.
the prestigious AFI Conservatory The Art Institutes: Two AI campuses
Myriad graduate and undergraduate
offers intensive master of fine arts in L.A. and one in Santa Ana offer a
degrees are offered. For more
graduate programs in cinematogra- wide range of degrees and certificate
information, call 909-869-7659 or
phy, directing, editing, producing, programs in various areas of fashion
visit www.csupomona.edu.
production design and screenwriting. and graphic design, culinary arts and
Students without bachelor’s degrees more. Evening and weekend options Cal State Channel Islands: The newest
are awarded certificates of comple- are available. There are many online Cal State school, which is based in
tion in lieu of MFAs. Each discipline’s programs available as well. For more Camarillo, offers a wide range of under-
faculty is led by accomplished senior information, call 888-624-0300 or visit graduate degrees along with master’s
filmmakers-in-residence. For more www.artinstitutes.edu. programs including MBAs, education,
information, call 323-856-7740 or visit Azusa Pacific University: This Chris-
bioinformatics, computer science and
www.afi.com. mathematics. Extension courses are
tian institution offers a standard MBA
also available. For more information, call
American Intercontinental as well as a master of arts in human
805-437-8400 or visit www.csuci.edu.
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University: Located in the Playa del resource and organizational develop-
Rey area, AIU provides a professional, ment. A wide range of undergraduate, Cal State Dominguez Hills: A It’s like a parent-teacher
team-oriented environment that offers graduate and certificate programs highly diverse university located in the conference with the entire
students a variety of learning opportu- are available in business, computer South Bay region, CSUDH offers 45
nities, including internships and fre- information systems, management bachelor’s degrees, 10 public school
school district.
quent contact with leaders of Southern and more through APU’s Center credential certificates and 21 master’s
California industry. Specialty-degree for Adult and Professional Studies. degrees in such areas as teacher
programs include business, criminal Online programs are offered. For more education, nursing, psychology, busi-
justice, design and education. For information, call 800-825-5278 or visit ness administration, digital media arts,
more information, call 888-594-9888 www.apu.edu. computer science, criminal justice
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or visit http://la.aiuniv.edu. California Design College: A branch
and recreation and leisure studies.
There are a large number of distance-
American Jewish University: Based in of The Art Institutes, the Los Angeles-
learning programs (online and TV). For
Bel-Air, this school provides undergradu- based California Design College latimes.com/thehomeroom
more information, call 310-243-2288 Interact with your news.
ate programs that include Jewish studies, features a wide range of undergraduate
or visit www.csudh.edu.
Hebrew language and literature, business programs in the creative arts —
(a joint BA/MBA program), psychology including graphic design, fashion Cal State Fullerton: CSUF offers a
and public policy. Graduate nonprofit design, Web design and interior wide range of undergraduate degree
management programs are offered, as design — developed in cooperation programs including engineering,
well as a study-abroad program in Israel. with industry professionals. For more international business and business
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY two-year associate and four-year bache- along with extension courses for career in filmmaking and acting are featured,
Extended Learning offers courses aimed in education and management. For lor’s degrees in film and TV production. advancement in business, comput- along with courses in digital journalism
at career and personal advancement. For more information, call 800-877-4723 The faculty is composed of entertain- ers and language training. Moreover, (affiliated with NBC News), editing,
more information, call 818-677-1200 or or visit www.cambridgecollege.edu. ment industry professionals. For more LMU offers online courses in such screenwriting, 3-D animation and more.
visit www.csun.edu. information, call 818-345-8414 or visit subjects as accounting, healthcare and For information call 818-733-2600 or
Chapman University: A private institu- www.columbiacollege.edu. Internet design. The Bioethics Institute visit www.nyfa.com.
Cal State San Bernardino: A wide tion located in Orange, Chapman offers provides a unique master of arts
range of graduate and undergraduate a range of undergraduate and graduate Laguna College of Art and Design: Occidental College: This Eagle
Bachelor of fine arts and master of fine program that seeks to enable students Rock-based college, which special-
degrees are offered, including one in degrees, including executive MBAs, juris to reflect on contemporary issues in
aerospace studies and several spe- doctorates and PhDs in education. The arts programs are offered in graphic izes in interdisciplinary degrees, offers
design, illustration, feature animation, bioethics and healthcare through the teaching credentials and a master’s
cialty programs in education studies. Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College prism of Roman Catholic tradition. The
An Over Sixty program allows older of Film and Media Arts features options art history and more. The Laptop Pro- in teaching, as well as joint degrees
gram provides special discounts and program also promotes social justice with Caltech and Columbia University.
students to enroll at reduced fees. for students interested in breaking into in the delivery of healthcare. For more
CSUSB has a campus in Palm Desert. entertainment. Extended education and warranties on Apple laptops, which are Undergraduate programs include arts
required of all students. Wireless con- information, call 310-338-2700 or visit and humanities, sciences and social
For more information, call 909-537- online courses are available. Adult educa- www.lmu.edu.
5188 or visit www.csusb.edu. tion courses are offered at various satellite nectivity spans the entire campus. For sciences. For more information, call
campuses in Antelope Valley, Irvine, more information, call 800-255-0762 Mount St. Mary’s College: This 323-259-2500 or visit www.oxy.edu.
California Graduate Institute: With or visit www.lagunacollege.edu. L.A.-based Catholic college offers a
campuses in Westwood and Irvine, CGI Manhattan Beach and other locations. For Pacific Oaks College: The Pasadena
more information, call 714-997-6815 or Loma Linda University: This wide range of graduate, undergradu- campus offers upper-division and
specializes in professional psychology ate and certificate courses in nursing,
and marital and family therapy, offering visit www.chapman.edu. Seventh-Day Adventist institution graduate-level college programs in
offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s education, psychology and more. A human development, counseling and
master’s and doctoral degrees, as Claremont Colleges: This consor- new master of business administration
well as certificates. Weekend degree tium of five undergraduate and two and doctorate degrees, as well as teaching — often through exten-
continuing education and certificate program is scheduled to begin this fall sion and online instruction. Flexible
programs are available. For more graduate institutions — including and will allow students with bachelor’s
information, call 310-208-4240 or visit Pomona, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd, Scripps programs in the health and science weekend and evening courses are
fields. A certificate program in clinical degrees in any field to earn MBAs in a designed for working adults, and a
www.cgi.edu. and Claremont Graduate University — weekend format. For more information,
offers 2,500 courses. Specialty gradu- mediation is designed to prepare Children’s School serves kids and their
Cambridge College: This nationwide counselors and other professionals call 310-954-4000, 213-477-2500 or parents. For more information, call
institution’s Ontario campus offers un- ate degrees in information systems and visit www.msmc.la.edu.
technology, bioscience, management, to manage conflict in a variety of 626-397-1300 or visit
dergraduate degrees, including a bach- settings. Distance-learning programs New York Film Academy: This film www.pacificoaks.edu.
elor of science in management studies education and more are offered by
are offered. For more information, call and acting school — with classes at
and bachelor of arts in psychology, Claremont Graduate University and Pepperdine University: The Drescher
Keck Graduate Institute. For more infor- 909-558-8161 or visit www.llu.edu. Universal and Disney studios, as well
along with certificate programs in Graduate Campus in Malibu offers
mation, visit www.claremont.edu. Loyola Marymount: Located in as a number of campuses worldwide
juvenile justice, medical interpreter a number of specialized MBAs and
Westchester, this Catholic university — offers a variety of programs, ranging
training and early education. Cam- Columbia College Hollywood: This dual-degree programs, as does the
offers degrees through schools of from one week to two years in length.
bridge also offers graduate programs accredited 54-year-old institution offers Graziadio School of Business and
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dine’s Graduate School of Education campus offers a wide range of degree major at this Quaker college is busi- and two-year associate degrees in EMT training) and fine arts. The Small
and Psychology. Pepperdine offers programs at its Henry Samueli School ness administration. Whittier also of- seven concentrations including per- Business Development Center provides
study-abroad programs. For more of Engineering, Paul Merage School fers a range of courses including edu- forming arts, language arts and physi- training and assistance in applying for
information, call 310-568-5500 or of Business and Donald Bren School cation, earth sciences and social work. cal education. Citrus also offers many financing to get a business started. For
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UCLA: This sprawling Westwood institu- ences, and also has schools in law, more information, call 562-907-4200 more information, call 626-963-0323 or visit www.canyon.edu.
tion has seven professional schools, medicine, arts, humanities and more. or visit www.whittier.edu. or visit www.citruscollege.edu. College of the Desert: One of Cali-
including the Henry Samueli School Also available are many extension Woodbury University: This Burbank- Coastline Community College: fornia’s premier community colleges,
of Engineering and Applied Science, and certificate programs. For more based school offers undergraduate and This Fountain Valley college offers this institution is based in Palm Desert
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specialty MBA degrees that focus on UC Riverside: Graduate and under- School of Media, Culture and Design. degrees. Distance-learning and military degrees with an emphasis on transfer
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America. The Anderson School also the Bourns College of Engineering, visit www.woodbury.edu. information, call 714-546-7600 or visit employment preparedness. For more
offers dual-degree programs such as the College of Natural and Agricultural www.coastline.edu. information, call 760-773-2516 or visit
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sciences programs are offered through tion. University extension courses also COLLEGES Santa Clarita and Valencia, COC offers
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degrees and university transfer pro-
the David Geffen School of Medicine, are available. The new MBA program
Advanced Technology & Education as a wide range of two-year associate grams are available at Cypress, which
School of Dentistry and School of aims to provide a unique curriculum
Park: This innovative new campus degrees in five academic divisions in- offers wide-ranging curricula. A Busi-
Nursing. UCLA’s College of Letters and that combines lectures from the
in Tustin, with course offerings from
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Saddleback and Irvine Valley colleges,
humanities, life sciences and social sci- in Residence program. The Anderson
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advanced programs for students,
gram features a wide range of courses. that incorporate e-commerce,
professionals and business organiza-
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of the Center for Applied Competitive
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Sciences, Law, Business and Public and education corridor, is home to the Valley College’s Design Model Mak-
Management, and Education and USC College of Letters, Arts and Sci- ing and Rapid Prototyping program is
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graduate, graduate and law degrees The Health Sciences campus, to the 949-282-2700 or visit www.atep.us.
are offered, as well as a number of northeast of downtown Los Ange-
Antelope Valley College: Located
online programs. The school has les, is home to the Keck School of
in Lancaster, Antelope Valley College
several satellite campuses throughout Medicine and the School of Pharmacy.
offers university transfer programs
Southern California, including Rancho Hundreds of graduate and undergradu-
and two-year associate’s degrees. Six
Cucamonga, Burbank and Oxnard. It ate programs are offered, including
academic divisions include business,
also maintains an online campus. For specialized MBAs that combine dual
computer and media arts; math, sci-
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based campus offers university trans-
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fer and two-year associate degrees, as Computer Arts - New Media
sity offers programs at seven satellite Palos Verdes, offers MBAs and gradu-
well as adult vocational training in the Digital Arts & Communications (AA & BFA Only)
campuses including Riverside, ate programs including counseling,
health, computer welding and phar-
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Los Angeles. Business and educa- Bachelor’s degrees are offered in Fine Art
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tion programs tailored to working management and psychology. Webster
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professionals are available. For more draws many faculty members from
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visit www.redlands.edu. online classes are available. For Industrial Design
information, call 949-250-7855 or Chaffey College: Chaffey offers
University of Santa Monica: USM’s Interior Architecture & Design
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psychology — the study and practice Western University of Health Sci-
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counseling psychology, and an MA in dental medicine, optometry and
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY Glendale College: University transfer from casual beginners to serious associate degree and university transfer
programs and a wide range of associ- food-service professionals. A six-month programs, as well as the Program for
ness/Computer Information Systems mation, call 310-532-3670 or visit
ate degree and certificate options are professional chef program is offered Accelerated College Education. A new
Center and Math/Science Learning www.elcamino.edu.
available. More than 30 academic at the Laguna Beach facility, along culinary arts program is available. Exten-
Center are among the resources Fullerton College: Ninety associate departments offer courses, includ- with a home chef program. Laguna sion and online courses are offered. For
offered. For more information, call degree programs and more than 100 ing nursing, aviation and computer Culinary Arts also features a Gourmet more information, call 310-233-4400 or
714-484-7000 or visit certificate courses are offered at Ful- animation. Pilot training is available as Cheese and Wine Shop & Café and visit www.lahc.edu.
www.cypresscollege.edu. lerton College. Many of the programs well. There are many options for online offers a series of classes in wine tasting Los Angeles Mission College:
Crafton Hills College: Occupa- — including business administration, courses and evening classes. For more and wine and food pairing. For more Located in Sylmar, Mission College
tional certificates and associate degree environmental technology, journalism information, call 818-240-1000 or visit information, call 949-494-0745 or visit offers university transfer programs and
programs — including accounting, and computer information systems — www.glendale.edu. www.lagunaculinaryarts.com. associate degrees that include a wide
business and theater arts — are of- offer both degrees and certificates. For
Golden West College: This Hun- Long Beach City College: Two range of disciplines from business
fered at this Yucaipa campus. For more more information, call 714-992-7568
tington Beach-based campus offers campuses in Long Beach offer a wide and cinema to marketing and Spanish.
information, call 909-794-2161 or visit or visit www.fullcoll.edu.
associate degrees and more than 25 range of university transfer and associ- Some classes are offered in video-
www.craftonhills.edu. Fashion Institute of Design and certificate programs — including ate degree programs in five schools, streaming format over the Internet. For
East Los Angeles College: Associate Marketing: FIDM is a co-educational, audio and entertainment technology, including business and social science; more information, call 818-364-7600
degrees, certificates and university specialized, private college dedicated architecture, digital arts and interna- creative arts and applied sciences; and or visit www.lamission.edu.
transfer programs are offered within 28 to educating students for the fashion, tional trade — as well as university health and science. Many vocational Los Angeles Southwest College:
departments. The Program for Acceler- graphics, interior design and entertain- transfer programs. A nursing program programs are available, including LASC offers a number of associ-
ated College Education allows working ment industries. In addition to a variety is also offered. Online classes are aviation, drafting and horticulture. For ate degree and transfer programs in
students to earn an associate degree and of associate degrees, the institution of- available. For more information, call more information, call 562-938-4111 behavioral sciences, child develop-
transfer to a university in five semesters fers a new bachelor of science degree 714-892-7711 or visit www.gwc.info. or visit www.lbcc.edu. ment, nursing and other disciplines.
by attending classes one night a week in business management. For more
information, call 800-624-1200 or visit Irvine Valley College: Various associ- Los Angeles City College: LACC offers Southwest’s Bridges to Success
and eight Saturdays per semester. For
ate degree programs include courses in a wide range of traditional associate Center provides bilingual counseling
more information, call 323-265-8712 or www.fidm.edu.
life science and technologies, business degree programs as well as university and assistance for students whose
visit www.elac.edu. Gemological Institute of America: sciences, fine arts, computer science transfer options, with courses offered primary language is not English. For
El Camino College: With its original The worldwide institute, which has and engineering. Specialty courses at in law, cinema, nursing and more. The more information, call 323-241-5225
campus in Torrance and another at Southern California locations in IVC include digital media art, design school’s two-year Accelerated College or visit www.lasc.edu.
Compton College, El Camino offers Carlsbad and Culver City, offers the and model making, a fitness specialist Transfer program offers five-week Los Angeles Valley College: An
courses in nine academic divisions prestigious graduate gemologist certificate program and an electrician courses consisting of classes two nights extensive array of courses at this
including business, natural sciences diploma, the mark of a senior profes- trainee program. For more information, a week and one Saturday a month. For Valley Glen-based school count toward
and industry and technology. Seventy- sional in the jewelry industry. The GIA call 949-451-5100 or visit www.ivc.edu. more information, call 323-953-4000 or associate degree, university transfer
five associate and certificate programs also has a School of Business and visit www.lacitycollege.edu.
— including business management, offers instruction in jewelry design and Laguna Culinary Arts: Classes held in and occupational certificate programs.
manufacturing arts. For information, call Laguna Beach and Orange offer hands- Los Angeles Harbor College: Based Several of the courses — including
fashion and Web programming — are
on programs that cater to everyone in Wilmington, LAHC offers traditional nursing, music, broadcasting and
available at El Camino. For more infor- 760-603-4000 or visit www.gia.edu.
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child development — offer all three grams in traditional academic fields as tailored to fit undergraduate majors, Saddleback College: This Mission Ventura College: A number of associ-
options. An accelerated program caters well as aviation science, pet science, along with two-year associate degree Viejo-based college offers many as- ate degrees and certificate programs are
to working adults. Online classes are agribusiness and fashion design. Also programs in a wide range of disci- sociate degree programs — including offered, including business manage-
available. For more information, call available are university transfer pro- plines, including architecture, business advanced technology, business science, ment, agricultural plant science, inter-
818-947-2600 or visit www.lavc.edu. grams. Study-abroad programs offer administration, oceanography and fine arts and liberal arts — as well as national studies and industrial design.
Marymount College: Marymount Col- travel to Italy, Spain and Mexico. For environmental science. For informa- university transfer curricula. Distance- Online programs are also available. For
lege is a residential, two-year college in more information, call 909-594-5611 tion, call 626-585-7123 or visit education programs are available. For more information, call 805-654-6400 or
Rancho Palos Verdes. Offering associate or visit www.mtsac.edu. www.pasadena.edu. information, call 949-582-4500 or visit visit www.venturacollege.edu.
degrees in the arts, education, sciences Orange Coast College: Located in Pierce College: Located in Woodland www.saddleback.edu. Victor Valley College: This
and business, Marymount specializes in Costa Mesa, OCC offers university Hills, Pierce offers university transfer San Bernardino Valley College: Victorville-based campus offers a
providing a premier education through transfer curricula as well as associate programs and a variety of associate SBVC provides, within nine depart- range of associate degrees in tradi-
personal attention in the selection of degree and certificate programs in a degree and certificate programs. Many ments, numerous courses that count tional subjects as well as programs in
majors. It has a 90% transfer rate to wide range of areas — traditional aca- courses — including general agri- toward university transfer requirements fire technology, aviation technology,
major universities. Founded on Catholic demic and business-related subjects, culture, horse science, marketing and and associate degrees. Weekend, online automotive technology and paramedic
principles in 1932, Marymount helps as well as aviation, hotel management, computer science — offer both. For and evening classes are offered. For studies. The Program for Accelerated
all students develop intellectually entertainment technology, interior more information, call 818-719-6401 more information, call 909-384-4400 or College Education caters to working
and spiritually. For information, call design and commercial art. For more or visit www.piercecollege.com. visit www.valleycollege.edu. adults with evening and weekend
310-377-5501 or visit information, call 714-432-0202 or visit Rio Hondo College: Based in Santa Ana College: Various depart- classes. For more information, call
www.marymountpv.edu. www.orangecoastcollege.edu. Whittier, Rio Hondo offers a number ments and divisions offer a wide range of 760-245-4271 or visit www.vvc.edu.
Moorpark College: Associate degrees, Oxnard College: Twenty-seven two-year of general-education and certificate courses — including digital media arts, West L.A. Community College: Two-
certificates and university transfer academic and high-tech occupa- programs, including business law, international business, law and business year associate degrees and certificates
options are offered within a wide range tional programs are offered, including architecture and police training. For administration — that count toward an are offered in a wide range of programs
of departments at this Ventura County anthropology, fire technology, business more information, call 562-692-0921 associate degree or certificate or lower- at the Culver City campus, including
campus. Several of the courses — and engineering technology. Addictive or visit www.riohondo.edu. division university transfer requirements. allied health, aviation, business, lan-
including biotechnology, computer disorders studies and dental hygiene For more information, call 714-564-6000 guage arts and computer science. The
Riverside Community College:
science, multimedia and interior design are featured as well, and the school’s or visit www.sac.edu. college’s Accelerated College Transfer
More than 100 academic and voca-
— offer at least two of the above options. Program for Accelerated College Educa- tional programs are offered, including Santa Monica College: Associate program leads to an associate of arts
An accelerated program caters to tion curriculum caters to working adults. business administration, architecture, degrees and university transfer programs degree in two years or less. Many
working adults. Moorpark College has a Several classes are available on Oxnard fire technology and graphics technol- are offered through nearly 30 academic online courses are offered, as well. For
teaching zoo. For more information, call College Television, which airs in the ogy. Many classes are offered entirely departments, including design technol- more information, call 310-287-4200
805-378-1400 or visit www.moorpark. Oxnard and Port Hueneme area. For more or partially online. In addition to the ogy (which includes graphic and interior or visit www.wlac.edu.
cc.ca.us. information, call 805-986-5800 or visit main campus in Riverside, satellite design), nursing, business and fashion
Mt. San Antonio College: Based in www.oxnardcollege.edu. facilities are located in Moreno Valley design. Online courses are also available. Education is edited and designed by the
Special Sections staff of the Los Angeles
Walnut, Mt. SAC offers more than 200 Pasadena City College: PCC offers and Norco. For more information, call For more information, call 310-434-4000 Times. Write to josh.jenisch@latimes.com
associate degree and certificate pro- university transfer programs that can be 951-222-8000 or visit www.rcc.edu. or visit www.smc.edu. with questions or comments.
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